ibm rational insight overview 2014

IBM Software Group

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Marc Nehme

Rational Reporting Engineer

Master Certified IT Specialist

IBM Rational Software

IBM Rational Insight

http://www.ibm.com/software/rational







IBM Software Group | Rational software

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Agenda

Challenges in Enterprise Reporting

Rational Insight

Key Benefits

Architecture

The Power of Enterprise Reporting

Q&A


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Organizational Reporting Challenges

Organizational process

Different departments, different processes, not unified

Roll-up of data doesn't compare well

Lack of visibility into organization metrics

Various disparate data sources

Individual product reporting

Lack of functionality/customization

Training & Resources

$$$

Manual process

High Level of effort / Time consuming

$$$

Inaccurate / unreliable data

Outdated metrics


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Rational Insight

IBM Rational’s Performance Measurement Offering

An Enterprise Reporting solution that gets consistent metrics from across an organization to objectively measure status and progress

Measure program, project, and team-level progress against pre-defined business objectives through multiple views

Identify high-priority items and Become notified of high-severity items

Report & Dashboard elements viewable via

Web browser

iPads

Mobile phones

MS Office, PDF

Any tool that is JSR168 compliant


Key Benefits

Automation Increased Reliability

Versatile Integration support

Cross-product reporting Traceability

Trending & historical data (DW model) Real-time data (Live model)

Web-based tool

Custom/Interactive dashboards (Business Insight)

OOTB Collateral XML data mappings ETL fact builds, dimension builds, jobs Framework Manager projects Data Warehouse structure Reports and Dashboards


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Integration with IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management

OOTB integration with CLM tools: Team Concert, Quality Manager, Requirements Composer

Leverages CLM’s Reportable REST Architecture Ability to get up and running quickly

Cross-project reporting

Report across several project areas

Integration with multiple Jazz Team Servers and applications

Supports multiple Jazz namespaces

Customizable ETLs

Report on data coming from CLM, other IBM tools and Third Party tools


Architecture

Based on Cognos 10 BI platform, industry proven technology

Leverages web architecture

Integration Options

REST service (adapter)

REST service (native)

Direct DB access

ODBC access

Generic XML

Very open architecture and wide-range compatibility


Extract, Transform, Load

Reporting Server

Data Warehouse

M e t a d a t a

XML – ODBC Mapping | DB Access

Rational Insight Architecture

Project

ManagementBuild

Management

Architecture

ManagementRequirements

Management

Change

Management Configuration

Management

Portfolio

ManagementQuality

Management

CxO Process LeadSelf Service

Report Authoring

REST API - native REST API – adapter

XML DB

Project Manager

Open Data Architecture

Enterprise Data Warehouse

Industry Proven BI Platform

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Enterprise ReportingIn

Rational Insight


The Power of Enterprise Reporting in Insight

Executive Dashboard Views



Traceability



Trending



Drill-throughs for Lower Level Detail Visual Alerts

Test Execution Summary



Versatile & Customizable Solution

Custom Attributes & Categories

Customize Insight to report on your custom fields Operational data Data Marts (trending)



Other OOTB Executive Dashboard Views



Other OOTB Trend reports


Leveraging the Cognos platform to extend the reach of Insight

View dashboards and reports online…

View reports on mobile devices…

Embed charts and reports in spreadsheets / presentations…

Search for reports using standard paradigms…

Easily create and customize graphical dashboards…


Rational Insight - Summary and Benefits

Reduce time spent manually collecting, correlating,

and analyzing data

Out-Of-The-Box integrations to Rational and 3rd party tools

using an open REST based integration layer optimized for LAN

and WAN performance

Enhance visibility into disparate teams and

applications

Pre-build library of SDLC KPIs and measurements provide

transparency into a distributed and heterogeneous software

development environment

Improve analysis for required for strategic and

operational decisions

Measurement frameworks such as CMMI, Six Sigma, and the

OOTB Rational MCIF content provide correlation between

development activities and business level objectives

Measure current process efficiency and process

improvement effectiveness

Leverage OOTB KPIs and dashboards to determine the

effectiveness of process improvements

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