The IBM® Rational® Synergy environment is a task-based software development and delivery solution that brings together your global, distributed development teams on a unified change, configuration, and release management platform.
Rational Synergy makes it easy to exchange information directly in the context of your work. If a defect you are working on changes, you and other team members are notified of the change automatically through the use of tasks. You can discuss the change in the task. Business stakeholders can also automatically stay informed about the status of task changes that interest them.
Several dialog boxes enable you to share team information. You can track team activity, present information in more detail, or configure which information is visible at any time. An integration is available with Rational Change and allows teams to create associations between tasks and change requests for even greater traceability.
Many aspects of the software development lifecycle are integrated, including process definition, source control, defect tracking, build management, and reporting. Each of these aspects is integrated in a single environment. You can track and manage the relationships between objects, promote sound development processes, and gather project information automatically and unobtrusively.
Rational Synergy projects follow a process. By customizing the process you customize how your team works. A process specifies the process rules that you can use for a release. It contains the built-in processes, process rules, and purposes for a release. Rational Synergy provides support for your team to follow your process.
You use a process to define a specific way for your team to work. The initial process used by a project is defined by the standard process. You can modify the standard process or create your own unique process to meet your overall project and team requirements.
Rational Synergy integrates with other IBM products, such as Rational Change, Rational Synergy for Eclipse Interface, Rational Synergy for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Interface, Rational Synergy for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Interface, and Rational Synergy for Microsoft Source Code Interface.