For an enterprise to achieve its goals, the investments in IT projects and applications must be aligned with the business strategy of the enterprise. Focal Point^® is used for demand management and portfolio management. Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) applications are used for project execution and delivery. By integrating Focal Point^® with the Requirements Management (RM) and the Change and Configuration Management (CCM) applications of the Rational solution for CLM we can derive the benefit of decision making, planning, implementing, tracking, and delivering solutions together.