Very few companies provide milestone builds of their products to their customers. And not all provide betas. But how many companies do both AND self-host on their milestones and betas? Not many, but we DO and we’re proud of it. By self-hosting, we work out the problems before you experience them, but we also know […]

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it. -Mia Hamm, first female FIFA World Player of the Year Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect. -Vince Lombardi, head coach of the Green Bay Packers We would all like to […]

No matter how rough the sea, a lighthouse is always shining in the distance to help you find your way. – Unknown In the days of simple software projects in someone’s garage, we didn’t worry too much about steering projects. Now, even small projects amass large amounts of data. As we improve our collaboration and […]

About a dozen years ago, Tim Berners-Lee coined the term “Semantic Web”. Wikipedia states “The main purpose of the Semantic Web is driving the evolution of the current Web by enabling users to find, share, and combine information more easily.” With Lifecycle Traceability, we not only share and combine information about our projects, we ensure […]

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. – Alan Lakein, writer It’s a bad plan that admits of no modification. – Publilius Syrus, Roman slave and poet (circa 100 BC) When we start a software project we can’t possibly predict all of the possible activities […]

Why is it that some teams release products that provide a great experience, while others, release products that are, well, not quite right? Behind every great experience lies a multitude of design choices that bring to life the stakeholders’ vision. Getting it right requires many conversations on many levels, with stakeholders, with architects and designers, […]

“At some point, you take a step back, and you realize you have an awful lot of siloed systems that are limiting transparency across strategic projects.” Development Director, Temenos, Inc. Back when I was making my career decision, I chose to avoid the medical field. Software, I thought, was safe. I wouldn’t harm anyone if […]

In a blog post published earlier this month, Scott Rich and John Kellerman wrote about our plans for upcoming fix packs for CLM 2011 (Rational Team Concert, Rational Quality Manager, and Rational Requirements Composer 3.0.1) and our plans for CLM 2012. In this post I’ll let you know how those plans will be realized in […]

As you’ve no doubt seen from our many recent blog posts, we’ve been counting down the days to our CLM 2011 release. I’m thrilled to announce that the release is now here! You can learn more about the release on the project pages for Rational Team Concert, Rational Quality Manager, and Rational Requirements Composer, or jump […]

The new release of Rational Quality Manager (RQM) 3.0.1 will be available on June 14. We have added many new features and capabilities to make you more effective in managing, organizing, and tracking test activities as part of your development cycle. As a part of the  collaborative lifecycle management solution, RQM also delivers the capabilities that […]