Rational Software

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software company technology company

Rational Software was a prominent software company best known for its software development tools and methodologies, including Rational Rose and the Rational Unified Process (RUP), before being acquired by IBM.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
IBM Rational	1
Object Technology International	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	software company ⓘ technology company ⓘ
acquiredBy	IBM NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Unified Modeling Language NERFINISHED ⓘ object-oriented analysis and design ⓘ
brandOf	IBM Rational NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo	industrialization of software engineering practices ⓘ popularization of UML ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developed	Rational Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ Rational Unified Process NERFINISHED ⓘ
emphasized	architecture-centric development ⓘ iterative development ⓘ risk-driven development ⓘ use-case driven development ⓘ
focus	configuration management ⓘ model-driven development ⓘ requirements management ⓘ software engineering methodologies ⓘ software testing tools ⓘ
industry	software development tools ⓘ software engineering ⓘ
integratedInto	IBM Rational portfolio NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Rational Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ Rational Unified Process NERFINISHED ⓘ UML-based tools ⓘ software modeling tools ⓘ
methodology	Rational Unified Process NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentCompany	IBM NERFINISHED ⓘ
product	Rational Application Developer NERFINISHED ⓘ Rational ClearCase NERFINISHED ⓘ Rational ClearQuest NERFINISHED ⓘ Rational RequisitePro NERFINISHED ⓘ Rational Robot NERFINISHED ⓘ Rational Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ Rational Software Architect NERFINISHED ⓘ Rational Unified Process NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetUsers	project managers ⓘ requirements engineers ⓘ software architects ⓘ software developers ⓘ
toolCategory	CASE tools ⓘ configuration management tools ⓘ requirements management tools ⓘ test automation tools ⓘ
usedUML	true ⓘ

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clearcase → acquiredBy → Rational Software ⓘ

subject surface form: ClearCase

Pure Software → acquiredBy → Rational Software ⓘ

Jazz Team Server → brand → Rational Software ⓘ

this entity surface form: IBM Rational

Booch method → developedAt → Rational Software ⓘ

Erich Gamma → employer → Rational Software ⓘ

this entity surface form: Object Technology International

Ivar Jacobson → employer → Rational Software ⓘ

James Rumbaugh → employer → Rational Software ⓘ

Grady Booch → workedFor → Rational Software ⓘ