IBM Rational ClearQuest

• Change Management: Tracking and managing defects, enhancements, tasks, and change requests throughout the development lifecycle.
• Customizable Workflow: Flexible workflow customization for defining and automating change request processes.
• Defect Tracking: Comprehensive capabilities for creating, assigning, tracking, and resolving defects.
• Custom Fields and Forms: Customizable fields, forms, and attributes to capture relevant information for different types of change requests.

Before learning IBM Rational ClearQuest, it's beneficial to have the following skills:

1. Software Development: Understanding of software development concepts and methodologies, including the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

2. Issue Tracking: Familiarity with issue tracking and management processes, including logging, tracking, prioritizing, and resolving defects and change requests.

3. Database Management: Basic knowledge of database concepts and SQL for querying and manipulating data within ClearQuest databases.

4. Workflow Management: Understanding of workflow concepts and processes, including the ability to define and automate workflows for managing change requests.

By learning IBM Rational ClearQuest, you gain the following skills:

1. Change Management: Proficiency in managing defects, enhancements, tasks, and change requests throughout the software development lifecycle.

2. Customization: Ability to customize workflows, forms, fields, and attributes to tailor ClearQuest to specific project requirements.

3. Workflow Automation: Skills in automating and streamlining change request processes using ClearQuest's workflow customization features.

4. Defect Tracking: Expertise in tracking, prioritizing, assigning, resolving, and verifying defects and other change requests.