Rational Software Architect: Design and Development in One Tool
A software architect explains what makes IBM Rational Software Architect a powerful IDE for his challenging job.
by Tareq Shaheen
June 22, 2007
've learned from experience that the role of an architect in medium-sized and large software projects is challenging. Not only does it require high-level architecture and modeling, but the architect also must continuously monitor the development team's progress to ensure that they are implementing applications as he or she envisioned. Without the proper tool support, this job is even more daunting. When selecting modeling and development tools, an architect has two choices:
Use two tools: one for modeling and another for development
Use one tool that combines modeling and development
Using separate tools requires the architect to work in two different environments, which reduces productivity. The tools also must have some sort of integration/interface between them. Otherwise moving from modeling to implementation requires manual work, which would slow down the development team and make it difficult to maintain model and implementation synchronization.
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've learned from experience that the role of an architect in medium-sized and large software projects is challenging. Not only does it require high-level architecture and modeling, but the architect also must continuously monitor the development team's progress to ensure that they are implementing applications as he or she envisioned. Without the proper tool support, this job is even more daunting. When selecting modeling and development tools, an architect has two choices:
