APPLYING RATIONAL PROJECTCONSOLE, V2002.05.20

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Description:

Applying Rational ProjectConsole is a course that emphasizes the practical uses of the Rational ProjectConsole v2002.05.00, which provides a project console enabling web reports of up-to-date project information and metrics graphics, extracted directly from the tools used to support software development activities.

Audience:

The course is intended for roles that define project management and metrics parameters for a project.

• Project managers
• Project Team Leaders
• Data administrators
• Process Engineers

Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:

• Describe the components of the ProjectConsole and how they relate to each other.
• Create and customize the console's information structure.
• Define and run dynamic web-based reports directly from Rational tools and other sources.
• Define and exercise elements of the metrics warehouse, which collects information directly from Rational tools and other sources.
• Assess the usefulness of ProjectConsole to different members of the development team.

Prerequisites:

To benefit from this course, students must:

• Have a general knowledge of software development and the Rational Unified Process

Topics:

This course allows students to exercise the Rational ProjectConsole. Presentation of material is followed by exercises running in an executing environment.

• Introduction to the Rational ProjectConsole
• Introduction to installation and configuration of the ProjectConsole
• Customizing the console and creating web reports
• Introduction to the Dashboard -- metrics display capabilities
• Introduction to the basics of the metrics warehouse and star schemas
• Description and design of target tables and source templates (specifications of source information and the corresponding warehouse storage tables)
• Description and design of mapping templates (specifications of connectivity between sources and targets)

This is an introductory course oriented to users, where installation and setup information are not covered.

Rational Software Products

This course addresses training for the following Rational Software products:

• Rational ProjectConsole v2002.05.