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New techniques for requirements management using Rational RequisitePro, Part 1: Using architectural methods to analyze, manage, and trace business requirements
Discover new techniques to capture, manage, and trace architectural requirements in this series from Kumar Mani. The techniques are based in architecture theory and are applicable to all IT projects. If you're an IT architect or project manager who faces complex requirements in enterprise or integration projects, you can use these techniques to manage the project and help to ensure that it is delivered on time. This article explores an implementation that uses the IBM Rational toolset, but it can be replicated just as easily using other products.
Articles 06 Feb 2007  
 
How to use the CopyRq script for IBM Rational RequisitePro
This article explains how to use the "copy requirement" extension, or CopyRq script, to change existing requirements to different types in IBM Rational RequisitePro. The script is included with the article but provided "as-is."
Articles 31 Mar 2009  
 
Creating requirements with Rational RequisitePro
This demo guides you through the various ways of creating project requirements using the Rational RequisitePro tool. RequisitePro offers the power of a database and Microsoft Word allowing you to dynamically link the requirements between the applications.
Demos 11 Jul 2005  
 
Rational RequisitePro
Find technical developer content and resources for IBM Rational RequisitePro.
30 Jul 2009  
 
Work with Web services in enterprise-wide SOAs, Part 14: Migrate legacy service components as discoverable Web services with IBM Rational RequisitePro and Rational ClearCase
Migrate service components of a legacy system as human-facing Web services. Learn how to untangle component dependencies. You'll see examples of IBM Rational Requisite Pro and IBM Rational Clearcase as part of the collaborative efforts in the migration process.
Articles 11 Jul 2006  
 
Use Case Management with Rational Rose and Rational RequisitePro
Combining Rational Rose and RequisitePro gives you Integrated Use Case Management by enhancing use-case modeling with powerful requirements management capabilities. Integrated Use Case Management enables you to extend use cases beyond diagrams with sortable attributes, documents, and raceability and helps you to manage large numbers of use cases across your team.
Articles 24 Nov 2003  
 
Top rookie mistakes in IBM Rational RequisitePro - RequisitePro Project Administrator
As a part of the Getting Started Guide for IBM Rational RequisitePro, this FAQ provides material that is most useful for project managers and administrators using Rational RequisitePro.
Articles 21 Apr 2004  
 
Model Rational RequisitePro requirements in Rational Software Architect
This demonstration shows how to model Rational RequisitePro use case requirements in Rational Software Architect. First, a new UML model is created with a use case diagram. Then use case requirements from RequisitePro are dragged and dropped onto the diagram, linking the use cases in the diagram to RequisitePro for traceability. The demo finishes by showing how Rational Unified Process is nicely integrated into Software Architect.
Demos 14 Mar 2006  
 
Structured Requirements: Improve quality by using IBM Rational RequisitePro to manage dual-purpose requirements
Author Randy Masciana proposes an xml-based approach to address a gap that can occur between software requirements and the code written to satisfy those requirements.
Articles 10 Nov 2005  
 
Using IBM Rational Requirements Composer and IBM Rational RequisitePro together
Get guidance for introducing IBM Rational Requirements Composer into your requirements management process. If you are using IBM Rational RequisitePro, you can use Rational Requirements Composer to import requirements and to elaborate and visualize them. If you are not currently using a formal requirements management tool, you can start with Requirements Composer to define and visualize requirements, and then introduce RequisitePro, where you can manage your Requirements Composer requirements using a formal management tool. This allows you to take advantage of RequisitePro features as traceability.
Articles 30 Jul 2009  
 
Creating a requirement in Rational Requirements Composer and transferring it to RequisitePro for management
This demo shows you how to create a requirement in IBM Rational Requirements Composer, add comments and links, configure Rational Requirements Composer to integrate with IBM Rational RequisitePro, transfer requirements to Rational RequisitePro and then synchronize any changes.
Demos 17 Mar 2009  
 
UML traceability using IBM Rational RequisitePro, IBM Rational Software Architect, and BIRT, Part 2
Tutorials 23 Dec 2008  
 
