Eclipse

IBM plug-ins for Eclipse-based development

IBM provides best practices and tools that extend the Eclipse environment with requirements development and management, modeling, and configuration and change management.

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  • Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) for Process Engineering - provides a customizable software process engineering framework, with exemplary process content and tools, supporting a broad variety of project types and development styles. EPF provides EPF Composer, a tool for authoring and publishing processes. EPF also provides exemplary processes including OpenUP, an iterative software development process that is minimal, complete, and extensible. In addition to contributing to the Eclipse Process Framework, IBM plans to offer its clients EPF Composer-based process extensions, for complex systems and software projects.

    For more information or to get involved in the open source project, please visit the EPF Web site at: www.eclipse.org/epf
  • Telelogic® DOORS® for Requirements Development and Requirements Management - provides visibility to project requirements within the Eclipse platform by enabling a Requirements-Driven Development (RDD) approach, where the goals of the business and the needs of the customer are captured and kept persistent thoughout the development process, from product planning to product development.
  • Telelogic® Tau®and Telelogic® Rhapsody® for Model-Driven Development - provide embedded and enterprise systems and software designers and developers with a more intuitive workflow for using Unified Modeling Language™ (UML™) and Systems Modeling Language (SysML) with the Eclipse platform.
  • Telelogic® Synergy™ and Telelogic® Change™ for Software Configuration and Change Management - provide version control and configuration management to the Eclipse platform. Project teams benefit from a fully customizable solution offering Requirement-Driven Development, agile project management, defect tracking, and task and change management. Operations are simplified through automatic traceability, workspace management, offline development, re-factoring support, and one-click change delivery. Team leaders can effortlessly introduce flexible, repeatable processes, even across multiple sites.

About IBM and Eclipse

IBM was unanimously elected to the Eclipse Board of Directors in 2002 and today has assumed an ongoing role of plug-in provider as well as Early Committer. IBM is a strategic supporter of Eclipse as the open source standard for systems and software development communities.

Best known for delivering an open-source integrated development environment (IDE), Eclipse has grown to more than 60 projects all founded on the Eclipse platform. But Eclipse goes well beyond a technology platform as it cultivates an open-source community and an environment of complementary products, capabilities, and services.

IBM has comprehensive involvement with Eclipse:

  • Membership in the Eclipse foundation
  • Early committer to the Eclipse Process Framework (EPF)
  • Supporter of the Eclipse Community through attendance and sponsorship of events including:
    • EclipseCon
    • PluginFests
    • EPF Face-to-Face meetings in the United States and Europe
  • Plug-in provider

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