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IBM VisualAge Requirements Tool for OS/2 Version 1.0 -- A Powerful, Easy-to-Use Requirements Tool for Business Professionals
Announced on April 16, 1996
Software Announcement 296116
In Brief . . .
VisualAge Requirements Tool for OS/2 helps:
The Executive
o Make timely and informed decisions about needed operational
changes based on transactions, rules, and information
o Clearly state and communicate changes in business procedures by
presenting the changes graphically and in meaningful business
terms
o Make confident decisions about implementing changes in the
business organization
The Business Analyst
o Clearly communicate business operational information with
management and staff
o Approve plans for system changes based on clearly defined user
requirements
The Information Technology Analyst
o Use information documented in the VisualAge Requirements Tool to
size new application development
o Understand and communicate user requirements for new application
work
The Application Developer
o Prepare meaningful application development plans with clearly
understood user-requirements statements
o Base test case plans on a clear understanding of user requirements
and expected behavior
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For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Authorized
Business Partner, or IBM DIRECT at
800-IBM-CALL Reference: SE005
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VisualAge(TM) Requirements Tool for OS/2(R) is a powerful,
easy-to-use requirements tool that helps business analysts specify
business-user requirements in terms business users can understand.
Using graphical, state-of-the-art technology, the VisualAge
Requirements Tool helps analysts quickly and easily depict, evaluate,
and communicate the requirements of business operations so executives
can exercise enterprise-level control over their companies.
Using the VisualAge Requirements Tool to describe business
operations, analysts can:
o Easily and graphically depict the critical operations that make up
their companies
o Quickly understand and rapidly evaluate the behavior of each
operation to evaluate its effectiveness
o Effectively present and communicate new and changing requirements
for any operation in terms that the business user and the systems
analyst can understand
The VisualAge Requirements Tool replaces the tedious pen-and-paper
technique for creating user-requirements and operational analysis
documents with clear, unequivocal graphics that are easy to
construct, modify, and view. The VisualAge Requirements Tool lets
the analysts work interactively, in real time, to rapidly model
current business operations, propose changes, and stay abreast of
changes in the business.
The VisualAge Requirements Tool is complementary in function to the
IBM Business Process Modeler (ProModeler). ProModeler allows its
users to specify business processes, which are interconnected
business functions executed by application programs or by people.
The VisualAge Requirements Tool allows users to specify the internal
behavior of business functions, which in turn participate in business
processes. These views are complementary and necessary to achieve a
full understanding of the operative aspects of a business.
VisualAge Requirements Tool for OS/2 is available in two editions in
a single package -- Professional and Standard. The Professional
edition uses IBM TeamConnection for OS/2 to store its data, provide
links to VisualGen(TM) 4GL client/server application development
tool, and hold data that is valuable to TeamConnection DataAtlas as a
starting point to conceptual data modeling. The Standard edition
runs in a disconnected environment, such as on the road with your
laptop. Upon your return, you can export your data to your
Professional edition.
Planned Availability Date: May 15, 1996
(TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the
United States or other countries or both.
(R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation in the United States or other countries or both.
DESCRIPTION
The VisualAge Requirements Tool features include:
o Quick and easy creation of the business objects used to prepare
user-requirement statements
Objects are presented in easy-to-identify icons, attributes are
specified and displayed in easy-to-use online notebooks, and
associations are depicted graphically.
o Instantaneous updates to all VisualAge Requirements Tool views
As soon as you make a change in one view, it is immediately
propagated throughout the entire business operation. All views
reflect the current state of your requirements statements.
o Segmented views of your enterprise through the use of Business
Operations
Operations can be imbedded within operations to allow system
decomposition, including very large systems and client/server
functional distribution.
o Classification of business rules to facilitate their discovery and
retrieval
o Management of names and structures of business facts in a fact
dictionary, providing a large part of your business enterprise
terminology
o User-controlled completeness indicators, which can be queried to
manage your progress
o Annotation capability for reviewers to comment on business
elements
o Graphical views of different aspects of your information
o Powerful, but easy to formulate and use, queries about all
associations
o Management of connections to implementation elements for re-use
and impact analysis
o Extensive online help and an integrated tutorial to help you get
started quickly
o Export/import capability to move data between your standard
edition (designed for mobility) and professional edition (for
information sharing with other AD tools)
o Identical user interface for both editions to eliminate need for
retraining when you move from one edition to the other
Graphical Presentations
The VisualAge Requirements Tool provides a rich and extensive set of
graphical presentations for the business user to identify, select,
modify, and manipulate the elements of a business operation. Users
can also document their interconnections and explore the behavior of
those business operations.
