Ibm smartcloud control desk solution overview ibm redbooks. Unicom focal point is a portfolio management and decision analysis tool used by the product. Kevin bruckner staff software engineer ibm linkedin. A vulnerability in ibm rational focal point could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions on a targeted system. Software license agreement, an ibm software license agreement, or addendum for tivoli products to ibm customer or license agreement. Focalpoint is a windowsbased rental software system that allows you. A major focal point towards the success of it service management tools, is the successful deployment of a platform. Project portfolio management can be described as methods for analyzing and collectively managing a group. Operators at the focal point can respond to exception conditions that automation cannot handle. Ibm jazzing up software project management infoworld.
Ibm rational focal point is a growing cloudbased it management software, it is designed to support small, medium and large size business. Aug 20, 2019 compare ibm rational focal point with top 8 alternatives for 2020. Also being announced is rational focal point for project management, to manage activities such as gantt charting and resource management. For your convenience, weve created a youtube playlist. Kuwait petroleum international, known by the trademark q8, manages the delivery of a portfolio of process improvement projects using ibm focal point.
Synopsis a product and portfolio management web application is install on the remote host. An information disclosure vulnerability has been reported in ibm rational focal point. Ibm engineering lifecycle management elm is a comprehensive, endtoend solution that integrates technologies such as the watson aipowered requirements quality assistant rqa to improve the quality of increasingly complex requirements, and advances automotive compliance to. Its quickly become the focal point of our project implementation activities. The mainview focal point p roduct enables you to monitor the activity of ibm mvs and its related subsystems in the mainview environment. The focal point can monitor the hardware and software of other systems and recover the hardware or software if it fails. Managed services for the ibm i is designed to support small, midsize and enterpriseclass customers seeking to maximize the productivity of their workforce and ibm i system through managed services. Also, ibm rational software architect for websphere software 7. Unicom global acquires ibm rational focal point and rational.
Introduction to ibm rational focal point smiths blog. More and more of todays products exist as part of a system of systems solution, which demands a new level of intelligence and integration. Focalpoint software will handle all operations for your rental store. Portfolio management, it portfolio management, project portfolio management, project management, project management software created date. Ibm rational focal point and rational purifyplustm solutions from ibm corp. Focal point is fast to get up and running and adapt to how you work with your methods, processes, and workflows. It allows them to vote on product enhancements using pairwise comparisons from which they emerge as part of the process and they understand how difficult the tradeoff analysis of new features is and how easily focal point manages it. Ibm rational focal point software is a comprehensive portfolio management solution that helps you select the right investments and align resources to deliver the right capabilities at the right time. View kevin bruckners profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
Early customer support indicated below and, where ibm deems. Spirateam vs ibm cloud 2020 feature and pricing comparison. This march 2020 version of our requirements management rm tools list gives you uptodate orientation and guidance when looking for an rm tool that optimally supports your teams or companys requirements workflows. Focal point solutions group, an ibm ibased managed service provider specializing in high availability, disaster recovery architectures, and security monitoring has expanded its services to include security assessments and document management in the cloud. Focalpoint orientation training classes duration webpart client 1 day webpart editor 2 days webpart administrator 1 day fpetl 1 day. It does allow you to plan your dev trains according to iterations and project onto a scrum board. Heavyweights from the early days of toolbased requirements management during.
Documentation refers only to ibm product publications or other descriptive materials of. Ibm boosts rational line for product development network world. This comprehensive solution helps you prioritize and select the right investments, balance change with business demands and align resources to deliver the right products at the right time. Learn how ibm rational focal point helps organizations achieve their overall company goals. In addition to bridge solutions, biglever and ibm rational offer methodology integrations for ibm s focal point and rational publishing engine products.
Telelogic was founded in 1983 as a research and development arm of televerket, the swedish department of telecom now part of teliasonera. Ever since the acquisition of focal point from ibm, unicom global has continued its investment in the solution by delivering 6 major releases of the product in the last two years. Clients with their identification and documentation of actionable use cases, defining migration approach, defining business value, expectations, current state, and future state, or highlevel roadmaps pertaining to. As previously announced, lenovo has acquired ibm s system x business. On march 5, 2008, european regulators approved the acquisition of telelogic by the swedish ibm subsidiary watchtower ab. Unicom focal point is a portfolio management and decision analysis tool used by the product organizations of corporations and government agencies to collect information and feedback from internal and external stakeholders on the value of applications, products, systems, technologies, capabilities, ideas, and other organizational artifacts prioritize on which ones will provide the most value. Nov 08, 2010 learn how ibm rational focal point helps organizations achieve their overall company goals. In more complex requirement management planning, your tool might be an entire software. Company has good documentation and provides excellent customer support. Ibm rational focal point is a groundbreaking solution for product and project portfolio management which offers the unique ability to improve product value and increase business agility by applying investment principles to the entire life cycle from idea through retirement.
Spirateam was a great find in that it exceeded our needs and was very affordable offering great value. Focal point provides product and portfolio management driven by market needs and your business objectives. Unicom intelligence is also available on the cloud as a software as a service saas solution for organizations that prefer to leave the management of survey infrastructure and software to unicom. An information disclosure vulnerability has been reported in ibm focal point. For the most recent product versions released after november 2008, sign in to the new ibm software group oem portal to download the. Focal points pure webbased capability and underlying database repository allow you to engage directly with customers. Ibm will provide customer with instructions for rendering the ibm system inactive when the ibm system is not in use.
