Features

"Project Themis," Borland Core SDP Debuts

By Dilip Thomas

• Borland Core SDP implements a role-based architecture as the foundation of the software delivery process. It provides each role within the application lifecycle with integrated tools designed to maximize individual contributions and foster workflow across job functions.
• Borland Core SDP is also designed to enable teams to create customizable workflow processes that are structured to enforce discipline among teams throughout the software delivery cycle while remaining flexible enough to support any kind of industry-standard, customized or home-grown development process.
• Borland Core SDP offers platform neutrality, supporting both JBuilder IDE and the open-source Eclipse framework. Future support is also planned for the Microsoft .NET development framework.

• Core::Analyst – Allows business analysts to clearly translate business objectives into functional software requirements, ensuring end-user expectations, compliance mandates and quality objectives are met. Users can capture and communicate application requirements, create use case and activity diagrams, and predict the impact of new requirements and changes on project scope, schedule and budget.
• Core::Architect – Enables architects to keep specifications, models and code in sync throughout the entire application lifecycle, even in the face of changing business requirements. Users can create UML-based architectural diagrams and class diagrams, create developer projects and code-centric models that give clear guidance and direction to development teams, trace requirements from use case through to code, and configure metrics that help ensure applications remain aligned with architectural and functional requirements.
• Core::Developer – Combines best-in-class tooling with a developer-focused view into relevant specifications, change requests, and test cases. Development teams have integrated access to all of the information and capabilities they need to perform their job effectively - from the latest standards and design patterns to UML modeling, source code control, build and change management, defect tracking, code unit testing, profiling, and up-to-date requirements.
• Core::Tester – Assures applications achieve functional, compliance and quality goals by linking testing teams with defect tracking and requirements management to ensure optimal test coverage. It enables an integrated development and testing process for cost-effectively identifying and removing defects early in the lifecycle, ensuring timely delivery of software that meets release criteria for performance, scalability and reliability.