Software Configuration Management: A Clear Case for IBM Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest UCM

Roles and responsibilities in ClearQuest

There are several roles for people using ClearQuest, some are common to most change management systems, and you can also define your own roles. Often the roles listed here are introduced with change management with ClearQuest. Note that one individual may act in several roles.

ClearQuest administrator

The ClearQuest administrator sets up—or lets the database administrator set up—some databases and then creates a ClearQuest connection to these databases using the ClearCase Maintenance Tool.

Schema designer

Once there is the connection to the database, the ClearQuest administrator or the schema designer can modify the schema used in the user database. These are some of things that the schema designer ...