The Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) integration between Serena® Dimensions® CM and Serena® Dimensions® RM lets you associate Dimensions RM requirements to Dimensions CM requests.
The ALM integration enables you to manage Dimensions RM requirements in Dimensions CM and, conversely, manage Dimensions CM requests in Dimensions RM. For example, when you add a requirement to or remove a requirement from a Dimensions RM container of type baseline or collection, Dimensions CM is notified with the relevant information; also, Dimensions RM baselines flow to Dimensions CM and Dimensions CM baselines flow to Dimensions RM.
NOTE The ALM integration itself is implemented at low level as follows (you do not need to access any of these APIs to actually use the ALM integration):
n Dimensions CM calls Dimensions RM Web services.
n Dimensions RM calls Dimensions CM C API and "pcms" API.
In the context of an ALM integration, you can:
Associate Dimensions RM projects a Dimensions CM products, see Associating Dimensions RM Projects to Dimensions CM Products.
Associate Dimensions RM containers of type baseline or collection to Dimensions CM projects, Associating Dimensions RM Baselines or Collections to Dimensions CM Projects/Streams.
For more details see the Dimensions CM-Dimensions RM ALM Integration Guide.
Related Topics
Prerequisites for the Dimensions CM to Dimensions RM Integration
Dimensions CM Requests and Dimensions RM Requirements