Webcast: IBM Rational® Requirements Composer helps teams define requirements more effectively and apply 'just enough' management to them across the project lifecycle. RRC achieve stakeholder consensus faster using intuitive textual and visual notations in a collaborative on-line environment. RRC integrations with Rational Team Concert and Rational Quality Manager enable project teams to shorten planning cycles and reduce rework by aligning project deliverables with requirements and business objectives. This webcast will focus on new and enhanced capabilities in Composer to help customers build the right product faster and will be presented by George Decandio, Distinguished Engineer and Senior Development Manager, and Vishy Ramaswamy, Chief Architect for Requirements Composer. »

Every successful organization engages in strategic planning -- yet too often the best laid plans remain just that: plans. Strong Portfolio Management assures a good balance of IT investments, programs and projects and optimal resource allocation to align operational decisions with your overall business strategy . Integrated with Enterprise Architecture (EA), Portfolio Management is empowered to integrate your strategic goals into your organization's capital planning, business planning, and technology architecture activities. In this way, your strategic planning outputs become actionable. »

The series begins with an overview of today’s economic climate challenges and the business need to do more with less, while still maintaining a competitive edge in the use and deployment of technology. The pressure is on to cut costs and to respond to changing business environments. IBM® solutions offer practical application modernization roadmaps to help your IT organization overcome these challenges. »

Are you among the many companies that are faced with managing both legacy and modern systems? Do you ponder how to merge your silos of development (mainframe and distributed) and merge the strengths of both to be the greater whole? In this webcast, you’ll learn tips and tricks for effective multi-platform development to dramatically cut your maintenance costs. »

If you’re wondering how to reduce time to market for your applications, while reducing risk and increasing efficiency, this webcast covers how IBM quality management solutions help solve multidimensional, cross-platform, software quality lifecycle challenges of modernization projects. »

Greg Sikes, Director of Enterprise Architecture and Systems Modeling for IBM Rational, discusses new product strategy from IBM Rational to help organizations create better embedded software faster and with fewer errors. Some of the new product developments discussed include Doors, Webtop, Change, Synergy, and Rational Rhapsody. All help software teams create better complex software for sophisticated embedded systems. »

Join the best minds in IBM Rational as product experts and market thought leaders provide insight into the latest trends and products through these web events. »

Web application security issues continue to be a top priority for most organizations, regardless of size or industry. While it is not uncommon for organizations to address this problem by adding security experts and testing tools to discover issues before Web applications go live, it is becoming apparent that this approach has a "too little, too late" effect. Watch the webcast to learn how IBM Rational AppScan Developer Edition integrates web application security testing into development, and Web-based education tools to help non-security experts--like developers--find, understand, and fix security issues while attempting to avoid them in the future. »

Every organization today is looking for ways to do more with less, and only the companies that implement the most effective methods will survive. In this white paper we'll discuss specific secrets of delivering more valuable software to customers despite having fewer resources. We'll include secrets related to process, development, infrastructure, and information. It can be done, and we'll tell you how. »

While more organizations are now embracing service-oriented architecture (SOA), many have not yet moved beyond small-scale, technology-driven SOA projects. In this context there is a tendency to downplay software development best practices, in particular requirements management. The fact is that successful SOA projects, whatever their scope, demand more attention to requirements than conventional software development efforts. This paper describes best practices for requirements definition on SOA projects, including the key requirements artifacts to focus on, and why they are important. »

This 8 minute product tour explores the primary features and benefits of the Rational Insight solution for performance management. »

Today, software drives everything from equipment on the factory floor to the controls managing traffic flow on crowded city streets.  Whether it is a system to process claims or the embedded technology systems in an automobile or household appliance, organizations rely on software to build competitive advantage and grow their business. With the delivery of high quality software more critical than ever to success, organizations are taking a hard look at how to better ensure that the software delivery process is aligned with the strategy and goals of the organization. This Hurwitz and Associates white paper shares the successes, challenges and future plans of three companies -- Sogeti Group, Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), and Scotiabank.  »

Tight economic times can squeeze businesses hard. Yet to succeed, you must innovate to differentiate yourself from your competition. How can you cut costs without stifling innovation or undermining your investments? This video explores how you can achieve your business objectives within your limited budgets reality. »

Read the white paper to get EMA's stance on the new Rational offerings aimed at improving the efficiency, quality, and discipline of software development projects. Three new Test Management and two new Requirements Management products, all of which leverage or extend IBM’s new Jazz Team Server platform. »

This paper examines the adoption of quality management automation from its inception to current use and follow on with an exploration of the future potential for quality management automation. It also outlines a path towards quality management automation based on the collective experiences of IBM employees, consultants, and clients. The goal of this analysis is to provide an overview of quality management automation tools, processes, and best practices to help quality assurance teams address the challenge of modern software and systems quality management. »