Jun 02, 2009 ibm rational focal point is a groundbreaking solution for product and project portfolio management which offers the unique ability to improve product value and increase business agility by applying investment principles to the entire life cycle from idea through retirement. The focal point solution implemented during 20 covers a number of key process areas such as idea management, annual budgeting and planning and quarterly reporting of benefits and progress. Description the login page for ibm rational focal point was detected on the remote host. Serve as a point of reference to document a projects requirements and. Jira vs ibm rational focal point comparison itqlick. Focal point emphasizes security assessments, documents in.
Here, i focus on the core functionality that any requirements management. Project portfolio management using ibm rational focal point. You can access any portions of the complete demonstration by clicking the playlist button in the upper lefthand corner of the video. Improve documentation quality while reducing costs with automated generation of software. Visum invites you to see how focalpoint software can help your rental business. Ibm rational focal point webservice axis gateway information. Decision focus references, read how we create value for. Generating documents with unicom focal point as a data. Ibm rational focal point project, product, and product portfolio management software is highly suitable for any type of workflowbased management. Afterhours and weekend support is normally for emergencies only, but you are always welcome to call with questions or other support issues. All code including machine code updates, samples, fixes or other software downloads provided on the fix central website is subject to the terms of the applicable license agreements.
Ibm boosts rational line for product development infoworld. Ibm rational focal point is more expensive than jira. Teams facing the challenge of designing, developing and engineering sophisticated products that cost less, in shorter periods of time and with fewer resources, must not only engineer new technologies but also integrate new solutions that drive faster time to market at lower cost from trusted vendors. This story, ibm boosts rational line for product development was originally published by infoworld join the network world communities on facebook and linkedin to comment on topics that are top. Ibm rational rhapsody, unicom focal point, and many more. Ibm helps businesses simplify and manage advanced systems software development. List of requirements management tools making of software. This article describes how to customize it to create a bid management proposal management system to increase your efficiency and success rates. Take control of your project portfolios reports and documents through automation of document generation and reporting processes in your company. Typically it takes a few minutes 2 minutes per defects when proficient to classify each defect.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in. Martin svoboda global active directory administrator, focal. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of usersupplied input by the affected software. Ibm rational and its partners offer products that leverage the jazz platform and. Client provides a person who will be the focal point for ibm communications relative to.
Unicom system architect is a marketleading enterprise architecture tool that enables you to build and automatically generate datadriven views of your organizations enterprise architecture its strategy, business architecture, operational architecture, data, application landscape, supporting systems, technologies, and infrastructure. Skilled in active directory, dns, active role server ars, mim, qrm, dns, wsus, software documentation, and switches. Ibm engineering requirements management doors next. The focal point can monitor your automation facilities in other systems and recover those facilities if they fail. Feb 20, 2016 visum is the developer of focalpoint software, a rental software solution which masterfully handles all operations of a rental, sales and service business. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating direct object references.
Overview of focalpoint software, a comprehensive software solution for rental stores. Aug 20, 2019 ibm rational focal point is a growing cloudbased it management software, it is designed to support small, medium and large size business. The software cost is considered average 35 when compared to other solutions in their category. Focalpoint software is built to grow with your business and works with all types of inventory, including. Nam training course catalog focalpoint p a g e 5 9 focal point training offerings onsite training is geared toward focalpoint end users and administrators. It is good to have a focal point who is well trained in odc and analysis to be the champion in an organization.
Customer will make the ibm system inactive when it is not. Experienced administrator with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Camron workman cyber data operations software engineer. In either the document studio or the launcher application, open the document generation wizard by clicking document specification generate configure. Ibm engineering lifecycle management elm is a comprehensive, endtoend solution that integrates technologies such as the watson aipowered requirements quality assistant rqa to improve the quality of increasingly complex requirements, and advances automotive compliance to fasttrack aspice compliance. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any computer language, in any form or by any. I am very happy using this tool and pleased with the. The best requirements management tools of 2020 the digital. Ibm rational focal point security bypass vulnerability. On april 28, 2008, ibm completed its purchase of telelogic.
You can quickly author and manage online, phone and face. Unicom focal point is a flexible, webbased solution enabling you to perform product and portfolio management driven by market needs and your business objectives. Detec intelligent document composition software boosts security, efficiency. I would like to introduce everyone to ibm rational focal point which is a comprehensive portfolio planning solution in the devops solution. Multivendor vulnerability alert ibm rational focal point webservice axis gateway information disclosure vulnerability. Focal point system for management of product and project portfolios. When you describe a problem to an ibm software support specialist, be as specific as possible and include all relevant background information so that the specialist can help you solve the problem efficiently. Ibm rational focal point provides market and businessdriven product and portfolio management, helping executives and teams to make the right decisions to deliver business, customer and.
Focal point provides visual indicator fields for signaling problems at the overview level. Ibm rational focal point vs ppm comparison itqlick. Before you contact ibm rational software support, gather the background information that you need to describe the problem. Focal point works with other mainview products to report critical system monitor information for those products. Depending on the scope of issues and data targeted, the analysis results can be obtained and evaluated in a very short time, typically a. Ibm helps businesses simplify and manage advanced systems. It was later acquired by ibm rational, and exists under the ibm software group telelogic had operations in 22 countries and had been publicly traded since 1999. Top 8 ibm rational focal point alternatives 2020 itqlick. See the product documentation for ibm rational doors, ibm rational focal point, ibm rational change, and ibm rational synergy for compatibility of rational directory server versions. While managing the software and system engineers, i was also the subject matter expert and lead developer for ibm focal point and ibm business process manager. Compare ibm rational focal point with top 8 alternatives for 2020. Early customer support indicated below and, where ibm. Visum is the developer of focalpoint software, a rental software solution which masterfully handles all operations of a rental, sales and service business. May only be used pursuant to a tivoli systems software license agreement, an ibm software license agreement, or addendum for tivoli products to ibm customer or license agreement.
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