UML traceability using IBM Rational RequisitePro, IBM Rational Software Architect, and BIRT, Part 1
The linkage between UML model elements and requirements is often of critical importance to your development organization. The approach described in this tutorial enables you to construct traceability reports using IBM Rational Software Architect, IBM Rational RequisitePro, and Business Intelligence Reporting Tools (BIRT).
Tutorials 16 Dec 2008  
 
Getting started with the IBM Rational RequisitePro Linked Requirements Report Plug-in for WebSphere Business Modeler
The IBM Rational RequisitePro Linked Requirements Report Plug-in for WebSphere Business Modeler enables users to create reports that show the links between a business process, its activities, and the Rational RequisitePro requirements from which they were derived. In this article, you'll learn the benefits of using the plug-in, and how to install and use it.
Articles 29 Oct 2008  
 
Versioning and parallel development of requirements in a multi- team environment (GDD) using IBM Rational RequisitePro and IBM Rational ClearCase
If you work in a multi-team environment (this is usually the case when working in a Geographically Distributed Development, or GDD, project), and follow an iterative development approach (where the software development team starts implementing the first requirements baseline while the requirements team already works on the next baseline(s) for the next iteration(s)), you should work in parallel You can use IBM Rational ClearCase when you need to work in parallel.
Articles 23 Sep 2008  
 
Guide to IBM Rational RequisitePro Users Manager Version 7.0.1
IBM Rational RequisitePro Users Manager is a utility that was created in response to customers' requests for a tool to manage users of many different projects with multiple groups in each one. Version 7.0.1 supports adding and deleting LDAP and non-LDAP-based users.
Articles 23 Sep 2008  
 
How to establish traceability by using IBM Rational RequisitePro and IBM Rational Systems Developer
This article demonstrates how to use traceability queries by using IBM Rational RequisitePro and IBM Rational Systems Developer, and explores an address book project as an example.
Articles 29 Apr 2008  
 
Capturing requirements with Business Motivation Model, IBM Rational RequisitePro, and IBM Rational Software Modeler
This article describes extensions to IBM Rational RequisitePro and IBM Rational Software Modeler that support the OMG Business Motivation Model (BMM) to graphically model business requirements, the relationships between them, and relationships to the things that fulfill them.
Articles 01 Apr 2008  
 
Versioning and parallel development of requirements artifacts using IBM Rational RequisitePro and IBM Rational ClearCase
from The Rational Edge: This article describes the benefits to development organizations when requirements are managed using configuration management tools and techniques.
Articles 15 Jun 2002  
 
Extending IBM Rational RequisitePro with Java
This article shows how to use Java technology to access the IBM Rational RequisitePro Extensibility Interface. It also explains how to use the Java Native Interface (JNI) libraries that are installed with RequisitePro.
Articles 17 Sep 2007  
 
Project administration using IBM Rational RequisitePro
Learn how to use the project administration features of the IBM Rational RequisitePro APIs. Most of these APIs have been included in the product since the versions indicated in this article.
Articles 25 Dec 2007  
 
Book excerpt -- from Requirements Management Using IBM Rational RequisitePro
from The Rational Edge: Read chapter 1 from a new book on requirements management, featuring IBM Rational RequisitePro.
15 Dec 2007  
 
Useful scripts to extend IBM Rational RequisitePro
These two add-ins for IBM Rational RequisitePro offer the capability of 1) importing multiple documents, and 2) adding hyperlinks to document-based requirements.
Articles 04 Dec 2007  
 
Integrating IBM Rational RequisitePro with IBM Rational Portfolio Manager:
As the project manager, you have been asked to incorporate the requirements work that your team has done in IBM Rational RequisitePro with the projects in IBM Rational Portfolio Manager. The goal of the Rational Portfolio Manager (project management) to RequisitePro (requirements management) integration is to link requirements with project planning and tracking. All of the import work is done through Rational Portfolio Manager. In the current implementation, it is a "pull" process from RequisitePro. All the data retrieved is read-only in Rational Portfolio Manager.
Articles 07 Aug 2007  
 
