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What
Group of test tools produced by IBM Rational. Closely aligned with the Rational Unified Process (RUP). Although they can be used independently. An overview of testing in the RUP is available.

I would include in this group :--Rational Robot, Rational Team Test, Purify as pure test tools.

Other Rational tools which the tester may come across are RequisitePro and ClearCase. These are more closely aligned with requirements and analysis.

Who?
Rational was an independent company until it was brought by IBM. The nearest competitor is Mercuryinteractive.

Where?
Geographically everywhere IBM is.

In develepment terms, all through the lifecycle.

When?
Inception, Elaboration, Construction and transition. Also along both slopes of the V Model.

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Similar Areas

Process Improvement Items

Software Testing Items

Nonfunctional Testing Items

Functional Testing Items

Requirements Management Items

Selected Books
Adopting the Rational Unified Process : Success with the RUP

Rational Unified Process Made Easy, The: A Practitioners Guide to the RUP

Rational Unified Process, The: An Introduction , Third Edition

Automated Web Testing Toolkit

Selected Tools
RequisitePro

Rational Rose XDE Developer

Rational Rose XDE Developer

Rational Functional Tester for Java and Web

Rational Performance Tester

Rational Robot

RequisitePro

Keywords

rup

requirements

analysis