The IBM Rational view of IT governance continues to evolve in solidarity with software development practitioners and IT managers alike. We know your job is critical to business success, and there is a clear connection between your organization's capability and your company's bottom line. This month, we connect the dots between practical IT governance and Rational's long-held understanding of the software development lifecycle. We also describe migration strategies to help you incorporate IBM Rational technologies into existing projects, we take a look at aspect-oriented programming in relation to RUP, and there's much more!
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Cover story:The emerging role of IT governance, by Lynn M. Mueller and Andrew Phillipson
This article covers some of the key concepts regarding the emerging role of IT governance and introduces the IBM Rational Development Organization Transformation framework and the IBM IT Governance Approach.
Using an Aspect-Oriented RUP with Rational Method Composer, by Vitalie Temnenco
The Aspect-Oriented Approach (AOA) to the separation of concerns, which forms the basis of the Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) and Aspect Oriented Software Development (AOSD) paradigms, allows software development teams to extend applications without needing to recompile the application source code. This article proposes to use AOA for describing IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP) extensions, with IBM Rational Method Composer as a supporting platform.
Migrating existing projects to Rational solutions, by Dr. Einar W. Karlsen
The benefits of introducing new IBM Rational tools into an existing project often clearly outweigh the difficulties associated with making a change midstream. Read about the various techniques you can use to manage the process.
Artifact reviews in an iterative lifecycle, by Anthony Crain
Reviews are a great way to improve quality on a waterfall project. But for an iterative project, we want short cycles to do that job for us. This provocative article rethinks the role of reviews in iterative development lifecycles.
IBM Rational PurifyPlus for developers and testers, by Allan Pratt
Is IBM Rational PurifyPlus a tool for testers or for developers? The answer is: both. It helps support both these roles in their shared quest to maximize product quality by eliminating defects and optimizing reliability and performance. This article explains how PurifyPlus works and how both developers and testers can employ it effectively.
Webcasts, tutorials, demos, and more: December 2007, by The Rational Marketing Team
These dynamic, Web-based tutorials, demos, and trial downloads will introduce new concepts or help refresh your knowledge base. Check out this extensive listing of IBM Rational Web-based resources.
Ready for IBM Rational software Comes to You Webinar Series
Ready for IBM Rational software Comes to You is a webinar series sponsored by the Rational user group organization. The series is designed to expose you to a cross section of value-added software solutions from Rational Business Partners to extend your Rational software implementations. Rich with live demos, these webinars show you first-hand how partner offerings integrate and enhance the features and functions of the Rational Software Delivery Platform. Take a look at the list, and register now.
Computing in a parallel universe, by Gary Pollice If we're going to make the most of advances in parallel hardware, we need to do a better job of teaching students how to design and develop software that takes advantages of the hardware.
