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Getting requirements right:
Avoiding the top 10 traps
This white paper presents 10 common and devastating mistakes that project teams make in defining and managing requirements. More importantly, it discusses how to avoid these traps so you can get your requirements right and develop the right product on time and within budget. Delivering More Value:
What's New in Rational Requirements Composer 2.0!
Hear requirements experts George Decandio and Vishy Ramaswamy discuss how Requirements Composer 2.0 helps cut project costs, reduce rework, and produce better project outcomes. Pulse Call for Papers is Now Open!
The Pulse2010 (Tivoli conference) will be held in Las Vegas on February 21-24, 2010. For the first time there are dedicated tracks for Rational at the conference! The following tracks will be available:
Please consider submitting an abstract. It is a great way to get recognition of all of the good things that you do! |
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Optimizing Rational
Application Performance for Rapid ROI -
October 14 - 12pm EDT
This Webinar features IBM Rational customer performance test results and total cost of ownership (TCO) and ROI analyses to demonstrate how Certeon's aCelera application acceleration software cost-effectively reduces Rational application response time over the WAN by up to 95%, saves 60% in capital and operations TCO, and can deliver a rapid ROI. Delivering Communications
Enabled Applications with the new Rational
Software Architect and Rational Application
Developer V7.5.4 - October 21 - 12pm
EDT
This webcast will introduce the critical industry standards used to manage VoIP, IPTV, and leveraging Telecom Web Services such as SMS and GPS capabilities, and show how much easier it is to integrate these capabilities into your software. Fall into place in October as Rational
Software Talks to You -
about Jazz, agile, systems and requirements-driven development, enterprise modernization plus cloud computing! And if you missed it you can catch August's Grady Booch talk covering social media trends on replay! Bookmark the web site so you can stay connected via the Rational Talks to You page or if you prefer RSS feeds subscribe to our Events feed here. |
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Success Stories
Here are the most recent success stories that have been published on the IBM web site. IAG realizes requirements
lifecycle savings with IBM Rational
Requirements Composer and Rational RequisitePro
A leading specialist in requirements discovery and management operating across North America implements an IBM Rational software solution and likes the benefits of the software so much that the company now recommends it to its own customers. Loan servicing specialist
extends market leadership with renewed
competitive advantage using IBM middleware
package
One Point Solutions' and M Systems' implementation of IBM software empowered Celink with the freedom to develop, the scalability to grow, and the business intelligence to make more informed decisions. |
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Presentation Zone
Do you have a presentation to share with the community on how to implement Rational software? Post it on the Presentation Zone! A list of recent presentations:
Using IBM Rational ClearQuest as an SDLC Management Tool - Submitted by Paul Gebert of Chicagoland Rational User Group |
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Requirements Definition &
Management blog
Share your comments and feedback on the requirements definition and management blog, which was just recently launched in April of this year. IBM® Rational® Requirements Composer v2
Beta 2 is now available on jazz.net at this link: https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-requirements-composer/betas/2.0Beta2. This beta includes many new capabilities that can help project teams and stakeholders to collaborate more effectively on requirements, including eliciting, analyzing, validating, and reporting on them. Check out the New & Noteworthy at https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-requirements-composer/betas/2.0Beta2?p=news to see all of the great new features we have been working on! In addition, some short videos have been posted in the library at http://jazz.net/library/#project=rational-requirements-composer. Try it out and let us know what you think! New Product! IBM® Rational® Focal Point
for Project Management - Open Beta:
Beta 2 is available on jazz.net: https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-focal-point-for-project-management/betas/1.0Beta2 . More than 400 individuals downloaded the Beta 1 code; more than 260 individuals have downloaded Beta 2 already (available for since September 15)! For information on the new product, see the section on Jazz.net that describes some of the functionality and a short 5-minute recorded demo entitled "Overview of Rational's project management solution" IBM Press -- Be Sure You're
Taking Advantage of Special 40% User Group
Discount!
New Book Release: "Understanding IBM SOA Foundation Suite: Learning Visually with Examples" |
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The Global Rational User Group Community
email:
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