Rational DOORS and Design Management

You can configure Rational DOORS to integrate with IBM Rational Rhapsody Design Manager and IBM Rational Software Architect Design Manager by using Open Services Lifecycle Control (OSLC) linking.
Note: To perform the integration configuration, you must have database manager privileges or custom user permissions to manage the database in Rational DOORS. You must also have Jazz Administrator privileges on the Design Manager Server.

The Design Management solution provides web-based, collaborative tools that are based on Jazz technology. The design management capabilities in Rational Rhapsody Design Manager and Rational Software Architect Design Manager enable teams to integrate design into the overall systems engineering and application lifecycles and collaborate on models and designs.

By integrating Rational DOORS with Design Management, you can link requirements and requirements-related artifacts to design artifacts. You can use models to elaborate the design, structure, and relationships between development artifacts. Stakeholders can collaborate on designs and ensure that they are relevant and aligned with business and design requirements. For a demonstration of linking, see the IBM developerWorks article OSLC linking in IBM Rational Design Manager 4.0 with Rational Rhapsody and DOORS.

You can link requirements management artifacts in Rational DOORS to Design Management resources by using the following link types: You can create and view links in both Design Management and Rational DOORS. You can view a summary of the linked artifacts or resources by hovering over the links.
OSLC is an open standard that IBM is developing in cooperation with business partners and customers for linking and viewing artifacts across the software development lifecycle. To enable communication between the applications, you must complete the following tasks:

For information on integrating directly with Rational Rhapsody with a non-OSLC interface, see the documentation Integrating Rational Rhapsody with requirements management tools.


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