Integrating DOORS and Rational Change
You can use the IBM® Engineering Requirements
Management DOORS®
(DOORS)
integration with IBM
IBM
Rational® Change to track the implementation of requirements by linking them with change requests and tasks in
Rational Change. You can configure this integration by using Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration
(OSLC).
Restriction: To configure the integration, you must have database manager privileges or
custom user permissions to manage the database in DOORS.
You must also have Administrator privileges on the Rational Change
server.
Rational Change is a browser-based application for submitting and tracking change requests. When you integrate DOORS and Rational Change, you can track changes to project requirements.
OSLC is a set of specifications for linking and viewing artifacts across the software development lifecycle. You can create OSLC links to establish traceability between objects in DOORS and change requests or tasks in Rational Change by using the Implemented By link type. When you hover your cursor over the links, you can view a summary of the linked artifacts.
Note: The integration might not produce output after the number of attributes that are associated with the links exceeds the Informix® database limit. This limit is approximately 2500 attributes.
To enable communication between the applications, you must do these tasks:
- Configuring DWA to use OSLC.
- Add the Rational Change server to the remote services list in the DOORS database, as described in Configuring DOORS to use OSLC.
- Configure the Rational Change server
to communicate with DOORS.
Search for these topics in the Rational Change online product documentation in IBM Knowledge Center:
- Configuring integrations
- Using the OSLC-CM REST API