You can configure Rational DOORS to integrate with IBM
Rational Rhapsody Design Manager and IBM Rational Software Architect
Design Manager by using Open Services Lifecycle Control (OSLC) linking.
Note: To perform the integration configuration, you must have database
manager privileges or custom user permissions to manage the database
in Rational DOORS. You must also have Jazz Administrator privileges
on the Design Manager Server.
The Design Management solution provides web-based, collaborative
tools that are based on Jazz technology. The design management capabilities
in Rational Rhapsody Design Manager and Rational Software Architect
Design Manager enable teams to integrate design into the overall systems
engineering and application lifecycles and collaborate on models and
designs.
By integrating Rational DOORS with Design Management, you can link
requirements and requirements-related artifacts to design artifacts.
You can use models to elaborate the design, structure, and relationships
between development artifacts. Stakeholders can collaborate on designs
and ensure that they are relevant and aligned with business and design
requirements. For a demonstration of linking, see the IBM developerWorks
article OSLC linking in IBM Rational Design Manager 4.0 with
Rational Rhapsody and DOORS.
You can link requirements management artifacts in Rational DOORS
to Design Management resources by using the following link types:
- Refines/Refined By
- Satisfies/Satisfied By
- Trace
You can create and view links in both Design Management and
Rational DOORS. You can view a summary of the linked artifacts or
resources by hovering over the links.
OSLC is
an open standard that IBM is developing in cooperation with business
partners and customers for linking and viewing artifacts across the
software development lifecycle. To enable communication between the
applications, you must complete the following tasks:
- Configure Rational DOORS Web Access to use OSLC
- Add the Design Management Server to the remote services list in
the Rational DOORS database, as described in Configuring Rational DOORS
- Configure the Design Management Server to communicate with Rational
DOORS. See the Design Management documentation for Integrating Design Management with Rational DOORS.
Configuration tasks in Design Management include:
- Configuring communication between Design Management and Rational
DOORS by establishing cross-server communication to the Rational DOORS
repository.
- Associating design projects with Rational DOORS projects.
- Deploying predefined link types that team members can use for
the integration.
For information on integrating directly with Rational Rhapsody
with a non-OSLC interface, see the documentation Integrating Rational Rhapsody with requirements management
tools.