About this Course

This course targets project administrators and team leads. You will learn how to configure Rational Team Concert project areas and processes so that the core IBM practices for agile development and change and release management can be effectively adopted by the project team. Topics include planning projects, teams, and iterations to support both traditional and agile projects; defining source control streams and component structure; customizing process controls and work items; and customizing Rational Team Concert queries and reports to provide project status and measure progress. This course can be deployed through traditional classroom Configuring Projects in IBM Rational Team Concert V3.0.1 (RS726) or virtual classroom (YS726).

Audience Profile

This intermediate course is for:

• Project Administrators
• Team Leads
• Scrum Masters
• Product Owners

At Course Completion

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:

• Understand project planning, with a focus on Agile methods
• Configure Project Areas
• Configure Source Control
• Set up a Build system
• Manage reports and dashboards
• Customize Projects and Process

Prerequisites

You should have:

• Developing Software with IBM Rational Team Concert V3.0.1 (ILT) (RS841)
• Developing Software with IBM Rational Team Concert V3.0.1 (ILO) (YS841)
• Experience working with Microsoft Windows
• Understand basic software development principles
• Understand basic project planning principles
• Working knowledge of an Eclipse-based IDE

Course Outline

1. Best practices for project planning
2. Managing work items in IBM Rational Team Concert
3. Creating project areas and teams
4. Planning in Rational Team Concert
5. Managing reports and project dashboards