In departmental topologies, applications are deployed on one or more application servers with some shared Jazz™ Team Servers. This topology is ideal for mid-size deployments, such as single departments or teams. These topologies use Apache Tomcat for DOORS® Web Access and IBM® WebSphere® Application Server for the Jazz-based products. WebSphere Application Server reduces the need to authenticate as you access multiple application servers. These topologies also use an enterprise database management system with a dedicated database server on a separate system.

| Abbreviation | Name |
|---|---|
| CCM | Change and Configuration Management application |
| DM | Rhapsody® Design Management |
| DOORS DWA | DOORS Web Access |
| DOORS interop | DOORS interoperation server |
| DWA TRS | DOORS Web Access Tracked Resource Sets |
| JTS | Jazz Team Server |
| LQE | Lifecycle Query Engine |
| QM | Quality Management application |
| RELM | Rational® Engineering Lifecycle Manager |
| RM | Requirements Management application |
| VVC | Configuration Management application |
| WAS | WebSphere Application Server |