Visualize traceability in your development projects using IBM Rational Software Modeler and IBM Rational RequisitePro
This article shows you how you can graphically display traceability, from requirements through model to code, using IBM Rational RequisitePro and the built-in traceability capabilities of IBM Rational Software Modeler.
Articles 05 Jun 2007  
 
Traceability from Use Cases to Test Cases
The article illustrates a formal method of deriving functional test cases from use cases, including how to create a use case, derive all scenarios, and create reasonable test cases, as well as use IBM Rational RequisitePro for traceability from use cases to scenarios and test cases.
Articles 04 May 2006  
 
Design SOA services with Rational Software Architect, Part 1: Get started with requirements, process, and modeling
In this tutorial, Part 1 of a series, you will learn about the relationship between a set of tools in the IBM Rational Software Development Platform that you will use as you design an SOA-based service using Model-Driven Development (MDD). You’ll see how to access requirements from different sources, use a customized software development process, and then start to model a design for the required service. Tools used include IBM Rational Software Architect, IBM Rational Software Modeler, IBM WebShpere Business Modeler, IBM Rational RequisitePro and the IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology.
Tutorials 19 Sep 2006  
 
Versioning requirements
from The Rational Edge: The author proposes two methods for managing multiple versions of requirements across multiple product releases. The first method employs IBM Rational RequisitePro or other requirements management tool. The second method utilizes a change management facility, e.g., IBM Rational ClearQuest, in combination with the requirements management tool.
Articles 14 Jul 2006  
 
Four quadrant expectation management
from The Rational Edge: This article defines a software project management technique called "four quadrant expectation management" and presents an example of expectation modeling. Included are an explanation of how to implement the technique using IBM Rational RequisitePro and a brief look at how the technique can extend to sales, contract, and general management.
Articles 15 May 2005  
 
A self-starter's deployment kit for RequisitePro
Considering adopting IBM Rational RequisitePro? Then first get familiar with how to deploy it to your team. The newly updated IBM Rational RequisitePro Deployment Kit presents one of many deployment solutions for RequisitePro. This kit is designed especially for self-starters and helps enable the user to manage and resource the deployment themselves or with IBM Rational's assistance. The kit packages core deployment activities as "services modules" and provides guidelines for each module, with tips and best practices for conducting the activity described. Using this kit can significantly reduce your deployment costs.
Articles 11 Nov 2005  
 
Best practices: Extending RequisitePro's requirements management capabilities with Rational Portfolio Manager
This demonstration provides an overview on leveraging the integration capabilities between Rational RequisitePro and Rational Portfolio Manager to allow project managers to effectively prioritize requirements, and drive top-down project planning that focuses teams on critical requirements while ensuring that activities do not impact the project scope and delivery schedule.
Demos 15 Oct 2007  
 
Improved application development: Part 5, Testing and verifying with Rational tools
Testing is a vital part of any development process, and to perform adequate testing you need not only to identify faults but also to trace and track these faults, fixes, and the components they affect during each iteration of the development process. In this tutorial, you'll learn about the integration between the IBM Rational software testing products and other tools used in the development process, such as IBM Rational RequisitePro, IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software, and IBM Rational ClearQuest.
Tutorials 18 Jul 2005  
 
RequisitePro database support FAQs
Part of a collection of FAQs in support of IBM Rational RequisitePro.
Articles 27 Jul 2005  
 
Improved application development, Part 1: Collating requirements for an application
This first part of a five-part series shows how to use Rational RequisitePro to manage and organize the requirements specification for a new project. Then, after you've developed your unified list of requirements, the tutorial shows how to use Rational Software Modeler to model your application based on those requirements.
Tutorials 21 Jun 2005  
 
RequisitePro security FAQs
Part of a collection of FAQs in support of IBM Rational RequisitePro.
Articles 27 Jul 2005  
 
