Actually, there are two separate issues which must be recognized. I'll address the management concern I see, and leave the technical comnparisons to people who know more than I.
Let's assume that ReqPro and Rose are as good as the tools the manager is proposing, and deliver equivalent functionality. Is there a compelling reason for him not to use a different tool? Communication with other groups? Support for the tools? Familiarity among his team with a certain tool set? A tool champion? Time and budget to learn a new tool? This is as much a business decision on his part as a technical requirement. If 'unification' of tools across the enterprise is a goal, then is he being measured on his movement toward that goal? If the answer to any of these questions is 'religion' then this is a decision that he and his P&L leadership will have to examine and weigh. As you can tell, I don't believe that telling everyone to use a particular manufacturer's tools 'just because it would be nice and consistent' is a very good reason. Hope that helps provide some perspective and some questions to ask. Cheers, Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Analyst is" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 3:46 PM Subject: (RUP) How can rational tools be helpful between two projects? > > Basically we are using Rational tool set on one project and now inside the > same agency we are going to start anther project but the manager wants to > use Visio and some other tools. We don't have enough knowledge to convince > him even though whole team thinks that we should use same tool company > wide...any suggestion or comment in this regard will help us to decide the > future of the company. > > I am actually asking the benefits of ReqPro and Rose....any idea how can > these tool help us between two projects > > thanks > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > **************************************************************************** ***** > * RUP Forum is a public venue for discussions about the > * Rational Unified Process (RUP). > * > * For RUP support materials, process Plug-Ins, tutorials, whitepapers, > * a biweekly column, Rational University training courses, and more, > * please visit the Rational Developer Network (available to Rational > * customers) at: http://www.rational.net. > * > * For technical support of RUP, RPW, Rose or any other Rational > * product, please visit: http://www.rational.com/support > * > * For other discussion groups, such as Rose and UML, please > * sign up at: http://www.rational.com/support/usergroups/index.jsp > * > * To reply to a posting, please "Reply to all" or send > * To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * > * Admin.Subscription Requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * > * Other Requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * > * To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email: > * > * To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * Subject:<BLANK> > * Body: unsubscribe rup_forum > * > **************************************************************************** > ************************************************************************ * Rose Forum is a public venue for ideas and discussions. * For technical support, visit http://www.rational.com/support * * Post or Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Subscription Requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Archive of messages: * http://www.rational.com/support/usergroups/rose/rose_forum.jsp * Other Requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To unsubscribe from the list, please send email * To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Subject: <BLANK> * Body: unsubscribe rose_forum *************************************************************************
