Tool: IBM Rational Team Concert

IBM® Rational® Team Concert is a collaborative software delivery environment that empowers project teams to simplify, automate, and govern software delivery. Automated data collection and reporting reduces administrative overhead and provides the real-time insight required to effectively govern software projects. Dynamic project provisioning enables day one productivity, while real-time collaboration helps significantly reduce scrap and rework. Rational Team Concert extends the capabilities of the Team with integrated work item, build, software configuration management (SCM) and the collaborative infrastructure of the Jazz Team Server.

Terminology mapping

Process descriptions in IBM® Rational® Method Composer use general purpose terminology for work products because they need to be understood across a variety of circumstances and tools. Specific tools often need to refine that terminology to increase clarity and usability. This page describes how artifacts defined in this process are defined IBM® Rational Team Concert™.

Common Artifacts

Rational Method Composer artifact	Rational Team Concert artifact
[Project Work]	The [Project Work] includes the Work Items List, which is a list of all work for the project or release. In Rational Team Concert, work items such as user stories are initially added to the release backlog and can be visualized in the release plan (Scrum Process template) or in the project plan (IBM Practices for Agile Delivery Process template). The work items (such as user stories) are later assigned to iterations and moved from the release backlog to the Sprint Backlog (scrum process) or Iteration Plan (IBM Practices for Agile Delivery). New work items such as tasks needed to develop and test user stories are added to the Sprint Backlog or Iteration Plan. Project tasks in Rational Team Concert are maintained as Work Items. A description of the work that needs to be performed during a specific time period is defined in an Iteration Plan.
Risk List	In Rational Team Concert, risks can be represented as work items of type risk, issue, or any custom work item type. The risks can be prioritized, assigned to owners, and further detailed with tasks that need to be performed to address them. A risk list in Rational Team Concert can be retrieved by a query that shows all work items of that particular type you are using to capture risks.
[Technical Specification]	Change requests and stakeholder requests in Rational Team Concert are generally maintained as Work Items. Technical specifications also contain requirements, so there are probably other tools in your environment that maintain other parts of the Technical Specification.
Work Items List	The Work Items List is the list of all work for the project or release. All work items in Rational Team Concert (such as requirements, defects, tasks, and so on) are added to the tool repository so that they can be tracked, assigned to or taken on by team members, resolved, closed, and so on. Work items can be assigned to plans (such as the Project Plan and Iteration Plan), retrieved by queries, and visualized in dashboards.