Application Lifecycle Management With ClearQuest 7.1.0.0

Overview

This overview of the concepts and design goals behind an out-of-the-box Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution for IBM Rational ClearQuest illustrates the benefits of using ClearQuest and the ALM package as the Change Management (CM) solution. The first of a two-part series, this paper presents both the concepts and design goals of ALM in ClearQuest. Managing complexity in terms of governance, security, ownership, and Globally Distributed Development (GDD), as well as ALM, creates a need for managing change. Using a CM software tool, such as ClearQuest, and defining processes around that tool can provide great benefits by helping to link and coordinate different groups or teams within the development organization, regardless of whether they are all in one building, or geographically distributed all over the world.