Telelogic SYNERGY
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Telelogic SYNERGY is a software tool for revision control (configuration management, SCM etc) of source code and other software development assets. It was formerly known as Continuus/CM. Continuus was purchased by Telelogic in 2000. Telelogic continues to develop and market SYNERGY.
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Task-Based CM
The Task-based approach used in SYNERGY allows teams to create work tasks or assignments that may be linked to defects or change requests. When developers work on tasks, impacted objects are automatically linked to the task and delivered into the process with it. Since configurations and releases can be created by selecting the tasks to include, SYNERGY can provide complete round-trip traceablity: how change requests were implemented and what changes are included in a build. Traceability can be viewed to original requirements for Do-178B initiatives.
Transparent CM
SYNERGY's ActiveCM approach provided a fresher way of looking at configuration management, by running the tool in the background and automatically tracking edits, additions, deletions or renames in the file system. This provided a more usable interface for non-developers, critical for corporate roll-out of initiatives such as CMM or CMMI.
MultiSite
Another strength of SYNERGY is its MultiSite extension, DCM. Multiple sites can exchange source code, tasks, change requests and even process definitions. The elements that are exchanged can be defined by the GUI and filtered so only the desired information is sent to the other sites, for security or bandwidth reasons.
Process support
SYNERGY comes with a set of out-of-the-box models for common processes. This helps fast set-up of development environments such as agile software development.
External links
- Telelogic's SYNERGY site (http://www.telelogic.com/products/synergy/)