IBM Rational Build Pipeline

Delivering quality software and delivering it fast requires well defined processes, the right tools and the right people. Reselecting tools for every new project is wasted time and effort as the processes supporting these tools and people to run these tools are also redefined creating unnecessary risk.

Standards are useful in these situations as they reduce risk of new technology and provide proven patterns and processes for that can be re-used in new projects – patterns in Software Configuration Management, Environment Management, Artefact Management, Automated Deployment and Change Management.

IBM Rational Team Concert, IBM Rational Asset Manager and IBM Rational Build Forge provide a platform of enterprise grade tools that, individually, can drive quality in each area of specialisation. At Odecee, we have combined these tools and configured them to work collectively, introducing quality gates in Software Configuration Management, Artefact Management, Automated Deployment and Quality Assurance to deliver an integrated solution that increases the efficiency and delivers quality software.

We call this the Rational Build Pipeline that is built on IBM Rational Tools. We achieve this through:

Rational Team Concert process that specialises the Agile software development method.
Rational Team Concert software component definitions for easy categorisation and management of system components – simplifying the Software Configuration Management
Rational Asset Manager policy for tracking of software components and their quality – centralise, track and trace all components of your system.
Rational Build Forge Automation Adapters to automate deployments into a large number of platforms and middleware – enable consistent and repeatable deployments.
Rational Build Forge templates to accelerate environment configurations – speedy environment configurations and deployments.
Rational Build Forge status update screen – provide visibility of environment quality through traffic lights.