Rational® ClearQuest® users
interact with the product to perform daily activities after the schema developer
and administrator define and set up the schema, schema repository, and user
database. Users work in one of the Rational ClearQuest client
GUIs (Windows®,
Eclipse, or Web) to perform the following tasks:
- Submit change requests
- View and modify change requests
- Run queries against the user database to retrieve change requests that
meet specific criteria
- Create and modify queries
- Run reports, which list summary information about change requests that
meet specific criteria
- Create and modify reports
- Run charts, which graphically display summary information about change
requests that meet specific criteria
Examples of typical users include the following:
- Quality engineers who test software and submit change requests for defects
they discover
- Project leaders who assign change requests to specific developers
- Developers who resolve change requests
- Project managers who monitor the progress of software development by creating
and running reports and charts throughout the development lifecycle.