Rational Synergy benefits

Rational Synergy provides a complete configuration management environment in which development teams can work easily, quickly, and securely.

Rational Synergy provides the following features and benefits to software development organizations.

Ease of use

Most development teams run on tight schedules with small windows for downtime. Because it is important that development teams to establish a comfort level with a new tool right away, Rational Synergy provides the following standard features:

Fast start

Development teams can start using Rational Synergy soon after it is installed, which is typically the same day. Rational Synergy has these features:

Rapid productivity for new users

WhenRational Synergy is up and running, it is relatively easy for new users to come onboard. If you are a new user, you can start using Rational Synergy right away. After the CM administrator adds you as a Rational Synergy user, you can copy a project to create your personal work area. Then, you can perform the following actions:

These steps represent the most fundamental use of the Rational Synergy tool. There are a multitude of features to learn about so you can take full advantage of Rational Synergy. Consider attending a training session to gain a thorough understanding of the product. However, you can immediately start to work in Rational Synergy to help your team meet a critical deadline or commitment.

Flexible, automated workflow

Rational Synergy’s task-based methodology provides a straightforward way to build and test your software so you can find problems as quickly as possible and attain the quality level you require. Using the task-based workflow you can perform the following tasks:

Secure team engineering environment

The following features ensure that your development team can develop software projects with a minimum of attention to the Rational Synergy tool:

Worldwide control and transfer of information

Rational Synergy Distributed Configuration Management (DCM) product allows you to share software changes among any number of Rational Synergy databases, anywhere in the world. With DCM, you can:

Seamless integrations for Windows development

The Rational Synergy configuration management tool is integrated with some of the industry leading development environments. These integrations enable you to have source control and configuration management from your native development environment. The integrations include an easy-to-run installation and setup program. Many integrations are available, including:

For a complete list of available integrations, see the IBM® Software Support home page for Rational® products at http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/support/.


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