Rational ClearQuest

IBM® Rationa®l ClearQuest® offers comprehensive software change management

It provides change tracking, process automation, reporting and lifecycle traceability for better visibility and control of the software development lifecycle.

• Flexible, customizable and automated workflows provide repeatable, enforceable and predictable processes
• An out-of-the-box Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) template provides a solid foundation for ALM best practices
• Strong integrations with the IBM Jazz platform enable agile systems and application delivery
• Real-time reporting and metrics improves project visibility and decision making
• Access control, electronic signatures, repeatable processes and audit trails simplify compliance management
• Scales to fit any size team from small workgroups to distributed enterprise teams to support evolving organizational needs
• Supports Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) which promotes application lifecycle management (ALM) traceability with Rational DOORS, Rational Requirements Composer, Rational Quality Manager, Rational Team Concert, Rational Change, and Bugzilla
• New in 8.0 release: All-in-one dashboards with integrated ClearQuest data visualization are available through the integration with the IBM Jazz platform
• Operating systems supported: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris (Sun microsystems), Windows family

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Feature	Benefit
Flexible, customizable and automated workflows	Create repeatable, enforceable and predictable processes
Out-of-the-box Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) template	Provides a solid foundation for ALM best practices to boost team performance and reduce implementation time
Real-time reporting and metrics	Improves project visibility and decision making
Access control, electronic signatures, repeatable processes, and audit trails	Simplifies compliance management and governance
	• Traces origin and detail of project changes
	• Verifies identities and ensures changes are made only by authorized individuals
Activity-based change management	Define and manage changes to software assets as activities for improved clarity and insight
Scales to fit any size team (from small workgroups to geographically distributed enterprises)	Support for any sized organization and evolving organizational needs
Local and remote access	Access anywhere, anytime
Easy and flexible customization	Jump start implementations with out-of-the-box templates, and quickly meet unique organizational needs
Integration with design, development, build, test and deployment tools	Integrations include IBM Rational ClearCase® (for software configuration management), IBM Rational RequisitePro® (for Requirements Management), IBM Rational Asset Manager® (to track global asset reuse), IBM Rational Build Forge® (for software assembly and builds), and more….

Operating System	Software	Hardware
Linux, Linux on Intel, Solaris, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional	Web browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox Database: IBM DB2, IBM DB2 Express, IBM DB2 Enterprise Edition, IBM DB2 Universal Database for Rational, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database	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)