Over the past several issues of The Rational Edge, we have published a number of articles about IT governance as it pertains to software development. The reason for this heightened attention, as Maria Ericsson puts it in this month's cover story, is clear: "Governance is the key to gaining control of business processes and assets across functions within an organization." When IT resources are aligned with business strategy, development teams play a fundamental role in helping companies manage their risks and investments. We think you'll find Maria's overview of the governance landscape concise, informative, and highly relevant. We also present two approaches to method development based on IBM Rational Method Composer; we consider, separately, the System i and System z environments; we have a partner's real-world perspective on model-driven development; and much more. This is a big issue!
Happy iterations,
Mike Perrow
Editor-in-Chief
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The governance landscape: Steering and measuring development organizations to align with business strategy, by Maria Ericsson
Are you seeking a clear explanation of organizational governance? This paper describes different levels of governance and how they affect critical management concerns such as productivity and risk. It also explores the link between good governance and the ability of software development organizations to align their processes with business strategy.
A roadmap to method development, by Cécile Péraire
This article describes an iterative, risk-driven, architecture-centric, and quality-oriented approach to method development derived from the long-term experience of the IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP) development team. It first describes the work products to be produced, and then lays out a step-by-step roadmap for applying the approach throughout a method development project. The approach utilizes software development and RUP principles, and can be implemented using IBM Rational Method Composer (RMC).
Unified application development for IBM System i servers., by IBM Rational Change and Release Management team
Read how IBM Rational ClearCase and IBM Rational ClearQuest software can help organizations manage System i application development across multiple languages, technologies, and geographics, as well as address regulatory and industry compliance mandates.
Never 'Without a trace': Practical advice on implementing traceability, by Thomas Behrens
Establishing traceability between software requirements and implemented features is one of the most frequently overlooked practices in iterative, incremental software development. The author introduces traceability, and describes specific techniques for integrating traceability techniques into your development environment.
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