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Why Rational?

IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform is a powerful platform for governing systems and software delivery with an array of products in five lifecycle categories that span the entire software and systems delivery lifecycle.

This open, modular, and proven solution includes tools, services, and best practices that help organizations automate, integrate, and govern the core business process of software and systems delivery.


What Rational offers

Rational Unified Process
At the platform core is the IBM Rational Unified Process, or RUP, a flexible framework for establishing an iterative business process for software and systems delivery. Based on more than two decades of proven best practices, RUP helps to reduce the risk of project failure and promotes consistency, predictability, productivity, and efficiency across the organization.

Software development and architecture management
Model, design, and rapidly build resilient architectures for SOA's, systems, and applications.

Change and release management
Improve software delivery and lifecycle traceability, from requirements through deployment.

Integrated requirements management
Define and manage requirements, and provide traceability and alignment with business processes.

Process and portfolio management
Align business goals, best practices, and projects for improved productivity and predictability.

Quality management
Ensure software functionality, reliability, and performance throughout development and production.

Rational solutions
Solve lifecycle management & governance challenges for industries, SOA, systems, and more.


Where do I begin?

Join: Become an IBM Academic Initiative member and get access to all the product downloads, valuable courseware, books, and discounts, all at no charge.

Learn: Explore all of the articles, tutorials, white papers, and training opportunities that will help you learn about Rational products enhance your skills.

Teach: Get our products, courseware, lab and classroom materials so you can teach your curriculum using Rational products.

  1. Download Rational products (and, in some cases, their license activation kits) and courseware from the Academic Initiative site.
  2. Get license keys for the Rational products at the Rational License Key Center.
  3. For more information about license keys and license activation kits, review our Rational FAQ.

Connect: Find and connect with others who are successfully using, developing, teaching, or doing research with IBM Rational products.


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