CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
25 January 2008
Product News
HP Japan and CollabNet Announce Quality Management Solution for Software Development
Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. (HP Japan, headquarters Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, President Shinichi Koide) and CollabNet Japan K.K. (CollabNet, headquarters Ebisu, Tokyo, Vice President of Asia-Pacific Takayuki Katashiba) announced the availability of the integrated Japanese environment for HP Test Director for Quality Center and Subversion, as well as the CollabNet software development platform. This combination allows distributed software developers and test engineers to gain real-time visibility across the software development lifecycle.
Software development today leverages offshore and outsourced based collaborative initiatives. This is driven by the benefits gained from respective development stages being completed in cost-effective sites. However, the development productivity and quality challenges make it difficult to manage disparate development platforms and disparate operational and development processes. Project Management Offices try to overcome the challenge by over-managing information criteria, leading to quality assurance issues.
Today’s announcement solves such challenges. “HP Test Director for Quality Center” is a core product member of “HP Quality Center”, the software development quality management suite offered by HP Japan. Through the integration between “HP Test Director for Quality Center” and CollabNet’s development platform for distributed development, seamless central management and visibility of development efforts across design, coding and testing is made possible. Defects found in testing phases can be fed to engineering in real-time, and vice versa. In addition, test plans are version controlled, resulting in an overall optimized software development process.
The “CollabNet Connectors to HP Quality Center” are available as a free download with optional support packages from the openCollabNet developer Web site (http://downloads.open.collab.net).
HP Japan and CollabNet plan to offer information regarding the integrated solution on respective web sites, as well as co-hosting webinar events featuring the joint solution.
“HP Quality Center” – enabling the optimization of testing quality
“HP Quality Center” is a product suite offering solutions for optimized software development quality management. Real-time management of customer requirement status and related defects is made possible. This offers visibility into potential risks, enabling timely pre-emptive action. The suite also aids in the streamlining of standardized testing processes and quality assurance processes. This enables the timely management of critical product issues prior to production, thus lowering overall product costs.
“HP Test Director for Quality Center” is a web-based application offering visibility and management for software testing, such as requirement management, test planning, test execution, defect management. It also supports quality process management by multiple groups, enabling effective testing in distributed software development environments.
CollabNet – enabling the integration of distributed development environments
CollabNet’s enterprise products, “CollabNet Enterprise Edition” and “SourceForge Enterprise Edition” are effective solutions for distributed environments such as off-shore development and outsourcing initiatives. Key functionality required for distributed and collaborative development such as version control, defect tracking, wiki, communication tools, task management and role & permission are integrated into the platform. CollabNet is also the primary sponsor of the open-source development of “Subversion”, which has now grown to be the de-facto standard version control solution for geographically distributed teams. CollabNet integrates Subversion into CollabNet Enterprise Edition and SourceForge Enterprise Edition, offering the optimal development platform for enterprise use.
For information on respective products: HP Quality Center
CollabNet products: http://www.collab.net/jp/products/index.html
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