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IBM Rational Team Concert is a software development team collaboration tool developed by the Rational brand of IBM and was first released in 2008. The software is available in both client versions and a Web version. It provides software development teams with a collaborative environment in which they can manage all aspects of their work, such as plans, tasks, revision control

Revision control

Revision control, also known as version control and source control , is the management of changes to documents, programs, and other information stored as computer files. It is most commonly used in software development, where a team of people may change the same files...

, build management, and reports.

Overview

IBM Rational Team Concert is built on Jazz. Jazz is an extensible technology platform that helps teams integrate tasks across the software life cycle.

Rational Team Concert is built on a client-server architecture and it enables software development teams to track all aspects of their work, such as work items, source control, reporting, and build management

Software build

In the field of computer software, the term software build refers either to the process of converting source code files into standalone software artifact that can be run on a computer, or the result of doing so...

, in a single product. Rational Team Concert integrates with several other products, including Subversion, Git

Git (software)

Git is a distributed revision control system with an emphasis on speed. Git was initially designed and developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development. Every Git working directory is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on...

, and IBM Rational ClearCase revision-control products, IBM Rational ClearQuest and JIRA

JIRA

Jira may refer to:* JIRA, software-engineering package* Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis* Jira, also known as Zilla, fictional character* Jira * Jira...

change management products, IBM Rational Quality Manager

IBM Rational Quality Manager

IBM Rational Quality Manager provides a collaborative application lifecycle management environment for test planning, construction, and execution.-Overview:...

and HP Quality Center

HP Quality Center

HP Quality Center is a set of web-based test management software offerings from the HP Software Division of Hewlett-Packard, many of which were acquired from Mercury Interactive Corporation. HP Quality Center offers software quality assurance, including requirements management, test management...

quality management systems, and IBM Rational Build Forge, Hudson

Hudson (software)

Hudson is a continuous integration tool written in Java, which runs in a servlet container, such as Apache Tomcat or the GlassFish application server. It supports SCM tools including CVS, Subversion, Git and Clearcase and can execute Apache Ant and Apache Maven based projects, as well as arbitrary...

, CruiseControl

CruiseControl

In software development, CruiseControl is a Java-based framework for a continuous build process. It includes, but is not limited to, plugins for email notification, Ant, and various source control tools. A web interface is provided to view the details of the current and previous builds...

, and Maven

Apache Maven

Maven is a build automation and software comprehension tool. While primarily used for Java programming, it can also be used to build and manage projects written in C#, Ruby, Scala, and other languages. Maven serves a similar purpose to the Apache Ant tool, but it is based on different concepts and...

build and process automation tools.

Rational Team Concert has an Eclipse-based client interface, a Microsoft Visual Studio client interface, and a Web interface. The client interfaces provide an integrated development environment for developers to build and deliver artifacts. Users can use the Web interface to administer servers and projects, access project areas, browse repository information, update tasks, or read about recent events.

Rational Team Concert and the Jazz technology platform are developed on Jazz.net, where developers and users collaborate in the development process through discussion forums and newsgroups. The Jazz.net community site includes articles, forums, wikis, blogs, current documentation, and other troubleshooting and support resources for both developers and users.

Software life cycle management

Rational Team Concert provides a single, integrated environment for several aspects of the software development process, including agile planning, process definition, source control, defect tracking, build management, and reporting. Users can use the software to track and manage the relationships between artifacts, promote best practices for development, and gather project information.

In the product, users create work items to track tasks, such as enhancements, defects, or plan items. Among many other things, users can include these work items in plans for specific milestones and can link work items to source code. When a user creates or changes a work item, all members in the associated team are notified.

Users can share team information in the product by tracking team activity, posting detailed information, or configuring which information is visible.

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