RequisitePro ClearCase Interface users guide
IBM Rational RequisitePro has an IBM Rational ClearCase interface for versioning RequisitePro projects. It enables you to archive complete RequisitePro projects in ClearCase. However, archiving works at a project level only, which means that this interface does not support versioning single requirements or RequisitePro documents. Many teams need to version RequisitePro documents. The RequisitePro ClearCase Interface tool meets this need, allowing you to manage RequisitePro documents in ClearCase, with full support for checking in, checking out, and labeling.
Articles 16 Sep 2008  
 
Application development, Part 5: Test and verify with Rational
This tutorial, the final of a five-part series, focuses on the role of software testing during application development. Testing is a vital part of any development process, and to perform adequate testing you need not only to identify faults but also to trace and track these faults, fixes, and the components they affect during each iteration of the development process. Only by tracking this information can you fix the faults and monitor the progress of your repairs. In this tutorial, we look at the integration between the Rationale software testing products and other tools used in the development process, such as RequisitePro, ClearCase, and ClearQuest. Key parts of the tutorial include: Building the test environment, Linking tests to application components, Tracking tests and results to requirements and change requests, Tracking code change submissions to fixes and tests.
Tutorials 20 Sep 2004  
 
Improved application development, Part 1: Translating requirements into an application model
Developing applications using the Rational Unified Process is a lot easier if you have the right tools to help you throughout the entire process. The Rational Toolset provides a range of tools that can be employed to help produce the application in different phases of the development process. On their own, these tools provide excellent support for each phase of the Rational discipline. But when used together the tools are even more powerful. By sharing the information you can track components in the application from their original requirement specification through to testing and release. In this first part of a five part series you'll learn about the integration between RequisitePro and Rational XDE. The focus in this tutorial is the first stage of the process -- project inception. You're going to be using the Auction system, used as a sample development within WebSphere Studio Application Developer, as the basis of an example.
Tutorials 16 Aug 2004  
 
Effective software testing and software quality, Part 1: Modify requirements for the Auction application using RequisitePro
Take a quick tour of the Auction demo application and the Eclipse platform. This demo shows how to take a new requirement for the Auction application and modify the requirements document using Rational RequisitePro. It is the first of a seven-part series on effective software testing and software quality.
Demos 02 Apr 2008  
 
Rational Requirements Composer
A collection of technical developer resources supporting Rational Requirements Composer.
03 Dec 2009  
 
Lean software delivery with the IBM Rational solution
from The Rational Edge: What does building a better car have to do with building better software? The lessons of lean manufacturing offer many opportunities for improving the underlying software supply chain that every business depends upon today. The principles of Lean Thinking offer practical, measurable ways to use the Rational solution to transform software delivery processes.
Articles 16 Oct 2006  
 
Rational Robot
Here you will find technical information about IBM Rational Robot: articles, product information, learning resources, and more.
30 Apr 2007  
 
Building SOA solutions with Industry Models and the IBM Rational Software Development Platform
from The Rational Edge: The authors describe how IBM's Industry Models for targeted industries can be customized to support unique business requirements via the IBM Rational and WebSphere toolset.
Articles 14 Jul 2006  
 
Selecting the best tools for your software system design
So many tools, and so little time! If you're an IT architect, it can be a daunting task to select the right design tools when architecting your software system. Explore a survey of tools to help determine which ones are best suited to each phase of the project life cycle -- and while you're at it, discover how to improve your time to delivery.
Articles 13 Feb 2007  
 
The business value of software quality
from The Rational Edge: This article explains the benefits of infusing concern for quality into an organization, as well as steps you can take and IBM tools you can use to support this key change.
Articles 15 Dec 2004  
 
Rational Requirements Composer with Rational Software Modeler integration
This demo shows how to transform an IBM Rational Requirements Composer project into a model in IBM Rational Software Architect or IBM Rational Software Modeler. See how use cases and process flow requirements captured in IBM Rational Requirements Composer can be used as a basis for your solution analysis and design activities within Rational Software Architect or Rational Software Modeler.
Demos 02 Apr 2009  
 
Applying Rational tools to a simple J2EE-based project, Part 1: Introduction
This multiple-part article works gradually through applying the Rational Unified Process and other Rational tools to a development project on a tight schedule and budget. Part 1 covers high-level planning and requirements solicitation.
Articles 02 Mar 2004  
 
