Solution Description

• Monitor and visualize status of multiple aspects of the product and systems development lifecycle
• Get a big picture view of the entire product or system including sub-systems
• Maintain awareness of changes throughout the product or systems development process and communicate these changes to appropriate stakeholders

Symptoms

The following symptoms indicate a need for improvement in finding relevant information:

• No means available to access lifecycle wide views of real-time product and system development status (data warehouse solutions have associated latency)

Tools

• IBM® Rational® Engineering Lifecycle Management

With support from:

• IBM® Rational® Team Concert®
• IBM® Rational® DOORS
• IBM® Rational® Rhapsody
• IBM® Rational® Quality Manager®  

Solution Benefits by business objective     

• The primary focus is to reduce Engineering cost and improve Quality by:
  • Lower cost of compliance to standards such as ISO 26262, DO-178B/C, IEC880, Cenelec
  • Maintain visibility of potential issues in the product or systems development process and be able to react to issues before they impact cost or schedule