IBM® Rational® DOORS® Next
Generation is
a requirements management tool that runs on the IBM Rational Jazz™ platform technology. Rational DOORS Next Generation includes
a server application and a web client. Together, these components
provide capabilities to define and manage requirements in systems
and software engineering projects for manufactured products and systems-oriented
industries.
The Requirements Management application
The
capabilities that are provided by the Requirements Management (RM)
application in the Rational solution for Collaborative
Lifecycle Management (CLM)
are licensed as Rational DOORS Next Generation or IBM Rational Requirements Composer.
The Rational solution for CLM also
includes the Change and Configuration Management (CCM) and Quality
Management (QM) applications, and IBM Rational Reporting for Development
Intelligence. To support teams across the development lifecycle, these
tools have common installation, architectural, user interface, administration,
and integration features. As part of the Rational solution for CLM,
the RM application provides requirements visibility and traceability
across the lifecycle.
Web client
The RM web client provides tools
to define requirements in rich-text documents and visual representations
in business process diagrams, use-case diagrams, storyboards, and
user interface sketches. The web client also provides traceability
links to development plans, work items, test plans, test cases, designs,
and models. Requirement artifacts can be organized and reused in views,
collections, and modules. Modules manage complexity by providing hierarchical
structure for specifications in views that are like the features in Rational DOORS. Teams can use these capabilities to
evolve requirements from informal input to formal, actionable objectives. Rational DOORS license
holders are entitled to use the RM application in CLM.
Jazz Team Server
Jazz Team Server provides an open
integration architecture and team collaboration through dashboards,
reviews, and comments. The server supports common administration of
users, projects, data types, artifact types, attributes, and tags.
Teams can use common services and project-wide type systems to consistently
define and manage requirements. In CLM lifecycle projects, administrators
can manage project areas, team members, and processes across associated
applications. A commercial database is also used, which provides system
and project administrators with flexible and standardized operational
procedures.
Linking and data exchange by using OSLC
Integration
between artifacts in the CLM applications and other applications is
supported through the implementation of Open Services for Lifecycle
Collaboration (OSLC) specifications. For example, OSLC integration
protocol links requirements in Rational DOORS with
artifacts in the RM application. Requirements data is exchanged between
the two products through an implementation of ReqIF, which is an evolution
of the Requirements Interchange Format, which the Object Management
Group (OMG) governs. By exchanging data in ReqIF files, teams in different
organizations can use different requirements management tools to work
on shared specifications to construct a consistent view of a solution.
Comparing Rational DOORS and Rational DOORS Next Generation
Rational DOORS continues
to excel for teams that need a mature, proven RM system and its industrial
strength capabilities. Such capabilities include requirements change
management that is driven by a process defined in a change management
tool, and deep customizations that are based on DOORS Extension Language
(DXL). Rational DOORS Next Generation is
an RM system that is built for collaboration across teams, is on the
web, and is part of a Jazz integration server solution. Rational DOORS Next Generation is
available as part of Rational DOORS at
no extra cost to clients who have active subscription and support.
For more information, see an IBM announcement letter for Rational DOORS version
9.5 or later, which is available from the IBM Offering
Information portal. From the portal, search for announcement
letters about Rational DOORS that were published in June 2013 or later.
The
capabilities of Rational DOORS Next Generation are
improving significantly release-to-release. However, this release
does not include all of the major capabilities of Rational DOORS.
If your team uses Rational DOORS and
is evaluating Rational DOORS Next Generation,
consider your current needs and practices when deciding which product
to use. For example, the current version of Rational DOORS Next Generation does
not support the extreme scale of Rational DOORS,
where millions of objects can exist in a project's modules. For performance
testing reports, see the library on Jazz.net.
To compare Rational DOORS Next Generation with
other Rational requirements
management tools, see the Overview of Rational DOORS Next Generation and the
RM application and Comparison of Rational DOORS and Rational DOORS Next
Generation in the CLM information center. Also, see the article Which IBM Rational requirements management tool is
best for your teams? on Jazz.net.
To
configure the integration with Rational DOORS,
see Integrating the Requirements Management application
and Rational DOORS in the CLM information center.
For
a video introduction to Rational DOORS Next Generation, see this
video on YouTube: Introduction to IBM Rational DOORS Next
Generation.