Methods for team collaboration

There are several ways to manage files so several team members can collaborate on the same project at the same time. IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® supports file management with or without the use of a configuration management tool.

There are two ways to manage files:

When you use a configuration management tool, the software takes care of most configuration management issues. However, a file management system can incorporate a combination of sharing by copy or reference and using a configuration management tool.

Software development teams that have team members located remotely from one another face an additional challenge. In these cases, technologies that make it possible for team members to collaborate over long distances (such as the web) can be incorporated into the overall file management strategy. For more information, see Collaborating over multiple sites.

Projects that have complicated file systems and diverse teams often require creative solutions to configuration management that incorporate more than one method of team collaboration. For example, team members can check files in and out of a traditional configuration management tool, at the same time the project can reference classes from another project or from other external specification files.


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