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Health assessment for software delivery
Using an analysis of your software delivery operations, you can develop a roadmap for delivery excellence that helps optimize your investments and that enables you to incrementally align your strategy with your desired business outcomes.
For the assessment, IBM gathers information using a combination of Web-based survey tools, industry benchmarking and pattern detection capabilities, workshops with your company’s key leaders, and interviews with staff members.
Health assessment for systems delivery
A health assessment for systems delivery is an independent evaluation of your systems development practices. There are two types of health assessments:
- Full health assessment. Assesses multi-project organizations, such as a line-of-business, where the numerous projects conducted within the organizational entity share common business goals.
- Express health assessment. Assesses a single project team using a single set of development practices where all key members of the team (analysts, developers, testers, and so on) are located at the same site.
Introducing IBM Rational Team Concert into your CCM environment Assessment
Get assistance from IBM Rational experts to quickly understand the options to integrate your current CCM solution with IBM Rational Team Concert QuickStart. There are many options available covering coexistence, complimentary and replacement scenarios:
- Continue to use current configuration management solution (ClearCase, Synergy or Subversion) and introduce Team Concert for Work Item tracking, Planning, Collaboration, Reporting and Dashboard (Bridge)
- Coexistence with flexible two-way synchronization between current configuration management solution (ClearCase) and Team Concert source code streams (Synchronizer)
- Continue to use current change management solution (ClearQuest) and introduce Team Concert for Planning, Collaboration, Reporting and Dashboard (Bridge)
- Coexistence with flexible two-way synchronization between current change management solution (ClearQuest or Change) and Team Concert Work Items (Synchronizer)
- Migration from ClearCase, ClearQuest, Change, Subversion, CVS or Bugzilla preserving selected history (Importer)
- Migration from Subversion preserving all history (Importer)
- Migration of latest code base (ClearCase, Synergy, Subversion, CVS or other SCM system)
In this assessment, the IBM consultant spends one to two days on site and conducts a series of facilitated discussion sessions to:
- Gain understanding of organization’s requirements and vision for supporting CCM practices and tooling
- For selected development teams, in a team by team basis, understand current usage model and discuss pros and cons of various options to introduce Team Concert
- Collaboratively, define an adoption path to introduce Team Concert in your organization.
Quick diagnostics for software delivery
A new prescriptive approach to understand customer drivers, pain points, and symptoms and to map those to a prioritized list of solutions that are of the greatest value. This allows you to understand which improvements are of the greatest benefit.
Rational Build Forge deployment assessment
This assessment provides long-term mentorship and service for customers who see value in a deeper relationship with an IBM Rational® Build Forge® technology team.
During the assessment, an IBM technical consultant is on-site at your location for two full days per quarter to:
- Review the performance of the existing Rational Build Forge implementation
- Provide product update and roadmap information
- Suggest areas for improvement in your environment
Rational ClearCase administration assessment
This assessment consists of a set of clearly defined diagnostics and evaluations to discern the current state and areas for improvement for your IBM Rational ClearCase® environment.
It includes:
- An environment and topology analysis
- Procedures evaluation, including crisis recovery procedures
- VOB health check for database integrity, database-to-pool consistency, and VOB hyperlink health
- View maintenance check
- Performance evaluation
- A summary report of the assessment findings and recommendations
Rational DOORS check-up
This check-up diagnoses your symptoms and helps ensure that you are getting the most from your requirements management investment.
It also provides you with specific recommendations to help improve how you operate your IBM Rational DOORS® solution.
- Download the IBM Rational DOORS Check-Up data sheet (72.64KB)
- Observations and recommendations from Rational DOORS experts: Real-world examples of inefficiencies and how to correct them
Rational Synergy check-up
This check-up analyzes how IBM Rational Synergy supports your company’s change management processes and helps ensure that you get the most from your investment.
After your check-up, you receive recommendations for improvements that help you optimize the operation of Rational Synergy.
Rational System Architect enterprise architecture check-up
This check-up helps your enterprise architecture (EA) team optimize its workflow to support architecture decision-making by EA users, stakeholders, and senior management.
During a check-up, an experienced consultant examines and reviews your enterprise architecture. This review includes:
- The physical use of IBM Rational System Architect®
- Repository capabilities and use
- A discussion of your needs and expectations
Afterward, the consultant creates a check-up report that provides you with specific solutions for improving results and operations.
Self-check for software teams
Engage your extended teams in constructive discussions about how to improve the software delivery process.
This offering includes more than 20 practices and an easy-to-use tool that helps teams evaluate and measure their adoption of a set of desired practices in your company’s software projects.
Software quality assurance assessment
This assessment provides guidance, templates, and resources for conducting a software quality assurance (SQA) assessment for your organization.
You should use an SQA assessment when evaluating software quality assurance in your organization with a focus on determining your initial level of software quality to guide you to a higher level of thorough testing best practices.