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IBM Rational Jazz initiative

Rational Team Concert orientation

Date:  07 Oct 2011 (Published 03 Jun 2011) |Level: Introductory |

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1. Before you begin: Review Jazz basics

Before you begin working through your hands-on knowledge path, it is important that you have some understanding of the IBM® Rational® Jazz Initiative and its core principles. Take a moment to review these basics on the Jazz.net website.

Read: About Jazz: VisionItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Read: About Jazz: The platform, set of products, and communityItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

2. Get familiar with Rational Team Concert

The Rational Jazz portfolio consists of a common platform and a set of tools that all of the members of the extended development team can use to collaborate more easily. This reflects our central insight that the center of software development is neither the individual nor the process, but the collaboration of the team. Our flagship Jazz technology-based offering, IBM® Rational Team Concert™, is the focus of this training. With Rational Team Concert, teams can work together from different locations to collaborate and deliver coding projects.

Read: Read about Rational Team Concert and take several video tours of the productItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

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Watch: Configuring and Setting Up Rational Team Concert 3.0Item marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Watch: Access and Manage Your Work: Navigating Jazz Web ApplicationsItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

3. Install the server (unnecessary for the sandbox)

Now that you understand Rational Team Concert benefits, you might want to install and try it on your own server.

Read: Understand the features of the different versions of Rational Team Concert and download(if you are using Rational Team Concert for a team with 10 or fewer developers, you can choose to remove the 60-day time limit by downloading the "10 FREE Developers" registration key)Item marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Practice: Interactive Installation GuideItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Practice: Try Rational Team Concert without downloading it(six-month use of the public sandbox)Item marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Read: System requirements for Rational Team Concert 3.0.1, Rational Quality Manager 3.0.1 and Rational Requirements Composer 3.0.1Item marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Read: Deployment guide: Jazz Team Server Initial Setup and AdministrationItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

4. Install and use the Rational Team Concert client

There are two Rational Team Concert clients available for download: one based on Eclipse and one based on Microsoft Visual Studio. Watch these videos to understand how to use the client that you prefer for development and deployment in a Rational Team Concert environment.

Watch: Heterogeneous Development Using the Rational Team Concert Client for Eclipse, Visual Studio, and the Rational Team Concert Web UI: Part 1(for either client)Item marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Watch: Heterogeneous Development Using the Rational Team Concert Client for Eclipse, Visual Studio, and the Rational Team Concert Web UI: Part 2(for either client)Item marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Watch: Heterogeneous Development Using the Rational Team Concert Client for Eclipse, Visual Studio, and the Rational Team Concert Web UI: Part 3(for either client)Item marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Watch: Getting started with Rational Team Concert and Microsoft Visual Studio: Part 1(for Visual Studio)Item marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Watch: Getting started with Rational Team Concert and Microsoft Visual Studio: Part 2(for Visual Studio)Item marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Watch: Getting started with Rational Team Concert and Microsoft Visual Studio: Part 3(for Visual Studio)Item marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Watch: Share changes with your team in the Rational Team Concert Client for Microsoft Visual Studio IDEItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Watch: Preserve component and workspace configuration in the Rational Team Concert Client for Microsoft Visual Studio IDEItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Watch: Create plans and work items in the Rational Team Concert client for Microsoft Visual Studio IDEItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

5. Start managing projects

Rational Team Concert makes project management much easier than traditional methods by using preconfigured dashboards that show real-time status.

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6. Try Rational Team Concert with sample data

Practice: JUnit Project tutorial(an example of a team using Rational Team Concert to plan, track, collaborate, and deliver the release. When the sample JUnit project is created, you can view existing artifacts as if the team has already begun its work.)Item marked not complete - Click to mark complete

7. Take it further: intermediate resources

Read: Jazz Administration Guide for Rational Team Concert Version 3Item marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Read: Getting Started with Jazz Source ControlItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Read: Easing into Jazz Source ControlItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Read: Jazz Source Control: Design ObjectivesItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Watch: Collaborating on Plan items, including Requirements, Testing, and Defects(Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management Demo)Item marked not complete - Click to mark complete

8. Take it further: advanced resources

Read: Tuning the Rational Team Concert 3.0 ServerItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

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Read: Multistream Development with Jazz Source ControlItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Read: Stream Strategies with Rational Team Concert 3.0Item marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Read: Practicing Source Control Archeology with Rational Team ConcertItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete

Read: Considerations for Rational Team Concert backupsItem marked not complete - Click to mark complete




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About this knowledge path

Get a comprehensive intro to Jazz technology and Rational Team Concert. This knowledge path is suited to software developers and architects who are interested in application lifecycle management, agile development, and project management for disparate teams.

Activities in this path

  1. Before you begin: Review Jazz basics
  2. Get familiar with Rational Team Concert
  3. Install the server (unnecessary for the sandbox)
  4. Install and use the Rational Team Concert client
  5. Start managing projects
  6. Try Rational Team Concert with sample data
  7. Take it further: intermediate resources
  8. Take it further: advanced resources

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