Test information:
Number of questions: 60
Time allowed in minutes: 105
Required passing score: 63%
Languages: English
Related certifications:
IBM Certified Solutions Specialist – Rational Team Concert V6
This certification targets intermediate level specialists involved in software development projects using IBM Rational Team Concert V6 (6.0.1 or later). The IBM Certified Solution Specialists are practitioners with the equivalent of 12 months practical experience who use Rational Team Concert for planning, work-item management, source-code management, software builds, dashboards, and reporting (including Jazz Reporting Service). These specialists also know how to create and configure Rational Team Concert projects to enhance team collaboration and deliver software more efficiently. The specialist understands the different golden deployment topologies, the deployment process, the out of the box process templates, and support existing installations of departmental Jazz instances with no supervision.
The following are not in the scope of this exam: RTCz, RTCi, Enterprise Extensions, customization or extension with java coding, deploying with Websphere, DB2, Oracle, Global Configuration Management, integration with DNG / RQM, GIT version control, SAFe support, planning with the Formal Project Management template, RTC command line interface, and RTC Visual Studio Client.
Application Administration (10%)
Describe the Jazz platform and architecture
Describe planning a Jazz Team Server deployment
Demonstrate an understanding of installing the Jazz Team Server and applications
Describe managing users, licenses, and projects
Demonstrate knowledge of troubleshooting techniques
Project/Team Configuration (15%)
Describe the project and team area structure and hierarchy
Describe teams, categories, releases, timelines, and iterations
Demonstrate an understanding of managing project and team members
Describe using roles and permissions
Describe how to use preconditions and follow up actions
Describe how to manage project area process and process templates
Work Items (20%)
Describe work item features (types, attributes, links)
Describe creating and running queries
Describe how to import and export work items
Describe how to use reviews and approvals
Demonstrate an understanding of configuring work items
Explain the differences between RTC clients
Project Planning (20%)
Identify RTC agile and traditional planning concepts
Demonstrate an understanding of Quick Planner
Describe RTC planning and execution
Describe usage of project timelines and iterations
Describe usage of plan editor features such as views and filters
Demonstrate an understanding of monitoring workload and progress
Source Control (15%)
Describe the RTC SCM concepts
Describe working with repositories and workspaces
Describe using streams and components
Describe using change sets, change flow, and conflict resolution
Describe using snapshots and baselines
Explain the differences between RTC clients
Build (10%)
Identify the build system architecture
Describe using build scripts and definitions
Describe using build requests, monitoring status, and results
Explain the differences between RTC clients
Reports and Dashboards (10%)
Describe working with RTC dashboards (personal, project and team)
Describe working with Report Builder to create and modify reports
Identify Jazz Reporting Service and Data Collection Component capabilities
