Rational's new project management solution

IBM Rational Focal Point for Project Management is a project and resource management system optimized for software and systems delivery. It allows managing activities such as Gantt charting and resource management. Focal Point manages day-to-day tasks while Rational Insight offers higher level metrics, they really work hand in hand.

Focal Point for Project Management is built on Jazz. But what does it mean to be “built on Jazz”?

• The tasks developers see in their change management (CM) system are the same as the tasks the project managers see in the work breakdown structure (WBS)
• Project managers assign tasks in the WBS and developers see their assignments in their CM system
• Developers report their status in the CM system and project managers see that status in the WBS

It’s the same artifact – regardless of where it is visible in the system!

Here is a quick overview of Rational's new project management solution by Neil Leblanc, product manager at Rational. More information is also available on Jazz Team Blog.



Learn more about 'IBM Rational Focal Point for Project Management' from the official announcement page. Trial download is available as part of Rational Early Access Preview on Jazz.net

Focal Point for Project Management is also hosted on Jazz.net. Get the overview, features and release plan. ( Note : You will have to register on jazz.net to have a look at the release plan).