Integrating Design Management capabilities with CLM applications

You can integrate the Design Management capabilities of Rational® Software Architect with the requirements management, change and configuration management, and quality management applications in the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM).

About this task

The integration uses the Jazz™ architecture and Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) to create relationships between artifacts. By integrating with the CLM applications, you can link design artifacts to requirements, requirements-related artifacts, work items, and other development artifacts. You can use models to elaborate the design, structure, and relationships between development artifacts. Stakeholders can collaborate on designs and ensure that they are relevant and aligned with business and design requirements.

Depending on the specific integration, you can create and view links in both Design Management and the CLM applications. You can view a summary of the linked artifacts or resources by hovering over the links.

Procedure

  1. Configure the integration by completing one of the following steps:
    • Configure Design Management to use the same Jazz Team Server as the CLM applications. After you install the server and the application packages, use the setup wizard, as described in the Design Management and CLM documentation, or manually register all of the applications on Jazz Team Server.
    • Configure Design Management to use a separate Jazz Team Server from the CLM applications by completing the following steps:
      1. Establish cross-server communication to the CLM server.
      2. Establish cross-server communication to the Design Management server.
  2. Associate design projects with CLM projects.
  3. Deploy predefined link types that team members can use for the integration.

What to do next

For more information about integrating Design Management with each of the CLM applications, review the following topics:


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