Ascendant to Resell Ravenflow Visualization Solution for IBM Rational Requirements Composer

Ravenflow, a developer of visual requirements definition software, and Ascendant Technology (Atech), a Premier IBM systems integrator, announced the immediate availability of Raven Visual Analyzer for IBM Rational Requirements Composer, a embedded plug-in for IBM Rational Requirements Composer (RRC).

Atech said it will be selling Raven Visual Analyzer for Rational Requirements Composer as part of its Requirements Engineering practice.

"Raven Visual Analyzer for Rational Requirements Composer provides a way for organizations to define and validate the requirements for creating business applications before the expensive process of developing code," said Sam Fatigato, CEO of Ascendant Technology.

"Ascendant Technology plays a crucial leadership role in applying IBM Rational technology, as recognized by IBM with the 2009 Rational Beacon Award," said Susan Boers, President and CEO of Ravenflow. "Atech's Software Engineering practice focus surrounding Rational Requirements Composer and Raven Visual Analyzer will support business teams to communicate and collaborate better with developers to provide maximum leverage in terms of enabling business-driven development. The combination of both products brings requirements analysis and visualization capabilities to stakeholders."

IBM Rational Requirements Composer enables visual and textual requirements definition in a collaborative environment, enabling business and IT stakeholders to work more closely together as they capture business objectives and define software requirements. Raven Visual Analyzer allows users to perform the following key functions directly within RRC:

-Automatically generate and insert business-friendly Activity Diagrams into any of RRC's requirements editors.

-Analyze use case narratives, correct any errors, and insert the resulting Activity Diagram in RRC.

-Extend Raven-generated terms to the Enterprise Glossary that comes with RRC for better consistency.

-Highlight errors in process or use case text to help identify missing or ambiguous requirements.

-Preview Raven Activity Diagrams in a separate window then drag & drop them into any RRC editor.

As part of the product launch Ascendant Technology and Ravenflow said they are offering a series of live webcasts that highlight the new capabilities.

More Information:

http://www.ravenflow.com.

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