Rational Rhapsody, a modeling environment based on

UML The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general-purpose, developmental modeling language in the field of software engineering that is intended to provide a standard way to visualize the design of a system. The creation of UML was originally ...

, is a visual development environment for

systems engineers Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design, integrate, and manage complex systems over their life cycles. At its core, systems engineering utilizes systems thinking p ...

and

software developer Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components. Software development inv ...

s creating real-time or embedded systems and software. Rational Rhapsody uses graphical models to generate software applications in various languages including C, C++,

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and C#. Developers use Rational Rhapsody to understand and elaborate requirements, create model designs using industry standard languages (

SysML The Systems Modeling Language (SysML) is a general-purpose modeling language for systems engineering applications. It supports the specification, analysis, design, verification and validation of a broad range of systems and systems-of-systems. ...

, AUTOSAR,

DoDAF The Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) is an architecture framework for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) that provides visualization infrastructure for specific stakeholders concerns through viewpoints organized ...

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UPDM The Unified Profile for DoDAF/MODAF (UPDM) is the product of an Object Management Group (OMG) initiative to develop a modeling standard that supports both the USA Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and the UK Ministry of Defence ...

), validate functionality early in development, and automate delivery of high structured products. Rational Rhapsody Model Manager (previous implementation, Design Manager, will be deprecated) is a web based application that stakeholders, developers, and other team members use to collaborate on the design of products, software, and systems. The product contains a server that hosts model designs which have been developed in Rational Rhapsody. A client extension component included with Rational Rhapsody allows users to connect to a Design Manager server. After connecting to the server, models can be moved into project areas with specific modelling domains based on the industry standard languages supported by Rational Rhapsody. Rhapsody Model Manager also integrates with the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM). In this environment, artifacts can be associated with other lifecycle resources such as requirements (the Doors Next Generation application), change requests and change sets of sources (the Team Concert Application), and Quality Assurance test cases (the Quality Manager application). Global Configuration control allows different teams and different projects to interact in a synchronised setup that integrates deliveries and baselines within each of the tools in the CLM solution.

History

Rhapsody was first released in 1996 by

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i software company I-Logix Inc. Rhapsody was developed as an

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tool for modeling and executing

statechart A state diagram is a type of diagram used in computer science and related fields to describe the behavior of systems. State diagrams require that the system described is composed of a finite number of states; sometimes, this is indeed the case, ...

s, based on work done by

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at the

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, who was the first to develop the concept of hierarchical, parallel, and broadcasting statecharts. In 2006, I-Logix's shareholders sold the company to Swedish software company Telelogic AB. Rhapsody became a

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product after the acquisition of Telelogic AB in 2008, like all former Telelogic products. Since the rebranding, Rational Rhapsody has been integrated with the IBM Rational Systems and Software Engineering Solution. Rational Rhapsody Design Manager was first released in June, 2011 by IBM. In December 2011, the product was integrated as a design component in IBM Rational Solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM).

References

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Real-Time UML by Bruce Powel DouglassReal-Time UML Workshop by Bruce Powel DouglassReal-Time Agility by Bruce Powel DouglassReal-Time Design Patterns by Bruce Powel DouglassDesign Patterns for Embedded Systems in C by Bruce Powel DouglassAgile Systems Engineering by Bruce Powel Douglass

External links

Rational Rhapsody product home pageRational Rhapsody ForumIBM Knowledge Center for Rational Rhapsody
* ttps://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home/wiki/Wecb8ab5c4be5_4a1e_a0d0_e5a706eb66dc?lang=en Rational Rhapsody Wiki on IBM developerWorksbr>jazz.netBruce Douglass' Web Site on MDD and MBSE with Rhapsody
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