IBM Rational family includes a whole series of concepts and software solutions directed at an effortless software development with more quality. What they all have in common is that they are based on positive experiences coming from a large number of successful projects, or rather from the so called best practices.
Although for a long time the name Rational was generally connected to RUP methodology, UML and Rational Rose product for production of UML models, nowadays IBM Rational is most famous for its products IBM Rational ClearQuest for change management and IBM Rational ClearCase for version management.
In the world of object oriented technologies IBM Rational Software Architect has become the synonym for object analysis and design, while we can hardly imagine the continuous quality verification and testing automation without the IBM Rational Functional Tester and IBM Rational Performance Tester tools.
During the year 2006, Rational tool family was expanded with the two new artefacts: IBM Rational Data Architect for data modelling and IBM Rational BuildForge for process automation for the continuous production of the executive application.
IBM Rational Portfolio Manager is a tool that covers a much larger market than the production software teams do. This unique product is a leading solution for project, portfolio and resources management and is intended for organizations who systematize their work on projects, regardless of what kind of project is in question.
Picture 1: Software Development Segments Covered by Rational Tools
Each of this products individually cover different disciplines of software development, but what truly gives them a special quality are methodologies, concepts and the knowledge on which they are based. When you have gained a sufficient measure of modern development process then you can repeatedly make use of the real worth IBM Rational tools can bring.
Picture 2: Rational Unified Process Diagram of the Project Life Cycle
That is way CROZ has created packages which give you the opportunity to advance your development in a short period of time and to make use of the Rational solutions in a way that suits your needs by using the experience of our experts. The packages contain accustomed products, relevant workshops and courses as well as support in the first couple of days of the new process and new tools usage. Present experience has shown that this kind of collaboration proved optimal for a quality knowledge transfer.
As a confirmation of its experts for the quality of their work, CROZ has received two prestigious awards in 2008. In April, IBM Beacon Award finalists and winners were announced. IBM gives these awards for innovation contributions based on IBM technologies. CROZ made it to the finals in the Rational category, that is among top 3 Rational partners in the world, for its work in creating accompanying RPM methodologies.
At the beginning of June, IBM awarded us with a Rational Award. This time we won the first prize, namely for our knowledge and contribution in creating specific development processes applying Rational Method Composer.