The VisualAge Requirements Tool allows the non-technical business
user to identify, describe, and view business requirements in the
business user's language versus the machine language of the computer.
The VisualAge Requirements Tool hides computer technology and
presents descriptions of business behavior in the terms and
constructs of the business user. This computer language independence
is achieved by using new technologies in analysis, storage, and
presentation available only recently.
PRODUCT POSITIONING
VisualAge Requirements Tool for OS/2 is currently unique in its
function and design, and today has no counterpart product with which
to compare. The VisualAge Requirements Tool integrates with
TeamConnection for OS/2 and contains links to other tools, like
VisualGen, IBM's 4GL application development product. The rich,
extensive set of graphical presentations and the fine grain
integration with other tools, makes VisualAge Requirements Tool for
OS/2 a good competitive choice in large enterprise environments.
PUBLICATIONS
The following publications can be ordered immediately. To order,
contact your IBM representative.
Order
Title Number
VisualAge Requirements Tool
for OS/2 User's Guide SC26-8228
VisualAge Requirements Tool
for OS/2 Fact Sheet GC26-8229
VisualAge Requirements Tool
Version 1.0 Pocket Folder GC26-8814
Displayable Softcopy Publications: The VisualAge Requirements Tool
User's Guide is provided in displayable softcopy form.
The displayable manuals are part of the basic machine-readable
material. The files are shipped on CD-ROM, the same media type as
the basic machine-readable material.
These displayable manuals can be used with the BookManager(R) READ
licensed programs in any of the supported environments. Terms and
conditions for use of the machine-readable files are shipped with the
files.
Source File Publications: Publications are not provided in source
file form.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Specified Operating Environment
Hardware Requirements: VisualAge Requirements Tool for OS/2 runs on
the following IBM workstations:
o 486-based PC, 33MHz, or higher, with the following recommended
minimum hardware configuration on the client:
- 12MB of memory (RAM)
- 10MB of fixed disk space
- Personal System/2(R) mouse, or equivalent
- 8513 or 8514 VGA monitor in either VGA or high-resolution mode
- Access to a CD-ROM drive
- For attachment to the TeamConnection server, you need:
-- IBM communications adapter or equivalent that supports
TCP/IP
-- LAN card -- Token Ring
o For hardware requirements for the TeamConnection for OS/2 Version
1.0 server, refer to Software Announcement 295-426, dated
October 9, 1995.
Software Requirements: VisualAge Requirements Tool for OS/2 requires
the following software products for the client:
o OS/2 Warp Version 3 or Warp Connect
o To use the Professional edition:
- TCP/IP for OS/2 2.0 (70G3754), or later
- TeamConnection Version 1.0 (31H3744) plus Fixpack 3
o To use the Standard edition, you need ObjectStore Version 4.0
Runtime (provided on the CD-ROM)
Refer to Software Announcement 295-426, dated October 9, 1995, for
the software requirements for the TeamConnection server.
Compatibility: VisualAge Requirements Tool for OS/2 Version 1.0 is
compatible and integrates with the following products, which operate
using a common platform -- TeamConnection for OS/2 Version 1.0:
o TeamConnection DataAtlas for OS/2 Version 1.0 (33H1864) -- this
package includes TeamConnection for OS/2 Version 1.0 (31H3744)
plus Fixpack 3. For more information, refer to Software
Announcement 296-123, dated April 16, 1996.
o VisualGen Version 2.0 (31H3678), or later.
Planning Information
Before installing the Professional edition of VisualAge Requirements
Tool for OS/2, refer to the TeamConnection for OS/2 installation and
setup documentation and consult with your TeamConnection
administrator to ensure that TeamConnection is installed and set up
properly.
Customer Responsibilities: The customer must provide at least the
minimum hardware and software environments in which the VisualAge
Requirements Tool for OS/2 will operate. The customer must assign a
systems administrator who has responsibility for planning,
installing, maintaining, and administering TeamConnection.
