Rational Focal Point 6.5.1

IBM Rational Focal Point, version 6.5.1 is a full product download and is available in Passport Advantage site.

IBM Rational Focal Point is a comprehensive portfolio planning solution for market-driven teams. With Rational Focal Point, teams can make collaborative, objective decisions to deliver market, customer, and business value. By understanding what matters most, your organization can respond to dynamic market conditions and deliver valued products and projects.

IBM Rational Focal Point, version 6.5.1 includes the following new features:

• Integration with IBM Rational Requirements Composer: You can publish a linked collection of business needs to project areas in Rational Requirements Composer. A requirement for each business need is created in Rational Requirements Composer. You can also use a CALM link attribute in a business need to create a requirement in Rational Requirements Composer.
• Enhanced integration with IBM Rational Team Concert: You can publish a linked collection of business needs to project areas in Rational Team Concert. A work item for each business need is created in Rational Team Concert. You can also use a CALM link attribute in a business need to create a work item in Rational Team Concert.
• Application portfolio management workspace template: The application portfolio management template is a preconfigured workspace template with which you can manage your application portfolio. You can create a workspace that is based on this template and then customize the workspace according to your requirements.
• Updated Gantt chart: The visualization options in the Gantt chart are improved. These options include histograms, the display of data according to a variable time scale, zoom options, element sorting, and the distribution of values over time. The new Gantt chart supports graphical settings such as 3D, grids, hovers, and date icons.
  
  Note: For better performance in Internet Explorer 7 and 8, install Microsoft Silverlight plugin.


• Updated XY chart: The visualization options in the XY chart are improved. The improved options include selecting or clearing elements to perform calculations, threshold line plotting, zoom options, and using lines to connect elements that have a common attribute. The new XY chart also supports graphical settings such as 3D, grids, hovers, and cross X-Y lines.
  
  Note: For better performance in Internet Explorer 7 and 8, install Microsoft Silverlight plugin.


• Verify database: After you upgrade Rational Focal Point, you can verify the database to identify and solve database issues in the upgrade.
• Secured access to the ping servlet feature: The ping servlet is useful for remote debugging. Administrators can use the ping servlet security feature to configure access for the servlet by using both basic HTTP authentication and client network address filtering.
• From Rational Focal Point, version 6.5.1 release, the help system is included with the product. You can either access the locally installed help or access the help from the IBM site.
• Bundled installers for IBM DB2®: Rational Focal Point is bundled with installers for DB2 Workgroup Server Edition, version 9.7, and permanent limited use licenses.
• Bundled installers for IBM WebSphere® Application Server: Rational Focal Point is bundled with installers and licenses for WebSphere Application Server, version 7.0. After installing Rational Focal Point, upgrade to the supported version of WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.17.
• When you add users, members, and elements, the attributes Owner, Parent Folder and Inherit From are displayed as lookups instead of lists in the add forms. This enhancement reduces the loading time when you select users, members and folders in large workspaces.

  Lists are also replaced by lookups when you select users, members or folders:

  • When you manage user access in Users > Manage Users.
  • When you manage member access in Members > Members.
  • When you add a workspace and select users for Responsible and User Administrator, in General > Workspaces > Add Workspace.
  • When you select users as workspace members at import in General > Workspaces > Import Workspace
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  • When you select Sync user in Application > Synchronization.
  • When you select System user for business rules and expressions in Users > User Settings.

Rational Focal Point, version 6.5.1 also includes defect fixes that were raised in the previous versions of the product.

IBM Rational Focal Point, version 6.5.1 is translated in the following languages: German, Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Finnish.

For a list of known problems and workarounds for this release, see View all known problems for Rational Focal Point, version 6.5.1

To download Rational Focal Point:

• Passport Advantage clients Passport Advantage and Passport Advantage Express clients are required to sign in to Passport Advantage Online to access the actual files.
• Non-Passport Advantage clients If your organization did not purchase your software and support through Passport Advantage or Passport Advantage Express, you are required to sign in to the new IBM Software Group OEM Portal to access the actual files.
  
  Note: This includes clients with Flexible Contract Type (FCT) license purchases and IBM Business Partners.
  
  

  For assistance with the IBM Software Group OEM Portal, visit the eCustomer care page.

Downloadable parts See the table below for details about the eAssembly. You can refer to these details when you download files from Passport Advantage.

Part number	Description
CRG1LML	IBM Rational Focal Point V6.5.1 Multilingual Multiplatform eAssembly
CZZ5IML	Quick Start Guide for IBM Rational Focal Point V6.5.1 Multiplatform Multilingual
CI2W0ML	IBM Rational Focal Point V6.5.1 Multilingual Multiplatform