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CLM configuration management: a series providing guidance for planning configuration management
CLM configuration management: Adoption guidance and practices - After you determine whether your organization would benefit from configuration management, you need to evaluate your existing processes and determine how they will change to reflect the new concepts and operations. This article guides you through important considerations for adopting configuration management. See the related articles for additional details about practices and decisions points.
CLM configuration management: Defining your component strategy - Components typically represent physical or logical subdivisions of your product or system. A
CLM configuration management: Patterns for stream usage - This article introduces several patterns of stream usage, or stream strategies, which are described in more detail in additional linked articles. You should already be familiar with the configuration management capabilities, and have decided to investigate further. For the introduction to this series, see Adoption guidance and practices. As part of planning your adoption of configuration management you need to determine your stream strategy.
CLM configuration management: Single stream strategy - Use the single stream pattern for basic change management that’s only in a single domain application (that is, requirements or tests or designs). Typically you use this pattern with the Requirements Management (RM) or Design Management (DM) appl
CLM configuration management: Multistream variant strategy - This article discusses patterns of stream usage for situations where multiple variants of lifecycle artifacts need to be maintained in parallel for each of several releases. This is a common need of product-centric organizations. These and other patterns – including several that these patterns build on – are introduced in the companion Patterns for stream usage article. Read about these base patterns before you read this article. You’ll also find links there to the other stream pattern articles in this series.
CLM configuration management: Multistream concurrent release development strategy - This article explores patterns of stream usage for situations where you work on multiple releases of a product concurrently. Many organizations find these patterns useful on their own. These patterns also form the basis of the more complex multistream variant patterns, as explained in the Multistream variant strategy article. Many patterns are introduced in the companion Patterns for stream usage article. That article in turn points to the other stream details articles in this series. We suggest you read about the more basic patterns, such as the single stream strategy, before you read the current article. The patterns we present here are relatively complex. If an opportunity to “go simpler” presents itself, even for a single component, we encourage you to do so. For example, if you can build and maintain a reusable component of regulatory requirements using a single-stream pattern, rather than one of the multistream patterns, by all means use the simpler pattern.
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What else did we improve in Collaborative Lifecycle Management 6.0.5 - key updates for client experienceOn December 4th 2017, we announced Now
The list below focuses not on the new product features, but instead, the key wins in the 6.0.5 release which will make life better for users and administators in particular.
Backups There were two main focuses to address the complexity of backup strategies. There is now an inte Typically, like buses, two articles are now available. We wrote a specific article on back We now strongly encourage you to backup your DOORS Next Generation indices so as to lessen the likelihood of needing to run a repotools reindex.
Windows VM users can now consider using alternative performance settings for DOORS Next Generation We have focused on DNG backup strategy mentioned above, so as to ensure that we do not need to run repotools reindex. This was in part prompted by the desire for Windows Virtual Machine(VM) users to be able to use a DNG
Guidance on adopting IBM CLM configuration management across the lifecycle During the same time frame, there was a large intiative to provide guidance on adopting CLM lifecycle configurartion management. Tim Feeney's blog explains the new Bes
Validating and documenting on WebSphere Liberty Profile and Jazz Authorization Server (JAS) It is now possible to authenticate using Smart Cards, or certificates (.p12) with Liberty: and with JAS, see related article: Conf We have also improved the formal IBM Knowledge Center on these topics, cross-linking so you don't need to find these additional resources: Conf Last but not least, Mul
Jazz.net previews In case you missed it. Here's a reminder of the blog post highlighting our new Previews tool: htt In a preview, an expert guides you step-by-step through the various products in the IBM IoT continuous eng
Jazz Community sharing site: A big thank you to the German User Group for creating a new public sharing site available to everyone - see Rolf Nelson's Intr
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Highlights of CLM 6.0.3, IoT Continuous Engineering Solutions, and more!
Highlights of CLM 6.0.3 - I’m pleased to announce that Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) 6.0.3 is now available for download — along with IBM Internet of Things continuous engineering solution 6.0.3, which is a superset of CLM. Our largest focus area this release has been improving simplicity and productivity for practitioners. You’ll see that in these highlights [Read more...]