Requirements Management Plan Example
A complete Requirements Management Plan for a large real-life project.
Articles 14 Apr 2004  
 
RequisitePro extensibility script index
This index page contains a number of useful RequisitePro Extensibility (RPX) scripts that add additional capabilities to your use of RequisitePro.
Articles 13 Jul 2004  
 
Requirements process for SOA projects, Part 1: Capturing requirements for an SOA application
No matter how robust the design of your Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) project seems, if it doesn't meet business requirements, it's destined to fail. Explore the art and science of capturing all the technical requirements for your initial SOA rollout.
Articles 14 Nov 2006  
 
Architecture in practice, Part 1: Realizing Service-Oriented Architecture
IBM architect Tilak Mitra provides practical guidance about IBM tools you can use to build a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) solution. In this first installment of his column, you get an overview about the IBM SOA Foundation as well as IBM Rational, WebSphere, and Tivoli software tools and other resources you can use to make your SOA designs a reality.
Articles 21 Nov 2006  
 
Geographically Distributed Development: A day in the life of a GDD project
from The Rational Edge: Geographically Distributed Development (GDD) is a mode of software development that allows businesses to coordinate project teams located in different regions, countries, and time zones. This article presents a generic scenario that illustrates how GDD operations proceed over a 24 hour cycle, unifying the efforts of teams based hypothetically in Bangalore, India, and Denver, USA.
Articles 15 Apr 2005  
 
Dissecting business from software requirements
from The Rational Edge: Business requirements, software requirements, business rules, non-functional requirements, constraints, and use cases are commonly used terms in requirements engineering. Although each of these requirements concerns is different, they are often found mixed together in a more complex requirement statement. This article offers techniques for dissecting complex requirement statements so that business and software requirements become more distinct.
Articles 15 Aug 2005  
 
Strategies for software development project success: A personal perspective
from The Rational Edge: A seasoned software development professional offers personal advice and describes best practices for improving project success, touching on communication, use cases, testing, and marketing.
Articles 15 Nov 2005  
 
Troubleshooting Guide to Mailreader
If you are experiencing problems with RequisitePro mailreader, this article provides a handy "decision tree" for determining the source of your issue and solving it.
Articles 20 Jun 2005  
 
RequisitePro performance FAQs
Part of a collection of FAQs in support of RequisitePro.
Articles 11 Dec 2005  
 
RequisitePro technical FAQs overview
From add-ins to Word integration, here is a collection of topic-based FAQs in support of RequisitePro.
Articles 15 Aug 2006  
 
RequisitePro discussion group FAQs
Part of a collection of FAQs in support of RequisitePro.
Articles 15 Oct 2004  
 
Requirements Frameworks Cut Development Costs and Time to Market
from The Rational Edge:
Articles 08 Mar 2004  
 
Getting started with IBM Rational Quality Manager
This article describes the primary features of IBM Rational Quality Manager, provides an introduction to workflows and roles, and shows you how can integrate this software with your other tools and the way that your team works.
Articles 30 Dec 2008  
 
Requirements planning: overlooked and undervalued
This article takes a high-level look at project requirements and the requirements cycle to help you understand the role of the business analyst in requirements planning.
Articles 02 Sep 2008  
 
Secure at the Source: Implementing source code analysis in the IBM Rational Software Development Lifecycle
from The Rational Edge: Learn how Ounce 5 source code security analysis can be implemented in alignment with the IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP) as part of the IBM Rational Software Development Lifecycle, resulting in improved security and significant cost reduction due to the earlier detection and mitigation of software security threats.
Articles 15 Jan 2008  
 
Saving the task from the tool: Techniques for user experience requirements analysis
from the Rational Edge: This article presents an overview of user-centered design and identifies the RUP artifacts that are especially useful for designing a usable product. The article concludes with a brief set of pointers to further reading.
Articles 15 May 2002  
 
