About Rational-Tools project

Rational-tools is a worldwide project started in 2008 to promote to the world market the unique solutions for software development based on IBM Rational tools andrepeatedly certified by the one of the leading IBM Rational business partners in Russia CM-Consult Ltd.

CM-Consult was founded in 2004. It's primary business activities have been project management consulting, supporting and implementing IBM Rational methodology and supporting IBM Rational and Microsoft software. Its employees have had experience with more than 25 successful projects with implementing IBM Rational and Microsoft and over 600 specialists have been trained in Russia and the ex-USSR.

CM-Consult is an Premier IBM Partner and has the Value Advantage Plus (VAP) status. The company’s core employees are all certified professionals and experts, with a vast experience and knowledge. During the real projects it was accumulated a lot of needs in adjustments of IBM Rational tools to make them more effective and useful. Most of these needs were implemented in form of the unique tools, modules, packages and solutions which are now combined into the worldwide project Rational-tools.info.

The consumers of the tools and solutions of Rational-tools.info project are famous Russian companies such as: Trust Bank, Russian Standard Bank, Tatneft, VneshTorgBank, Russian Aluminum and many others.

We specialize in design, development, testing, release management and maintenance; the whole software life-cycle. We specialize in Configuration Management (CM) and software process creation and management using ClearCase and ClearQuest  from the IBM Rational Software toolset.  

• Consultant or Systems Integrator
• Education Provider
• Reseller

• Software: Rational Analysis, Design & Construction (N3)
• Software: Rational Software Configuration Mgmt (N6)
• Software: Rational Process & Portfolio Management (N7)
• Software: Rational Suites/Bundles (N8)
• Software: Rational Services / Training (SJ)

• IBM Certified Administrator -- Rational ClearCase Windows v2003
• IBM Certified Administrator -- Rational ClearQuest v2003
• IBM Certified Administrator -- Rational UCM Fundamentals v2003
• IBM Certified Solution Designer - IBM Rational Unified Process V7.0
• IBM Certified Specialist -- Rational Requirements Management w/Use Cases v2003
• Rational Change & Release Management Technical Sales Professional (v1)
• Carnegie Mellon, Institute of Software Research:"Quality Assurance"
• Carnegie Mellon, Institute of Software Research: "Introduction to CMMI  (Staged and Continuous)"
• Carnegie Mellon, Institute of Software Research: "Project Estimation"

• 'GanttChart v 1.0 for ClearQuest'. The module of the visualization of the ClearQuest tasks hierarch
• 'UML2ClearQuest' - Transfer UML diagrams to ClearQuest Designer's states (register in IBM as V.A.P. solution)
• 'ClearQuest Lite' - A safe client for ClearQuest
• 'PDA tester' for Robot & Functional Tester
• 'ProjectTracker for MSP' MS Project and ClearQuest integration module (register in IBM as V.A.P. solution)
• 'ProjectTracker for MSP Server 2003 & 2007' MS Project Server and ClearQuest integration module
• 'CQ4Email' ClearQuest mail reader
• 'TimeTracker' Time management assitance application for ClearQuest
• 'CQSD' - ClearQuest & HP Open View integration

Solutions are registered in IBM
The solutions we offer have successfully leveraged developing capabilities in over 25 projects using IBM Rational tools.

• State chart visualization module of the ClearQuest change request
• ClearQuest change request hierarchy visualization module
• Role-based change request access rights regulation module

• Development and Maintenance ClearQuest schemas
• Packages Development for IBM Rational ClearQuest
• Solutions and Applications Development for IBM Rational