Compuware on Monday is unveiling Optimal Trace 4.1, which is a new version of the requirements definition and management package formerly known as SteelTrace.
Compuware purchased SteelTrace in April. Optimal Trace is intended to enable IT and business groups to better collaborate to improve application delivery outcomes. It features a requirements capture approach called "structured requirements," which are user-centric stories that describe requirements from the user perspective and feature visual storyboards.
A key new feature in version 4.1 is enhanced connectivity to better enable offline work access and connectivity when an Internet connection is obtained. In version 4.1, challenging connections are supported such as virtual private networks and intermittent wireless connections.
A new administration tool, meanwhile, makes it simpler to perform tasks such as assigning security privileges to users from remote locations.
Licensing mechanisms in the new release have been updated to support various configurations managed from a central location and accessible to verifiable users.
Optimal Trace 4.1 is available now.
Posted by Paul Krill on June 26, 2006 09:05 AM
