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 […]

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. […]

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. I. Get up and running quickly with SAFe® 4.0 your way: In IBM Rational […]

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. Components It’s likely you will find information about “components” in a number of our blogs about 6.0.3.  That’s because they impact a number of our tools. It is now possible to […]

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: Configuration Management: It’s now […]

Traditional software development practices and tools can’t scale up to support the accelerated delivery cycles and iterations of products designed for the Internet of Things. You need modern tools and practices designed for the IoT to succeed. In the past, traditional development methodologies were waterfall and led in one direction: from design to deployment, with […]

IBM introduced versions and configuration management for requirement and testing artifacts in Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) 6.0 – but up to now, the unit of configuration was the project area. In 6.0.3 (in Release Candidate 3 as I write this), you can create smaller components and configuration. This article shows how this new capability gives […]

Are you interested in trying out the SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework®) support in IBM’s Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution, but don’t know how to get started? Maybe you think it is just too hard, or too expensive, especially if you are just in the exploration phase. Consider the new SAFe in a Box Software as […]

I’ve worked with many customers over the years to develop and deploy IBM solutions and, for the most part, I avoided the notion of reporting like the plague. Bad news since, in my humble opinion, reporting is an absolutely critical aspect of any solution. After all, how will you prove the solution made a difference […]

The Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe) is the industry-leading methodology for organizations of all kinds looking to scale lean and agile principles across the business. SAFe 4.0, specifically, addresses the needs of large regulated IT and systems engineering organizations by adding more rigor to solution elaboration as part of an overall planning and execution process. Whether […]