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The Rational® Workbench for Systems and Software Engineering provides the first integrated software platform optimized for designing and delivering smarter products!
The IBM Rational Workbench for Systems and Software Engineering provides a complete set of tools, best practices, and methodologies spanning the entire systems and software lifecycle. The workbench enables a unified collaborative effort with real-time visibility across engineering teams, software development teams, project management and line of business.
The Rational Workbench for Systems and Software Engineering:
- Provides a complete set of integrated offerings spanning the entire systems and software lifecycle.
- Enables real-time collaboration and visibility across all teams and stakeholders.
- Integrates with mechanical and electronic engineering solutions and leverages best practice methodologies.
- Is supported by an ecosystem of IBM and business partner solutions and services.
Featured links
Requirements management
Take the Requirements Management Self-Assessment to assess your organization's requirements management practices.
Design and architecture
Download a paper (PDF, 433KB) on model-driven systems development to learn how to accelerate time to market for complex systems.
Quality management
Download a paper (PDF, 476KB) on quality management for systems to learn how IBM Jazz® can help automate your testing process.
Change management
Download a white paper (PDF, 174KB) to learn how an effective change management process can help you stay in control as requirements change.
Product and portfolio management
Register for a white paper to learn how more about creating and managing value-driven product portfolios.
Process improvement
Register for a webcast to learn how to increase systems and embedded software development maturity by mapping processes to CMMI.
Product line engineering
Register for a podcast to learn about approaches for addressing quality within product line engineering (PLE) frameworks.
Industry-specific examples and content
Aerospace & defense
- EADS video (link resides outside of ibm.com): See how Rational software helps EADS accelerate the development of complex systems of systems.
- Curtiss-Wright webcast (link resides outside of ibm.com): Register to learn about managing change in rugged COTS systems development.
- Requirements engineering for A&D webcast : Register to learn about best practices in requirements engineering.
Automotive
- Eaton / UPS video (link resides outside of ibm.com): See how Eaton uses Rational software to develop a powertrain for the world's first hydraulic, hybrid delivery vehicle.
- Delphi case study : Read how Rational software unites global teams for more cost-effective component reuse.
- AUTOSAR white paper : Register to learn about modeling AUTOSAR systems with a UML/SysML profile.
Medical devices
- Boston Scientific webcast (link resides outside of ibm.com): Register for a webcast on achieving full lifecycle traceability from requirements to code at Boston Scientific.
- Analyst guide for medical device company executives : Register for Embedded Market Forecasters' guide for medical device company executives.
- Medical device development white paper : Register to learn about a new approach to verifying and validating medical device development.
Semiconductors
- Semiconductor functional verification white paper : Register to learn how to address system-on-chip development challenges.
- Model-driven development for multicore paper (PDF, 355KB): Read about how model-driven development can help simplify multicore systems deployment.
Telecommunications
- Communications modeling webcast (link resides outside of ibm.com): Register for a webcast to learn how to deliver communications-enabled applications with the Rational software platform.
- Requirements engineering for network equipment providers webcast : Register to learn why a focus on requirements engineering is vital for delivering successful telecommunications products.