Packaging: VisualAge Requirements Tool for OS/2 Version 1.0 is
distributed as a single program package with the following materials:
o One CD-ROM (containing both standard edition and professional
edition)
o IBM International Program License Agreement
o Proof of license
o License information
o VisualAge Requirements Tool for OS/2 User's Guide
o VisualAge Requirements Tool for OS/2 Fact Sheet
Security, Auditability, and Control
VisualAge Requirements Tool for OS/2 uses the security and
auditability features of the workstation and OS/2 to limit tool
access. Data access is controlled by function in TeamConnection for
OS/2 Version 1.0.
User management is responsible for evaluation, selection, and
implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and
appropriate controls in application systems and communication
facilities.
ORDERING INFORMATION
Orders for new licenses will be accepted now.
Shipments will begin on May 15, 1996.
To order these programs, specify the order type number, feature
number, part number, program name, media, and quantity.
Program Package: CD-ROM with documentation.
Feature Part
Description Number Number
Order Type 5801-AAR
VisualAge Requirements Tool
for OS/2 Version 1.0 1069 33H1889
Additional License Copies: Authorizes the customer who has a program
package to make a single copy of the program media and printed
documentation.
The authorization is given by providing the customer a Proof of
Entitlement for Additional License -- with Certificate, which has its
own part number and feature number.
Feature Part
Description Number Number
Order Type 5802-AAR
VisualAge Requirements Tool
for OS/2 Version 1.0 Proof
of Additional License
with Certificate 1103 33H1893
Additional License Copies -- Software Advantage Exhibit:
Authorization to make additional license copies begins on the start
date specified in the Software Advantage Agreement. Proof of
Entitlement will be provided monthly.
Part
Description Number
Order Type 5802-AAR
VisualAge Requirements Tool
for OS/2 Version 1.0 Proof
of Additional License
without Certificate 33H1899
Documentation: Separate documentation with no media.
Feature Part
Description Number Number
Order Type 5806-AAR
VisualAge Requirements Tool
User's Guide 0043 33H1895
VisualAge Requirements Tool
Fact Sheet 0044 33H1901
Upgrade Protection (New Product): The following upgrade protection
products are only available under the Software Advantage for
Workstations offering:
Part
Description Number
Order Type 5809-AAR
Upgrade Protection for
VisualAge Requirements Tool
Version 1.0 -- OTC 33H1910
Upgrade Protection for
VisualAge Requirements Tool
Version 1.0 -- QC(1) 33H1911
(1) Quarterly Charge
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Licensing: The program described in this announcement is licensed
under the terms and conditions of the IBM International Program
License Agreement. A copy of the agreement is included in the
program package.
Additional License: Proof of Entitlement must be acquired.
Software Advantage for Workstations-Upgrade Protection: The
announced program is eligible as an entitled upgrade. Entitled
customers will be provided with a no-charge program package and a
Proof of Entitlement authorizing right to copy equal to the number of
programs protected. Shipment will follow general availability.
Variable Charges Apply: No
Limited Warranty: Yes
Program Services: Program services for VisualAge Requirements Tool
for OS/2 Version 1.0 will be available until March 31, 1998. The
Program Services section in the License Information included with
this program describes this service.
Support Line: The Personal Systems Support line applies.
Volume Orders: For information regarding volume orders, contact your
IBM representative.
The additional licenses and maintenance part numbers included in this
announcement are eligible for volume discounting under the terms of
the Software Advantage for Workstations Agreement and Exhibit.
Guarantee: The IBM 30-day, money-back guarantee applies.
Authorization for Copy and Use on Home/Portable Computer: Yes, as
specified in the program package.
Program Transfer: Fully transferable
Educational Allowance: A reduced charge is available to qualified
education customers. The educational allowance may not be added to
any other discount or allowance.
CHARGES
Contact your IBM representative for charges information for this
announcement.
Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties
of their respective owners.
CALL NOW TO ORDER
To order, you can contact:
IBM Direct: IBM Direct, our national direct marketing organization,
can also arrange to put your name on the mailing list for catalogs of
IBM products.
Phone: 800-IBM-CALL
Fax: 800-2IBM-FAX
Internet: ibm_direct@vnet.ibm.com
Mail: IBM Direct
Dept. SE005
P.O. Box 16848
Atlanta, GA 30321-0848
Reference: SE005
To identify your local IBM Authorized Business Partner or IBM
representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU.
Note: Shipments will begin after the planned availability date.
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