IBM for good modelers
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Documenting is a good practice. But more than a good practice is a mandatory requirement for most clients and for your business. IBM Rational System Architect is the remarkable heir of IBM modeling software for enterprises architectures. Our business needs IBM SA to build UML artifacts like sequence diagram and data model diagram. Sometimes we use it to document our projects for our clients. Sometimes we use it for ourselves.
Pros
- MS Office exporting
- UML modeling
- Transformation to code
- A reverse transformation from code
- Integrates with other IBM products
Cons
- Always has a price. And IBM is not cheap
- Sequence diagrams can get messy (still has a good UI)
- Only support few databases as backend repositories like SQL Server and Oracle
Return on Investment
- Clients like good modeling. A good diagram reduce costs in incidents and doubts of bad interpretations
- Reduce costs of recognition of old software.
Alternatives Considered
IBM Rational RequisitePro and IBM Rational System Architect
Other Software Used
Bizagi Digital Business Platform, IBM Rational Software Analyzer, IBM Rational RequisitePro