Provides market leading Change and Configuration Management capabilities along with Requirements Management

Improve productivity of development teams by leveraging best practices

Rational Lifecycle Package with ClearCase communicates information across teams while analyzing and managing the impact of change to assets and requirements. It contains:

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Rational Lifecycle Package with ClearCase Tools
 FeatureBenefit
IBM Rational Method Composer® Configurable, flexible software development process. • Proven best practices, configurable for your project needs, provide the right guidance at the right time.
IBM Rational® RequisitePro Easy-to-use requirements management tool that lets you maintain the way you document requirements, using Microsoft Word, while leveraging analytical capabilities such as requirements analysis, coverage and change impact. • The better the communication and management of your requirements, the better chance your projects have for delivering on time and on budget.
IBM Rational® ClearCase Version control tool that helps reliably identify and track all changes. • Effectively version all artifacts as they evolve over the course of development, including visual models, documentation, and testing assets.
IBM Rational® ClearQuest® Customizable defect and change-tracking tool. • Offers a clear understanding of the current state of bugs and change requests.

Rational ClearCase


Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
Linux, Solaris, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional NOTE: AIX, HP-UX, HP Itanium, zLinux, Solaris_x86 and Linux PPC will be available in 2009.

Web browser: Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox
Server Requirements: 2-4 CPUs with 4-8GB RAM, 80GB hard disk space

Client Requirements:

Processor - 1.5GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

RAM - 1GB (2GB recommended for Development machines)

Drive - 40GB hard disk space

Network - Wireless 802.11g, Wired connectivity 100MB Full Duplex (recommended)

Rational ClearQuest


Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
Linux, Solaris, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional NOTE: AIX and HP-UX will be available in 2009.

Web browser: Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox

Database: IBM DB2, IBM DB2 Express, IBM DB2 Universal Database for Rational, IBM DB2 on zSeries, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database
Client Requirements:

Processor - 1.5GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

RAM - 1GB (2GB recommended for Development machines)

Drive - 40GB hard disk space

Network - Wireless 802.11g, Wired connectivity 100MB Full Duplex (recommended)

2-4 CPUs with 4-8GB RAM, 80GB hard disk space

Rational Requisite Pro


Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional Microsoft Office products (optional):

Microsoft Word 2000, XP or 2003, 2007

Microsoft Project 2000, XP or 2003, 2007

Microsoft Excel 2000, XP or 2003, 2007

Supported enterprise database servers:

IBM® DB2® 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

IBM® DB2® UDB Components for Rational Products 8.1, 8.2

IBM® DB2® UDB Components for Rational Products 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

IBM® DB2® Express 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

IBM® DB2® Express-C 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

Oracle 9.2, 10

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (SP1), 2000 (SP2, SP3, SP4), version 7 (SP4)

Microsoft Access versions 2000, 2002 and 2003 are supported as a non-production database for all Windows operating systems

Hosted environments:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, SP4

Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Server, SP4

Citrix MetaFrame XP, 3, 4
Processor - 1.5GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

RAM - 1GB (2GB for server machines)

Disk space - 2 GB for client machines; 10 GB+ for servers (depends on amount of data)

Rational Method Composer


Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
Enterprise Linux 4 WS Update 4, Enterprise Linux 4 WS Update 5, Red Hat Linux Desktop 4 Update 4, Red Hat Linux Desktop 4 Update 5 , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Enterprise SP1, Windows 2003 Enterprise SP2, Windows 2003 Standard SP1, Windows 2003 Standard SP2, Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Ultimate Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 (SP2), 6.0 (SP1), or 7.0

Mozilla 1.7.12 or later

Firefox 1.5.0.6 or later, Firefox 2.0.0.4 or later

For BIRT Reporting : Microsoft Word 2003 or 2007, Adobe Reader 6 or later
Intel™ Pentium® III 800 MHz or higher

768 MB minimum. More memory is recommended for improved responsiveness

An additional 1 GB RAM is required for the BIRT reporting feature.

For viewing published web site: 128 MB minimum

900 MB disk space to install Rational Method Composer

1800 MB disk space required in the TEMP directory during installation

LAN support: Any Windows or UNIX supported network

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