What’s new with SAFe® in CLM 6.0.3 - It’s official. IBM’s support for Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe) 4.0 is now “in the box”! You can read more about the highlights of the Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) 6.0.3 release in Daniel Moul’s blog: Highlights of 6.0.3. We’ve been working diligently with several early adopters who have provided great feedback since we posted the first beta templates back in March. That early feedback has led to some great improvements — thank you all for contributing to make the SAFe support better. Next up: reports and videos. [Read more...]
What’s new in Rational DOORS Next Generation 6.0.3 - IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation (DNG) 6.0.3 introduces a new dimension to configuration management a simpler way to interact with requirements information and more. [Read more...]
What’s new in Rational Team Concert 6.0.3 - We’ve been busy with key enhancements to IBM Rational Team Concert 6.0.3 including enterprise agile planning with SAFe® 4.0, improved work item collaboration with rich text support and enhanced usability for the Jazz SCM. For more details, see New & Noteworthy. [Read more...]
What’s new in Rational Quality Manager 6.0.3 - In this post, I am going to highlight three key enhancements to IBM Rational Quality Manager 6.0.3 that will make a difference for many of you: customization of manual test scripts, artifact comparison, and components. For a complete enhancement list and more details about the content of this release, please see the New & Noteworthy. [Read more...]
What’s new in Rhapsody Design Manager 6.0.3 and Rhapsody 8.2 - IBM Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 6.0.3 and IBM Rational Rhapsody 8.2 are here! As usual, there are many exciting things that have taken place in the area of modeling, or as many call it today, architecture and design management. For a complete list, see the New & Noteworthy for Rhapsody Design Manager and what’s new for Rhapsody. [Read more...]
What’s new in Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.1 - Many organizations must produce documentation from their systems along with software engineering data that meets complex style and format requirements. These requirements might be imposed by clients, business partners, government or industry regulatory bodies. IBM Rational Publishing Engine automates the generation of these types of documents from your data in Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) and other products. In the 2.1.1 release of Rational Publishing Engine, we’ve continued to simplify the user experience with a focus on both template designers and report designers. You can watch demos of these and other new features at the Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.1 YouTube playlist. For more details, see New & Noteworthy. [Read more...]
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Upgrading your CLM system? - Definitive must-read checklist just published.On April 25th 2016, IBM released Collaborative Lifecycle Management 6.0.2. In Moshe Cohen's blog One of those highlights was:
And Moshe said:
Maybe it's a coincidence, but a lot of upgrades have occurred in the last few months. Unfortunately, not all of them have gone as smoothly as they could have done.
Why are people finding that their upgrades are not wildly successful? This, for me, is particularly frus We also published a useful blog post "Planning your CLM upgrade?" to help find information about the latest available fixes and system requirements; and Dan Toczala wrote a The Inte
All of which was great, but do we just have too much information in too many places? What we have missed all this time is a single entry point to our expansive library of information relating to your specific upgrade - in a single page! In order to have a positive upgrade, where success is planned in from the start, a simple, handy checklist is required.
Solution: One, simple, must
This checklist includes simple links to assist with obtaining all the information required for each of the key areas of an upgrade: * Planning * Upgrade Testing * Software Licenses * Server, infrastructure and performance considerations * Latest Upgrade flashes and news per CLM application * Ways to contact us so we can help * Additional pertinent links/information
We are strongly recommending that this be the starting point of every CLM upgrade. Please also give us your feedback if you believe something is missing.
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Planning your CLM upgradeAre you planning an upgrade of your CLM products? Looking for information about the latest available fixes, system requirements and alerts or security bulletins that may impact your upgrade decisions?
CLM Fix list A list of CLM releases (4.0.7 and later) and details about the latest available fixes has been organized in Fix list for IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management. This document contains a complete listing of releases, refreshes, fix packs and interim fixes sorted by version for IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management. It also contains a list of APAR fixes that are included in each release broken down by individual product/component.
System Requirements When planning your upgrade, you should also review your existing systems and software for potential compatibility issues. Refer to the Detailed System Requirements reports which include details about supported operating systems, related software, hypervisors and hardware requirements; including component-level details. Links to individual reports for the latest versions are included below:
Alerts and Security Bulletins Details about Alerts and Security Bulletin updates are also import to consider when upgrading and can be found in the Flashes, alerts and bulletins for Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management section of the IBM Support Portal.
