Business needs are captured and prioritized using Focal Point. After business needs are approved, they are linked to requirement and project management systems for elaboration, planning, development, and delivery. This tutorial describes how to configure the integration between Focal Point and IBM Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management. The tutorial also shows you how to publish the approved business needs to the Requirement Management and Change and Configuration Management applications, feed back the key execution performance indicators to the portfolio decision making process for continuous monitoring and course correction, and generate a report.

120 minutes