Introduction to Rational Synergy Release 7.1 Before Using This Information, Be Sure to Read the General Information Under Appendix A, “Notices” on Page 55
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Introduction to Rational Synergy Release 7.1 Before using this information, be sure to read the general information under Appendix A, “Notices” on page 55. This edition applies to VERSION 7.1, Rational Synergy (product number MN-SCM-IV-ICM70-08-01) and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. © Copyright IBM Corporation 1992, 2009 US Government Users Restricted Rights—Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. ii Introduction to Rational Synergy Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Transitioning from other tools. 1 Conventions . 2 Rational Synergy graphical user interfaces . 2 Rational Synergy command line interface. 2 Typefaces and symbols . 2 Contacting IBM Rational Software Support . 3 Prerequisites . 3 Submitting problems. 3 Chapter 2: Benefits of using Rational Synergy 7 Goals of a configuration management tool . 7 Rational Synergy benefits . 8 Easy to use, right out of the box . 8 Fast start-up . 8 Rapid productivity for new users . 9 Flexible, automated workflow . 9 Secure team engineering environment . 10 World-wide control and transfer of information . 10 Seamless integrations for Windows development . 12 Chapter 3: Rational Synergy terminology 13 The Rational Synergy database. 13 Tasks and objects . 13 More about objects . 16 The check out and check in operations . 16 History. 18 Properties. 18 Current task. 18 Users, lifecycles, and states. 19 Introduction to Rational Synergy iii Projects and project groupings . 20 Directories and candidates . 22 The work area . 22 The synchronize operation . 23 Using, creating, adding, deleting, or removing objects . 23 Update, baseline, tasks, and process rules . 24 Grouping tasks in folders . 25 The build process, products, and makefiles . 26 Chapter 4: Rational Synergy methodology 27 Task-based methodology. 27 Users. 28 Projects and workflow. 28 Release. 30 Project purpose. 32 Update properties . 33 The default workflow of Rational Synergy. 34 The use of tasks . 34 The development process . 35 The integration test cycle . 35 The system test cycle . 37 Releasing the system test baseline . 38 Preparing for the next release . 38 Summary . 39 Parallel development . 41 Parallel concurrent development . 42 Parallel platform development . 42 Parallel release development . 43 Component-based development. 43 Managing components . 44 Publishing components . 44 Referencing components . 45 Process patterns . 45 iv Introduction to Rational Synergy Chapter 5: Terms and concepts 47 Appendix A: Notices 55 Trademarks . ..