Rational ClearCase: Essentials of Configuration Management

Course Overview

Essentials of Configuration Management with Rational ClearCase is a one-day, instructor-led course designed to teach configuration managers how to implement ClearCase effectively in their development environments (Windows and UNIX). This course introduces participants to the discipline of software configuration management (SCM) and discusses the attributes of effective SCM. Participants learn what information is critical to include in a configuration management plan. They practice creating and implementing a usage model based on a simulated software development project. The usage model includes details about organizing project artifacts, branching strategies, and project process and policies.

Audience

This course is intended for users who fill the role of configuration manager in their organizations. Some knowledge of ClearCase is assumed. No knowledge of ClearCase administration is assumed.

Skills Gained

• Define software configuration management and list the attributes of an effective software configuration management system.
• Explain the purpose and describe the contents of a configuration management plan
• Complete a ClearCase usage model
• Implement a ClearCase usage model by:Setting up project artifacts
• Creating branch types that implement a branching strategy
• Implementing project process and policies through the use of ClearCase metadata

Prerequisites

To benefit from this course, students must have:

• Completed Essentials of Rational ClearCase course
• At least six months on-the-job ClearCase experience

Course Outline

Software Configuration Management Overview

• Attributes of effective SCM
• SCM and ClearCase
• The Configuration Management Plan

Creating a Usage Model

Setting up project artifacts

• Creating VOBs
• Importing data into VOBs
• Creating and applying label types

Planning and implementing a branching strategy

• Creating branch types
• Automating configuration specification usage

Creating and implanting project policies

• Triggers
• Attributes

Rational Software Products

This course addresses training for the following Rational Software products:

• Rational ClearCase
• Rational ClearCase LT

Rational ClearCase: Essentials of Configuration Management / RS301 (RS301GB)