You can configure IBM® Rational® DOORS® to integrate with IBM Rational Rhapsody® Design Manager and
the design management capabilities in IBM Rational Software Architect
by using Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) linking.
Restriction: To configure the integration, 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 Management Server.
The Design Management solution provides web-based, collaborative
tools that are based on Jazz technology.
Teams can use the design management capabilities 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. You can create and view links
in both Design Management and Rational DOORS. When you hover your cursor
over the links, you can view a summary of the linked artifacts or
resources. For a demonstration of linking, see the IBM developerWorks® article OSLC linking in IBM Rational Design Manager 4.0
with Rational Rhapsody and DOORS.
OSLC is
a set of specifications for linking and viewing artifacts across the
software development lifecycle. To enable communication between the
applications, you must do these tasks:
- Configuring Rational DOORS Web Access to use OSLC.
- Add the Design Management Server to the remote services list in
the Rational DOORS database, as described in Configuring Rational DOORS to use OSLC.
- Configure the Design Management Server to communicate with Rational
DOORS. See the Design Management documentation for Integrating Design Management with Rational
DOORS. The configuration tasks in Design Management
involve these tasks:
- Configuring communication between Design Management and Rational
DOORS by establishing cross-server communication to the Rational
DOORS repository
- Associating design projects with Rational
DOORS projects
- Deploying predefined link types that team members can use for the integration
For information about integrating directly with Rational
Rhapsody with a non-OSLC interface, see the documentation
Integrating Rational
Rhapsody and Rational
DOORS.