Are you thinking of moving from base Rational ClearCase to Unified Change Management (UCM)? Many organizations find it difficult to use ClearCase out of the box. UCM was an effort to identify the most common elements of ClearCase use models, and to create objects and methods that make the application more effective. This article shares some points that you may want to consider when making the decision to move to UCM.
My organization is using UCM for sme time and we are actually planning to abandon it within next 8 weeks and go back to plain ClearCase. UCM makes things more complicated and actualy stands in the way of development rather than make it simpler.
Although the product’s intentions are noteworthy, it’s really hard for the novice user to comprehend how to use it…
We are sticking to VSS, just because of its simplicity …