IBM Case Studies Automating software delivery lifecycle with IBM Rational software cuts development costs 40 percent

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Automating software delivery lifecycle with IBM Rational software cuts development costs 40 percent

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries	Electronics Retail
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Predictive Quality Analytics Process Control & Optimization
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	The data capture device manufacturer was struggling with managing and automating the software development lifecycle for its mission-critical product portfolio. The development team was using email to manage change requests, which often led to lost requests and delays in addressing them. The lack of a collaborative design solution made it difficult for engineers to collaborate on design changes. Read More
About Customer	The company in focus is a manufacturer of advanced data capture devices, including bar code scanners and radio frequency identification (RFID) products. They also produce professional and commercial two-way radios and deliver unlicensed wireless broadband capabilities and wireless LANs (WLANs) to retail enterprises. The company's mission-critical product portfolio required a more efficient and automated software development lifecycle. Read More
Solution	The company adopted a suite of IBM Rational software to address its development challenges. This suite included IBM Rational ClearCase, IBM Rational ClearQuest, IBM Rational Rose RealTime, and IBM Rational Test RealTime software. The software helped the company's engineers better manage the software development lifecycle. For example, when an application needed updating or changing, engineers received a change request through Rational ClearQuest software. They used that change record to modify a Unified Modeling Language (UML) model with Rational Rose RealTime software. After completing the modifications, they used Rational Test RealTime software to validate that the changes met the quality requirements. Finally, engineers saved the changes in Rational ClearCase software, where they could distribute them for others to use. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Applicable Industries

Electronics

Retail

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Predictive Quality Analytics

Process Control & Optimization

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

The data capture device manufacturer was struggling with managing and automating the software development lifecycle for its mission-critical product portfolio. The development team was using email to manage change requests, which often led to lost requests and delays in addressing them. The lack of a collaborative design solution made it difficult for engineers to collaborate on design changes.

About Customer

The company in focus is a manufacturer of advanced data capture devices, including bar code scanners and radio frequency identification (RFID) products. They also produce professional and commercial two-way radios and deliver unlicensed wireless broadband capabilities and wireless LANs (WLANs) to retail enterprises. The company's mission-critical product portfolio required a more efficient and automated software development lifecycle.

Solution

The company adopted a suite of IBM Rational software to address its development challenges. This suite included IBM Rational ClearCase, IBM Rational ClearQuest, IBM Rational Rose RealTime, and IBM Rational Test RealTime software. The software helped the company's engineers better manage the software development lifecycle. For example, when an application needed updating or changing, engineers received a change request through Rational ClearQuest software. They used that change record to modify a Unified Modeling Language (UML) model with Rational Rose RealTime software. After completing the modifications, they used Rational Test RealTime software to validate that the changes met the quality requirements. Finally, engineers saved the changes in Rational ClearCase software, where they could distribute them for others to use.

Impact #1	The company can now manage every step of the software development lifecycle electronically.
Impact #2	The solution facilitates collaboration, allowing engineers to review UML models within Rational Rose RealTime software together online.
Impact #3	The solution promoted asset reuse, with assets stored in Rational ClearCase software being easy to find, reducing overlapping and redundant development efforts.

Impact #1

The company can now manage every step of the software development lifecycle electronically.

Impact #2

The solution facilitates collaboration, allowing engineers to review UML models within Rational Rose RealTime software together online.

Impact #3

The solution promoted asset reuse, with assets stored in Rational ClearCase software being easy to find, reducing overlapping and redundant development efforts.

Benefit #1	The solution has helped reduce the development cost for each of the company's products by approximately 40 percent.

Benefit #1

The solution has helped reduce the development cost for each of the company's products by approximately 40 percent.

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Automating software delivery lifecycle with IBM Rational software cuts development costs 40 percent

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