IBM SC34-4499-03 manual Prerequisites and dependencies, Using TeamConnection with Lotus Notes

Prerequisites and dependencies

In preparation for setting up and administering the Lotus Notes Integration feature, ensure that the machine you are using to implement this feature (generically, the Notes server) is equipped as follows:

vTo use this function, the client machine requires Lotus Notes Release 4.5.3a or higher and a Version 3 TeamConnection client. There are no prerequisites or dependencies on the TeamConnection server.

vThe TeamConnection Web Client interface is also required.

Using TeamConnection with Lotus Notes

The VisualAge TeamConnection Integrated Notes database template provides a generalized technical documentation facility to support software development. This section is intended as an overview for Notes Integrated Database users.

The TeamConnection Integrated Notes database links technical documents to the TeamConnection parts involved in software enhancement and maintenance. Your software development team can use this database to communicate with TeamConnection from within Lotus Notes documents. A reconciliation facility is provided that synchronizes the data in the TeamConnection family with the Notes databases that use it.

Your team can create software design documentation, project requirements documents, and test cases using Lotus Notes. Then utilize the integrated tracking and change control functions TeamConnection provides to identify, organize, manage, and control software parts as they change over time.

You can associate Notes documents with existing defects and features within TeamConnection and use the default web browser, de®ned in Notes, to view additional details of the TeamConnection defects and features or perform other TeamConnection actions.

You can also access the TeamConnection client GUI from Notes.

Sources of user information

For more information about TeamConnection Integrated Notes databases, see the About, Using, and contextual help information available from the database Help menu. About and Using are available from the Navigator window Help menu. It is advisable to examine these documents before entering your integrated database.

Note: The About document is also available from the Help choice on the Navigator window.

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