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Rational Synergy
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<p>Rational Synergy is a software tool that provides <a href="/facts/Software_configuration_management/VReDo7g4">software configuration management</a> (SCM) capabilities for all artifacts related to software development including <a href="/facts/Source_code/o9J6Jv23">source code</a>, documents and images as well as the final built software executable and libraries. Rational Synergy also provides the repository for the <a href="/facts/Change_management/lqReblGf">change management</a> tool known as Rational Change. Together these two tools form an integrated <a href="/facts/Configuration_management/BRDwuKRk">configuration management</a> and change management environment that is used in software development organizations that need controlled SCM processes and an understanding of what is in a build of their software. </p><p>The name <i>Synergy</i> refers to its database level integration with Change Management that provides views into what is in a build in terms of defects. </p>