Successful organizations know that software — with its power to connect people, products and information — offers one of the most cost-effective and dramatic ways to innovate and create competitive differentiation. Software can transform business models and improve market-share.
But achieving software-driven innovation is not simple. Complexities in software delivery, compounded by pressures to reduce costs and reduce time to market, can stall software-driven innovation. Overcoming these realities requires a different approach to software and systems delivery — one that provides tighter integration throughout the lifecycle and better collaboration across stakeholders to unify teams. With this foundation in place, entire projects can be impacted and optimized, enabling new levels of innovation and improved business outcomes.
IBM Rational® offers new and enhanced capabilities that deliver increased integration and deeper collaboration across every stage of the software and systems delivery lifecycle. They are:
- Collaborative design management (US): a capability that is enabled by IBM® Rational® Jazz™ to enhance team collaboration on designs across the project lifecycle.
- Collaborative lifecycle management (US): a unified solution of application lifecycle management solutions designed to improve time-to-market, quality, value and predictability.
- Solution for systems and software engineering (US): industry-specific core processes, best practices, templates and capabilities.
- Collaborative development and operations (US): improving efficiency across software and product delivery lifecycles by connecting development and operations.
- Rational solutions for SAP (US): a set of solutions that helps reduce costs, manage change, and improve quality through unified management of SAP® and non-SAP projects.
Additionally, IBM Rational offers new initiatives to extend and empower our user community:
- Empowering the Rational community (US): enabling Rational users with knowledge and recognition.
- Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC): (link resides outside of ibm.com) enhancements to common specifications for lifecycle resources, enabling interoperability between IBM Rational tools and third-party OSLC products.


