Test M17: IBM Rational Process & Portfolio Management Technical Sales Mastery v1

Section 1 - Rational Method Composer (22%)

1. Describe who would benefit from Rational Method Composer, and how they would benefit
2. Describe how Rational Method Composer helps teams better link business processes to software projects, and, helps teams better manage projects
3. Understand the vast array of out-of-the-box processes and configurations that come bundled with Rational Method Composer
4. Describe the new best practices Rational Method Composer adds to RUP leveraging IBM’s expertise in portfolio management, collaborative distributed development, and service oriented architectures
5. Explain the key goals of the Unified Method Architecture
6. Understand the integration capabilities of Rational Method Composer
7. Describe the requirements necessary for deploying Rational Method Composer

Section 2 - Rational Unified Process (35%)

1. Describe how the Rational Unified Process (RUP) allows companies to implement RUP in an easier way, as the core of their development and life-cycle management methodologies
2. Describe the new look and feel of RUP as well as the new feature set of RUP
3. Understand how RMC is used to publish RUP Websites
4. Describe the elements and groupings used in the RUP and how they apply to realistic software development projects
5. Define the basic concepts of iterative development and how it differs from other approaches
6. Understand the RUP key objectives, why each is important, and how they work together to help your development team produce a quality product

Section 3 - Rational Portfolio Manager (43%)

1. Describe the basic features and user interface of Rational Portfolio Manager
2. Describe how Rational Portfolio Manager supports project management
3. Describe how Rational Portfolio Manager supports portfolio management
4. Explain how Rational Portfolio Manager uses information provided by Rational Method Composer
5. Describe the types of reports generated by Rational Portfolio Manager
6. Understand the types of users that would work with Rational Portfolio Manager
7. Understand how Rational Portfolio Manager supports project, process, and portfolio management