| Software development management is the ability to | | | | successfully manage change in their development |
| track source code as it goes through the various | | | | environments and throughout the software |
| stages of development from requirements gathering, | | | | development cycle. |
| testing, to release. Software requirements, plans and | | | | Version 7.1 of Rational ClearQuest provides a new, |
| technical changes in a project, combined with the | | | | flexible reporting mechanism based on a data-pull |
| eminent interdependent and repetitive nature of the | | | | reporting model, adding significant flexibility over the |
| software development process, can make | | | | traditional data-push model, so that individual team |
| management chaotic for project managers and | | | | members can gain real-time visibility into development |
| increase software quality risks. | | | | activities. Data is pulled from Rational ClearQuest via |
| Reporting is a business attribute of project | | | | the supplied ClearQuest ODA JDBC driver and |
| administration for software development. Metrics, | | | | presented in the standard reports shipped with |
| summaries, and contextual reports provide views and | | | | ClearQuest 7.1 that are based on the Open Source |
| insight into the status of a project and help bring | | | | Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT), a |
| projects to successful completion IBM Rational | | | | project of the Eclipse Foundation. |
| ClearQuest, a comprehensive flexible change | | | | BIRT is an Open Source reporting system for web |
| management system suitable for multiple process | | | | applications, especially those based on Java and J2EE. |
| management, provides change tracking, process | | | | Actuate founded and co-leads the BIRT project, while |
| automation, reporting, traceability, and control of the | | | | IBM is also an active participant, with representation on |
| software development lifecycle. Software | | | | the Project Management Committee and a number of |
| development teams use Rational ClearQuest to | | | | developers contributing code. |