HIGHLIGHTS GanttChart for ClearQuest – is thenew generation module that is in-tended for concerted operationswith IBM Rational ClearQuestEclipse. All project managementfunctions of the module are avail-able immediately after its installationin the standard menu of IBM Clear-Quest.

GanttChart for ClearQuest - is thevery flexible solution which allowssetting up any change requests withany relations and any nesting level,granting meanwhile the fine tuningof additional fields.

Those who works are used to workwith IBM Rational ClearQuest obvi-ously have a sense of a small limita-tion of its capabilities in the area ofclear activities planning for changerequests (tasks, bug reports etc.).That is they can set up the requeststo show task chain, dates, workloadetc but all this will be shown as usuallist of tasks. And to change anythingin several tasks they should enterevery task separately and fulfill thenumber of monotonous actions. Thisproblem related to the work withcomplex hierarchical tasks and planscan be easily settled with the moduleGanttChart for ClearQuest.

GanttChart forClearQuest canbe applied inter-esting for every-one who usesIBM RationalClearQuest andis in shortage ofthe project man-agement capa-bilities. Ourmodule doesn’tsubstitute for ex-isting projectmanagementtools but addsthe operational sections into IBM Ra-tional tools instead (perhaps in nextversions we’ll cope to transfer themost of MS Project functions intoClearQuest).The module considerably simplifiesthe management of the complex hi-erarchical tasks. This allows freeingproject managers of routine opera-tions and focusing on the main task.

Saves a lot of time whilepreparing plans ofwork/tasks and exercis-ing operational controlover the project

Real time synchroniza-tion of Gantt diagramand ClearQuest re-quests.

Visualization of theratio for planned termsand fact terms.

Decomposition of theGantt diagram for com-plex Requests.

Opening the change re-quest forms from theGantt diagram directly.

Allows managers tosave a lot of time whilepreparing plans ofwork/tasks and exercis-ing operational controlover the project.

Support ALM Schema.

Support for multipleplatforms.

Easy to install.

Easy to use.

GanttChart for ClearQuest allowsto the project managers and ad-ministrators:

* Analyzing the project status inreal time scale.

* Agile correcting the project plan.* Saving project manager’s time

for the replanning of request groups(change requests and extension re-quests). Especially within service ori-ented approach when a greatnumber of requests every day requirea special attention.

* Effectively distributing the re-sources.

* Transferring requests from onestate to another on-the-fly.

* Shifting the groups of tasks andrequests (change planned dates) indrag-and-drop mode.

GanttChart for ClearQuest allowsto the project members:

* To see their own workload on thewhole pool of requests at once(tasks, defects, requests etc).

* To work with task plan comfort-able and as usual.

The fundamental capabilities ofGanttChart for ClearQuest:

1. Multiplatform. Our module isbeing incorporated into the Eclipseclient of IBM Rational ClearQuestand works on different platforms ofWidows and Unix.

2. There is no necessity of addi-tional software. Everything works inone tool - IBM Rational ClearQuest.The exceptions are the functions ofbudgeting, resource distribution andportfolio management.

3. The only one data source andthe synchronization in real time. Themodule allows showing the real stateof projecting activities basing on thelast changes in IBM Rational Clear-Quest. There is no necessity tomake additional synchronization ordata duplication for it. All visualiza-tion functions are real time.

4. All functions of IBM RationalClearQuest are still accessible. Be-cause of module embedding intoIBM Rational ClearQuest the userhas an access to the planning capa-bilities by Gantt diagram and to allthe functions of IBM Rational Clear-Quest (building requests, reports,graphs etc) at the same time. .

Color highlights allowdecomposing the tasks

by their status: e.g.green - done, yellow – inprogress, red – is behind

time, blue - planned

Tasks hierarchy visuali-zation and plan decom-

position at high-leveltasks:

requests and bugs re-ports grouped by tasks

and activities

GanttChart forClearQuest is

added to the IBMGlobal SolutionsDirectory with the

ID# 41151

Solution type:

Plug-in for IBM Rational ClearQuestEclipse.

Prerequisites:

Requires IBM Rational ClearQuestinstalled in the system.

Delivery type:

Multiplatform package.

Compatibility:

Compatible with ClearQuest 7.0 andupper.

Multilanguage support: Yes (MUI)*English, German, Russian

Main capabilities

* Support for multiple platforms.* Real time synchronization of

Gantt diagram and ClearQuest re-quests.

* Visualization of the request’s hi-erarchy and their relations as Ganttdiagram.

* Tasks visualization basing on thecompleted queries. Allows showingthe realization plan of any concreteClearQuest request on basis of ex-isting report.

* Visualization of the task fulfill-ment percentage.

* Visualization of the ratio forplanned terms and fact terms.

* Visualization the change re-quests with the different colorschemes depending on their fulfill-ment stage and realization on time.

* Decomposition of the Gantt dia-gram for complex Requests.

* Changing and saving the resultsof such changing of the plannedterms for requests.

* Opening the change requestforms from the Gantt diagram di-rectly.

GanttChart for Clear-Quest on Linux.

Tasks hierarchy visuali-zation

"This solution was developed as a result of an effort of both our specialists and our clients. The idea tocreate such solution has emerged as a result of close cooperation with our customers and deep under-standing of their business problems. In most companies we have cooperated with the planning horizonfor tasks and works is measured in months and quarters, but not years. Project managers have often tomodify work schedule, update it, establish priorities, and set responsible persons. ClearQuest is a pow-erful tool that simplifies this process, but it has its limits. In ClearQuest, planning and representation oftasks is performed in flat view, but all managers are used to using the Gantt chart for planning. Unfortu-nately, the standard ClearQuest package does not provide users with such opportunity. GanttChart forClearQuest allows managers to save a lot of time while preparing plans of work/tasks and exercising op-erational control over the project. In absolute terms, a manager spends about 12-16 minutes onrescheduling the average group of connected tasks without using GanttChart. Using GanttChart forClearQuest, the same operation takes 10-15 seconds. So, using GanttChart for ClearQuest results in in-creasing the manager’s efficiency and manageability of the whole project. We are greatly pleased tohave gained recognition of our contribution from IBM Corporation",

Alexander Novichkov,CEO, CM-Consult, IBM Rational ClearQuest certify specialist

CM-Consult’s GanttChart is a product that was wanted by many project managers using IBM RationalClearQuest. It allows executing almost every PM’s task within IBM Rational ClearQuest in a new andagile way.

Vasily Razuvaykin,Former Rational sales specialist, IBM (2005-2007).

With GanttChart module my team achieved possibility to plan tasks for change requests resolving rightafter acceptance, in the same tool, without any intermediate steps. I recommend this tool as arapid-planning extension to all teams, which use ClearQuest.

Rustam Zaydullin,Lead analyst, SCM Specialist, TatNeft (Oil company).

This is a usefull and successful solution allowing to simplify a life to ClearQuest users who got used towork with Gantt charts. Visualisation of hierarchy and relationships of change requests of different typesallows to accelerate the analysis of a current tasks' status and to make a decision faster.

Dmitry Lapygine,Rational Technical Specialist, IBM EE/A, SWG Department.

The major advantage of the GanttChart tool is the ability to graphically represent states of activities.When you have a large number of activities it is difficult to visually represent and estimate them using thegrid view only. In such case, a chart is very useful.Another advantage is the possibility to modify dates of activities in graphic view (i.e. in a chart itself) thatsimplifies data updating in ClearQuest.

Jesuino Jose de Freitas Neto,IT Executive Manager, Banco do Nordeste do Brasil, Federal Bank of Brasil.