IBM Engineering Rhapsody (formerly Rational Rhapsody), a modeling environment based on UML, is a visual development environment for systems engineers and

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

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

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, UPDM), validate functionality early in development, and automate delivery of high structured products.
Rhapsody Model Manager
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 Rhapsody. A client extension component included with Rhapsody allows users to connect to a Design Manager server. After connecting to the server, models can be moved into project areas with specific modeling domains based on the industry standard languages supported by Rhapsody. Rhapsody Model Manager also integrates with the IBM solution for Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM). In this environment, artifacts can be associated with other lifecycle resources such as requirements (via IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS
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, change requests and change sets of sources (th
IBM Engineering Workflow Management
, and Quality Assurance test cases (th
IBM Engineering Test Management
. 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 statecharts, based on work done by

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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

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. In December 2011, the product was integrated as a design component i
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
solution.

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

Rhapsody product home pageRhapsody ForumIBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody documentationIBM Engineering Lifecycle Management documentationjazz.netBruce Douglass' Web Site on MDD and MBSE with Rhapsody
UML tools Rhapsody IBM software Diagramming software Enterprise architecture Enterprise architecture frameworks Modeling languages

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