Design
Management supports
a collaborative approach to software and systems architecture and
design. To integrate design in to your specific lifecycle and environment,
you can use the approach that best fits your needs.
Several components are available to enable the design management
capability and support different usage scenarios:
- The Design Management Server,
which provides the central repository of design artifacts and the
services for collaborative design management.
- The Design Manager Import Engine, which imports design artifacts
from either Rational® Software Architect or Rational Rhapsody® into
the central Jazz™ Team Server.
- The Design Manager Client Extension, which integrates Design
Management functions
with either Rational Software Architect or Rational Rhapsody.
- The Web Client, which provides access to design management capabilities
from any supported web browser.
Rational Software Architect and Rational Rhapsody each
use separate, specialized versions of the Design
Management import
engine and client extension components.
As the following diagram illustrates, the component-based architecture
provides a flexible installation strategy. The supported deployment
strategies range from evaluation (where all the components are installed
on a single workstation) to a fully distributed deployment.