Requirements management practices for developers
from the Rational Edge: This article describes how a team can produce a more successful product if it involves software developers in the requirements management process. The article lists typical project problems and proposes remedies, and offers tips about improving the requirements mangement process in your organization.
Articles 15 Jul 2002  
 
Using IBM Tivoli Directory Server for account management with IBM Rational software: Part 1. Setting up Tivoli Directory Server and Rational Build Forge
The first of this series, this article covers installation of IBM Tivoli Directory Server for use with the IBM Rational Build Forge management console and agent to provide a single point for authentication using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Articles 04 Dec 2007  
 
Modeling SOA: Part 5. Service implementation
In previous four articles of this series, we showed how to create a technology-neutral but complete design model of an architected services solution. In this final article, we look at how to create an actual implementation that is consistent with the architectural and design decisions captured in the services model. We'll generate the platform-specific implementation by exploiting both model-driven development and the IBM Rational Software Architect UML-to-SOA transformation feature to create a Web service from the SOA model.
Articles 30 Oct 2007  
 
Modeling SOA: Part 4. Service composition
This fourth article of this five-part series covers how to assemble and connect the service providers modeled in "Part 3. Service realization" and choreograph their interactions to provide a complete solution to the business requirements. It also shows how this service participant fulfills the original business requirements.
Articles 23 Oct 2007  
 
Modeling SOA: Part 3. Service realization
This third article of this five-part series explains how SOA-based Web services are actually implemented. The service implementation starts with deciding what component will provide what services. After these decisions have been made, you can model how each service functional capability is implemented and how the required services are actually used. Then you can use the UML-to-SOA transformation feature included in IBM Rational Software Architect to create a Web service that can be used in IBM WebSphere Integration Developer to implement, test, and deploy the completed solution.
Articles 16 Oct 2007  
 
Modeling SOA: Part 2. Service specification
In this second article of this five-part series, we continue defining the SOA solution by modeling the specification of each service in detail. These specifications will define contracts between consumers and producers of the service. These contracts include the provided and required interfaces, the roles those interfaces play in the service specification, and the rules or protocol for how those roles interact.
Articles 09 Oct 2007  
 
Modeling SOA: Part 1. Service identification
This article is the first in a series of five articles about developing software based on service-oriented architecture (SOA). It shows how to use UML models extended with the IBM Software Service Profile to design an SOA solution that is connected to business requirements, yet independent of the solution implementation.
Articles 02 Oct 2007  
 
Validated requirements from business use cases and the Rational Unified Process
from The Rational Edge: Read how business use cases can serve as the basis for validating requirements during the software development process.
Articles 15 Aug 2007  
 
Rational products
Rational tools improve both individual and team capability. With them, you can choose the development environment and IDE that's right for your team. They help you work at the level of abstraction that's right for each activity. With Rational products and resources, you can tailor your project environment to meet your specific needs.
14 Dec 2005  
 
Rational Rose
This is your starting place for technical information about the Rational software platform. You'll find articles, sample code, tutorials, tools, and more.
30 Apr 2007  
 
Impact Analysis with Rational Architecture Management Tools
from The Rational Edge: Conducting an impact analysis before making changes to an existing system is a recommended practice to ensure that all system interdependencies are known, and that changes to one or more components will be understood in terms of the effects on other components. This article describes specific techniques for using the IBM Rational toolset for performing an impact analysis.
Articles 15 Apr 2007  
 
developerWorks : Rational : Training : Computer and Web-based courses
These Web-based courses from developerWorks cover a variety of Rational topics, for everyone from beginner to advanced developers.
01 Jun 2005  
 
Enterprise architecture essentials, Part 3: Design and build your enterprise architecture
Building great IT architecture takes time and planning. By assessing what is already in place, then visualizing what it should be, you can make great enterprise architecture a reality. To achieve your dream architecture, learn what to build, how to build it, and what to build it on in this article.
Articles 11 Sep 2007  
 
Enterprise architecture essentials, Part 2: Develop and manage an enterprise architecture repository
In this article, explore the structural and management issues around the creation of a robust enterprise architecture repository, which can allow you to fully exploit your organization's existing assets.
Articles 07 Aug 2007  
 
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