Software solutions for regulatory compliance

If you need to verify that compliance management requirements were accurately captured and implemented in key applications, Rational recommends IBM Rational RequisitePro®, requirements and use-case management software for project teams that can help improve communication, enhance collaborative development, reduce project risk and increase quality.

If you need to:

• Track and manage assets, including functional compliance management requirements, throughout your software development lifecycle

• Provide reliable, repeatable, enforceable processes across the lifecycle

• Provide traceability from requirements definition through deployment

• Customize metrics and reporting capabilities to the exact business controls that govern your software development environment

• Help ensure that only authorized personnel have access to change information

• Help ensure and document that all software changes were made by authorized personnel

• Verify identities of individuals performing specific actions

Rational recommends IBM Rational ClearQuest®, change management software that automates and enforces development processes for better insight, predictability and control of the software lifecycle.

Visibility is improved with real-time status and reporting and team communication. Coordination is enhanced with automated processes and workflows and the following security features, which enable closed-loop software delivery:

• Electronic signature

• User authorization

• Audit trails

• Lifecycle traceability

If you need to:

• Manage and control software assets across the lifecycle

• Control access to critical software assets

• Document changes made to software assets and provide a record of files used to create an application

Rational recommends IBM Rational ClearCase®, configuration management software that manages and controls software development assets across the lifecycle.

User authentication and audit features provide security and compliance management documentation. Integration with design, development, build, test, and deployment tools enables full lifecycle management.

When used with Rational ClearQuest, assets can be traced from requirements definition through deployment.

If you need to verify software builds and document the exact software versions that are deployed, Rational recommends IBM Rational Build Forge™, which automates software delivery processes through an adaptive build and release management framework that helps development teams standardize repetitive tasks, manage compliance mandates, and share information.

If you need to verify that all compliance management requirements have been implemented correctly in all related applications, Rational recommends the following:

IBM Rational Manual Tester, manual test authoring and execution software for testers and business analysts who want to improve the speed, breadth, and reliability of their manual testing efforts.

IBM Rational Functional Tester, advanced, automated functional and regression testing software for testers and GUI developers who need superior control for testing Java™, Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET, and Web-based applications.