Teamcenter integration for IBM Rational ClearCase

Integrating ClearCase components into Teamcenter-managed product configurations

Benefits Summary • Perform software Teamcenter® software’s IBM-certified integration for ClearCase enables configuration management companies to incorporate software components created under IBM Rational in a native ClearCase ClearCase into complex product configurations comprised of multiple environment mechanical, electrical, electronic and software design elements. • Manage software as part of Teamcenter’s single source of product and process knowledge facilitates your product configurations change management, problem reporting and release tracking across every • Enable software developers stage of the product lifecycle. to participate in an integrat- ed design environment configuration management • Tie product requirements By integrating software design elements created under IBM Rational into your software lifecycle ClearCase into a single Teamcenter-managed PLM environment, you can use • Accelerate software ClearCase to perform all of the functions associated with software source development, improve its code configuration, including managing source code modules, development quality and reduce its cost workspaces, software builds, baselines, local processes and version controls. • Establish a single source Once your software definitions are ready to be shared on an enterprise basis, of product and process the IBM-certified “Ready for Rational” Teamcenter integration for ClearCase information links these definitions to the overall product configurations managed under Teamcenter. Business challenges • is In response to user-, demand- or event-driven requests, ClearCase informa- often isolated from other tion is seamlessly presented to the user as if it was stored in Teamcenter. By development groups using a standards-based exchange process, you can extend the source code • Source code management management capabilities of ClearCase into an integrated PLM environment. is usually performed in an ad-hoc manner Product configuration management • Software components are Teamcenter enables you to establish high-level product configurations that not normally managed identify all of the bill of material (BOM) views and underlying design ele- within the product ments that comprise a product. configuration • Software build processes Teamcenter’s robust configuration management capabilities are especially and workflows are adept at managing integrated product structures associated with complex inconsistent products comprised of multiple software and electronic hardware compo- • Software features are nents, including: not traceable to product • PROMs – assembled parts consisting of a memory and software program requirements or image • Memory and processors – purchased electronic hardware parts into which manufacturing will burn a software program • Images – programs into which manufacturing is able to burn software

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Teamcenter integration for IBM Rational ClearCase

Features • Facilitate source code configuration management • Vault ClearCase metadata in Teamcenter • Capture ClearCase classes using selection criteria • Automatically exchange data between ClearCase and Teamcenter • Leverage dynamic part support to automatically retrieve related ClearCase data • Employ a rich set of The end result is a complex product config- ClearCase views as search uration and set of variants that define criteria your product in terms of its mechanical, • Integrate software electrical, electronic and software design Requirements management components into your elements. Equally important, Teamcenter and traceability product configurations and manages the product and process defini- Teamcenter’s ClearCase integration workflows tions that apply to these configurations enables you to leverage Teamcenter’s and fine-grain design elements as they powerful requirements management evolve across your entire product lifecycle. capabilities. Development teams can asso- ciate software source code functions with Integrated design environment specific design requirements, providing Designers and engineers often work in complete requirements traceability isolated islands of automation that include through your entire software lifecycle. This separate MCAD, ECAD and document level of traceability enables your software authoring systems, as well as CASE tools. developers to better understand a prod- Teamcenter’s ClearCase integration uct’s true quality definitions, letting them enables your software development teams design-in quality and design-out defects. to transcend these barriers by sharing their most stable ClearCase data with the rest of Single source of product and the stakeholders in the product lifecycle. process knowledge By integrating software design elements Your software development teams can created under IBM Rational ClearCase into work with other design domains within a single Teamcenter-managed PLM envi- Teamcenter to establish a common prod- ronment, your company can configure, uct definition, capture that definition’s track and control all of the hardware and underlying information assets, share prod- software components that comprise your uct knowledge and participate in product offerings. Once these components IBM’s certification validates that automated cross-discipline processes. are in place within your secured PLM envi- the Teamcenter integration for IBM Rational ClearCase meets IBM’s ronment, you can leverage them in requirements for interoperability structured workflows and controlled and user experience. change processes.

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