Back when the System Verification Test (SVT) team started thinking about Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) 6.0, they put some automation goals in place.  Having identified a key bottleneck of long periods of time being spent on setting up the configurations for scenario testing, the first goal was to build automated scripts to speed up the […]

The recent release of Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) 6.0 RC1 signals the release candidate (RC) phase of development, which means that the official CLM 6.0 release is in its final stages. The 6.0 release offers new and exciting configuration management capabilities. To learn more about these capabilities, read the Getting started with configuration management help […]

Having experience with different types of reporting and status updates, Brian Lang, the Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) Product Delivery Leader, spent some time discussing with me some of the key productivity gains he’s noticed in using Rational Team Concert (RTC).  The focus here is on the benefits of having a collaborative and transparent workflow, especially […]

I want to take this time to thank all of you who are participating in our 6.0 Beta programs for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), Rational DOORS Next Generation (RDNG), Rational Quality Manager (RQM) and Rational Team Concert (RTC).  We appreciate and value your participation over the past five months.  As a result of the beta […]

Amy Silberbauer, our resident expert on Scaled Agile Framework®(SAFe™) contributed this update on our latest CLM support for scaling agile.  Let us know what you think about our new SAFe 3.0 process template we have included in the CLM 6.0 Milestone 10 build on jazz.net! Now that InterConnect 2015 is behind us, we’ve been busy […]

We are looking forward to demonstrating our latest Beta Milestone M9 and hearing feedback from clients like you at InterConnect 2015, which starts this weekend in Las Vegas.  With Milestone 9 now available for download, it’s possible to create development streams and baselines that span two or more project areas managed by multiple applications (for […]

Back in September, Rolf Nelson wrote a blog to help launch Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) 5.0.1. So, I thought I’d keep the analogies going as we make our 5.0.2 release generally available. First, I just want to provide some quick background about me and the role I’m in. My name is Brian Lang, and I’m […]

These days software developers don’t think twice about putting their source code under configuration management.  The advantages of using configuration management speak for themselves: Creating a shared development context: Each person can load their workspace with the same files and file versions. Managing change: You can make isolated changes, and when you are ready, deliver […]