Chapter 1 Choosing Between UCM and Base ClearCase

Before you can start to use Rational ClearCase to manage the version control and configuration needs of your development project, you need to decide whether to use the out-of-the-box Unified Change Management (UCM) process or base ClearCase. This chapter describes the main differences between the two methods from the project management perspective.

The rest of this manual is organized into two parts. Part 1 describes how to manage a project using UCM. Part 2 describes how to manage a project using the various tools in base ClearCase.