Introduction

IBM® Cognos® LifeCycle Manager is a Microsoft Windows operating system-based application that assists in the process of verifying upgrades from previous versions of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence to later versions by identifying and logging potential upgrade issues.

Cognos LifeCycle Manager delivers the following three values in support of this activity:

1. Proven practice upgrade process

   The user interface design and status reporting functionality provide both a proven practice process and support for upgrade project planning and status reporting.

2. Upgrade verification

   Cognos Lifecycle Manager validates, runs, and compares report results from two different IBM Cognos Business Intelligence releases to let you rapidly identify upgrade and compatibility issues between releases.

3. Test case capture

   Cognos Lifecycle Manager automates much of the process of bundling the required files, such as reports and models, for the test case.