Mary Had Ambiguous Requirements, Whose Text Was Hard To Know

In the world of engineering, clarity is king. No matter what you’re working on, the way you communicate requirements can make or break the success of the entire effort.  A great example that I often refer to is “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” It’s a simple example, hearkening back to …

ELM 7.0 – What’s New

IBM released Engineering Lifecycle Management 7.0 for general release today, and while we’ve covered Requirements Management with DOORS Next in some detail, we wanted to also cover highlights of the rest of the suite. Engineering Lifecycle Management Name Changes All of the applications have had their names changed, for better …

IBM CLM 6.0.3 Released!

IBM released the latest version of Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) 6.0.3 a few weeks ago. As always, I like to go over the highlights. DOORS Next Generation 6.0.3 This release feels a bit more focused as far as improvements go. If you’ve opted in to Configuration Management, you’ll notice that …

IBM CLM 6.0.2 Released!

IBM has released CLM 6.0.2. As you likely know, CLM includes IBM Rational Quality Manager, IBM Rational Team Concert, and IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation, as well as some other tools for reporting and configuration management. As always, you can just head to jazz.net to download the latest and greatest. …

IBM Rational Jazz Collaborative Lifecycle Management 6.0.1 Released!

IBM just released the latest version of their Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) suite, which includes DOORS Next Generation (DNG), Rational Team Concert (RTC) and Rational Quality Manager (RQM). This is a huge update and I think it lays the foundation for the future direction of the tool. CLM 6.0 was …

Jazz CLM Team Doing Reddit AMA on Jul 16

From the jazz.net blog: The Collaborative Lifecycle Management team will be doing an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on the iAmA subreddit on July 16th from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Eastern time. For those not familiar with the concept of an AMA, it’s an opportunity to ask a person or …