IBM® Rational® Focal Point™ provides
collaborative lifecycle management integrations through its support
of the Open Services Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) change management
and requirement management specifications.
You can configure Rational Focal Point to
work with Open Services Lifecycle Collaboration - Change Management
(OSLC-CM) providers such as the Change and Configuration Management
(CCM) application in the Rational solution for
Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM).
You can also configure the product to work with Open Services Lifecycle
Collaboration - Requirement Management (OSLC-RM) providers such as
the Requirements Management (RM) application in the Rational solution for CLM.
This book describes the CLM integration available in Rational Focal Point version
6.5.1 or later. For CLM integration in Rational Focal Point version
6.5.0.x, see CLM_integration_650.html.
With this integration, you can use the Rational solution for CLM products
to plan, implement, detail, and deliver solutions. For example, in
a product management context, you can define release contents in Rational Focal Point and
use the CCM application and RM application to support development.
After you integrate with the CLM application servers, you can work
with CLM applications in the following ways:
- Create artifacts in CLM applications, such as work items or requirements
- Link to artifacts in CLM applications from Rational Focal Point
- View artifact information in a CLM application server
To connect to a project area in a CLM application server and link
to work items or requirements, you must configure a Integration Link
attribute type for a module.