Additional information about upgrading can also be found in the
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Monitoring - A primer on how to improve the reliability and predictability of your CLM or CE system
Complex distributed systems require an automated, layered approach to monitoring. Most organizations monitor key parts of their infrastructure but monitoring typically stops at the application layer because it can be difficult to know what and how to effectively monitor applications without an understanding of the application architecture.
In the CLM
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CLM 6.0.2 iFix017 available on Fix Central
CLM 6.0.2 iFix017 was made available for download on June 15.
This iFix contains fixes for 781 defects broken out for the following products:
For information about downloading this fix (and fixes available for other versions) please go here. |
CLM 6.0.3 iFix012 available on Fix Central
CLM 6.0.3 iFix012 was made available for download on June 15.
This iFix contains fixes for 705 defects broken out for the following products:
For information about downloading this fix (and fixes available for other versions) please go here. |
CLM 6.0.5 iFix006 available on Fix Central
CLM 6.0.5 iFix006 was made available for download on June 15.
This iFix contains fixes for 377 defects broken out for the following products:
For information about downloading this fix (and fixes available for other versions) please go here. |
A primer on how to improve the reliability and predictability of your CLM or CE system
CLM Monitoring - Vishwanath Ramaswamy, Vaughn Rokosz, and Richard Watts of Persistent Systems provide a primer on how to improve the reliability and predictability of your CLM or CE system. Complex distributed systems require an automated, layered approach to monitoring. Most organizations monitor key parts of their infrastructure, but monitoring typically stops at the application layer because it can be difficult to know what and how to effectively monitor applications without an understanding of the application architecture.
This article describes some key application metrics to monitor and present a high level overview of the distributed application architecture. [Read more…]
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RPE architecture – Document Builder and Desktop
Kumaraswamy Gowda, technical lead and architect for Rational Publishing Engine, covers the architecture for Rational Publishing Engine (RPE) Document Builder and RPE Desktop client, which provide document generation capabilities for the Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution and external tools like HP ALM, JIRA, etc.
Check out his full article, along with diagrams, on jazz.net: Rational Publishing Engine architecture – Document Builder and Desktop.
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Lifecycle Query Engine and Report Builder articles
Highlighting some of the most recent articles from the jazz.net library that cover Lifecycle Query Engine (LQE) and Report Builder:
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Continuous Engineering and CLM series of interactive demos
You can quickly and easily preview IBM Internet of Things continuous engineering products while getting some hand-on experience with each tool by watching our Continuous Engineering and Collaborative Lifecycle Management solutions series of interactive preview videos.
Be sure to check out this latest addition to the series of interactive demos: IBM |
CLM 6.0.5 iFix 004 available on Fix Central
CLM 6.0.5 iFix 004 was made available for download on March 30.
This iFix contains fixes for 209 defects broken out for the following products:
For information about downloading this fix (and fixes available for other versions) please go here. |
CLM 6.0.4 iFix 008 available on Fix Central
CLM 6.0.4 iFix 008 was made available for download on March 22.
This iFix contains fixes for 508 defects broken out for the following products:
For information about downloading this fix (and fixes available for other versions) please go here. |
CLM 6.0.1 iFix 017 available on Fix Central
CLM 6.0.1 iFix 017 was made available for download on March 16.
This iFix contains fixes for 530 defects broken out for the following products:
For information about downloading this fix (and fixes available for other versions) please go here. |
CLM 5.0.2 iFix 025 available on Fix Central
CLM 5.0.2 iFix 025 was made available for download on March 16.
This iFix contains fixes for 689 defects broken out for the following products:
For information about downloading this fix (and fixes available for other versions) please go here. |
Reviewing global configurations in the GCM application
Reviewing global configurations in the GCM application - Part two in Kathryn Fryer's series on configuration management (see part one here). This video explores global components and configurations and how they group contributions from across application domains to provide a holistic view of your products and components, and determine which versions of which artifacts make up each product version or variant. This video shows version 6.0.4 of the IBM CLM/CE solution.
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CLM 6.0.2 iFix 016 available on Fix Central
CLM 6.0.2 iFix 016 was made available for download on March 9.
This iFix contains fixes for 744 defects broken out for the following products:
For information about downloading this fix (and fixes available for other versions) please go here. |
CLM 6.0.5 iFix 003 available on Fix Central
CLM 6.0.5 iFix 003 was made available for download on March 2.
This iFix contains fixes for 178 defects broken out for the following products:
For information about downloading this fix (and fixes available for other versions) please go here. |
