Collaborative Application Lifecycle Management (C/ALM)
is implemented by integrating products on Jazz™ technology to connect the work of analysts
with development and test teams. Current product integrations include Rational® Requirements Composer, Rational Team Concert,
and Rational Quality Manager.
Cross-product links support traceability, Web-like navigation, review,
commenting, and status tracking across project repositories. These
integrations build on the Jazz Foundation
to provide a common approach to artifact linking, dashboards, security,
and user interface frameworks.
Each Jazz-based product extends the functionality of the core Jazz
Team Server. For example, each product includes extensions for additional
data types and changes to the user interface.
C/ALM integrations provide the following capabilities:
- Link to existing artifacts across repositories in integrated products;
for example, test cases are linked to work items and requirements.
- Hover over links to quickly check that status of associated work;
for example testers can monitor the status of a defect that they reported
to the development team.
- Add a viewlet to a dashboard to report query results from associated
projects; for example, you can display requirements that have not
been assigned test plans.
- Add comments to any artifact in an integrated repository.
Team members can use C/ALM integrations to achieve business objectives
across the application lifecycle, as shown in the following figure
and examples:
Figure 1. Collaborative ALM integrations connect analysts, developers
and testers
In
Rational Requirements
Composer:
- Requirements are implemented by iteration plans in Rational Team Concert and validated by test
plans in Rational Quality
Manager.
- Analysts and other team members develop requirements that drive
development work items, test plans and test cases.
In
Rational Team Concert™:
- Project managers and development managers use iteration plans
to implement Rational Requirements
Composer requirements in the context of a development schedule.
- Iteration plan stories and other work items implement individual
requirements.
- Developers work on defects that are submitted by testers as a
result of test execution.
In
Rational Quality
Manager:
- The test team links requirements to test plans and test cases.
- Testers link test cases to development work items to track development
progress.
- Testers submit defects in Rational Team Concert and verify
the status of a defect or a build.
C/ALM project page on jazz.net