In this post, we’re going to show you how to build a Node.js application that monitors a Slack channel and responds to commands. These commands result in a command line tool (udclient) being called against our Urbancode Deploy (UCD) server.  This will allow you to tap into a continuous delivery pipeline, and run UCD processes that your build process also invokes […]

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 […]

Reuse, if implemented strategically, has the potential to reduce development costs and improve product quality and time to market dramatically. But, how can teams do this at scale for complex products and systems? Features are a useful level of abstraction above the requirements, designs, tests, implementation artifacts, and (in some cases) calibration data that define […]

What if you could find hidden patterns in the data your development teams create? What if you could discover ways to improve your team’s performance?  To answer questions like these, we are introducing technical preview using Watson Analytics with Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) 6.0.2. To see this new integration in action, go to https://jazz.net/rs and run […]

Support for the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe) methodology in IBM’s Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution was delivered in CLM 6.0.1 for SAFe 3.0 and beta support for SAFe 4.0 is now available for CLM 6.0.1 and later. But, what if you aren’t on the correct version of CLM to take advantage of the out-of-the-box support? […]

We are pleased to announce that Team Concert Jenkins plug-in 1.2.0.0 is here! About Team Concert Jenkins plug-in Team Concert Jenkins plug-in integrates Jenkins with Rational Team Concert’s (RTC) SCM and Build capabilities using the richer features of the build toolkit. It provides options to configure Jenkins jobs to use RTC source control. Jenkins jobs can […]

We’re very pleased to announce that IBM Quick Deployer version 1.2 is now available, free to download and use from Jazz.net under a “Non-warranted Program” license. IBM Quick Deployer is installation and deployment automation for IBM’s Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Continuous Engineering (CE) Solutions 6.0.2, 6.0.1 and CLM 6.0 on Red Hat Linux 6.6+ […]

Rhapsody Design Manager 6.0.2 is here! Enhancements in version 6.0.2 include the following (for a complete list, see New & Noteworthy): Rhapsody DM client is included as part of Rhapsody installation Now there will be an option to install the Rhapsody Design Manager client as part of the Rhapsody installation. When you do this, there will […]

Enhancements to Rational Quality Manager 6.0.2 include the following.  For a complete list, see New & Noteworthy. Customization of manual test scripts Manual test scripts can now be customized in two ways. First, users can add new custom sections to the set of predefined sections available out of the box—Summary, Formal Reviews, Manual Steps, and Associated […]