If you control your product files in Rational Synergy, you can create a project that has the structure of an installation area, called an installation project.
You can create an installation project whose structure matches that of your installation area. You then can use the work area for the installation project to create an installation image (Windows) or a set of tar files (UNIX) and place it on a CD for testing or for the release of your software.
For example, if you needed to release software internally for testing, you would start with an integration testing project, then create an installation project with all of the products and objects that need to be available to testers. Last, you would add the installation project to the integration testing project hierarchy. When development is at a point where the team needs testing performed by an SQE group, you would build your system testing project, update your installation project, then create an installation image (Windows) or a set of tar files (UNIX) and place it on a CD.
The next section, Creating an installation project, shows you how to create an installation project.