Essentals of IBM Rational Buildforge

Course Overview

This instructor-led course is to provide an overview of build management processes and an introduction to creating and managing the build process using IBM Rational Build Forge.

Audience

The course is for team members who need to create, manage, and maintain automated software build processes, including:

• Configuration Managers
• Build Engineers

Skills Gained

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Explain Build Forge general functions and usage models
• Use Build Forge to:
• Create a Build Forge Project using the Build Forge Administration Console
• Configure a Build Forge Project using Servers, Selectors, and Collectors
• Optimize the runtime execution of a Build Forge Project using Chains and Threads
• Integrate external tools into a Build Forge Project using Adaptors
• Perform Build Forge Project Runs and Analyze results
• Configure the Build Forge IDE Plug-Ins and perform Project Runs within IDE

Prerequisites

No knowledge of build management or IBM Rational Build Forge is assumed.

Course Outline

• Introduction to the Build Forge System
• Creating a Build Forge Project Projects, Environments, and Steps
• Configuring a Build Forge Project Servers, Collectors, and Selectors
• Optimizing a Build Forge Project Chaining and Threading
• Build Forge Adaptors
• Executing a Build Forge Project Scheduling, Results, and the Bill of Materials (BOM)
• Build Forge IDE Plug-Ins

Essentals of IBM Rational Buildforge / RS541GB (RS541GBGB)