The following figure illustrates the roles and asset types in the development process in delivering a software release by using Rational Asset Manager.
As the figure shows, stakeholders collaborate to plan, design, develop, build, test, and deliver a release. For example, business managers create requirements for business solutions, and architects design blueprints for solutions and make solutions available in the asset library. Analysts search for solutions. At the end of development and deployment, consumers download the service in the Implementation asset, which is linked from the published Release asset.
You can also use your system to centralize all approved versions of files or libraries that are dependencies for other work products or resources.
With the system, you can govern your business processes, which are defined by asset lifecycles and the relationships between asset types. In the progression of a development lifecycle, the approved Business solution drives a Release, and the Implementation approval drives the approval of the Release.