Upon completion students will be able to: 

• Define how CLM is used
• Understand project planning, with a focus on Agile methods
• Configure a project timeline
• Manage releases and iterations
• Create and manage work items
• Manage reports and dashboards

Project managers

• Understand basic software development principles
• Understand basic Agile project planning principles

Introduction to CLM• Collaboration across the lifecycleâ—¦ The Rational solution for CLM â—¦ CLM products, applications and capabilities â—¦ Lifecycle projects â—¦ Collaboration and work items â—¦ Project dashboards â—¦ Rich hovers and comments 
• Common planningâ—¦ Real-time planning â—¦ Release and iteration planning 
• Lifecycle traceabilityâ—¦ Traceability relationships â—¦ Linkages â—¦ Gaps and managing impact 
• Rational reportingâ—¦ Flow of information â—¦ Report results Understanding Project Areas• Process templatesâ—¦ Template overview â—¦ FPM template â—¦ Scrum template 
• Project area elementsâ—¦ Terminology â—¦ Project area architecture â—¦ Project area elements â—¦ Access control â—¦ Process control â—¦ Roles â—¦ Team areas â—¦ Work item categories â—¦ Timelines and iterations 
• Setting up a project areaâ—¦ Adding members â—¦ Managing a team area â—¦ Assigning a process role to team members â—¦ Sending invitations â—¦ Creating work item categories Planning in Rational Team Concert• Planning overviewâ—¦ Two-level planning â—¦ Agile planning 
• Creating a project timelineâ—¦ Defining project timelines and iterations 
• Release planningâ—¦ Considerations â—¦ Initial planning â—¦ Planning best practices â—¦ Prioritizing requirements â—¦ Initial scheduling â—¦ Creating the initial backlog 
• Iteration planningâ—¦ Iteration plans â—¦ Creating the spring backlog â—¦ Adding work items â—¦ Iteration planning 
• Working with plansâ—¦ Creating work items in the plan â—¦ Managing plans â—¦ Configuring plan data â—¦ Plan editing 
• Managing work itemsâ—¦ Work item types â—¦ Creating useful work items â—¦ Managing work items and plans 
• Reviewing progressâ—¦ Monitoring progress â—¦ Schedule view â—¦ Taskboard view â—¦ Tracking time and resource allocation â—¦ Recent events â—¦ Burndown tracking Managing Reports• Reports overviewâ—¦ Team reports â—¦ Reports in the web client â—¦ Reports in the team artifacts view â—¦ Viewing a report â—¦ Report resources â—¦ Creating reports â—¦ Formatting reports â—¦ Publishing and importing reports â—¦ Scrum report templates â—¦ Editing report parameters 
• Configuring Dashboardsâ—¦ Dashboard overview â—¦ Adding pages and widgets â—¦ Configuring widgets â—¦ Configuring dashboard templates