About Baselines Inc.

A team of senior engineers and architects who deploy, migrate, customize, and run IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management. Our capabilities statement is below.

Baselines Incorporated

Capabilities statement · 2026

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management consulting, migration, and training

Baselines Inc. is a team of senior engineers and architects. We deploy, migrate, customize, and run the IBM ELM suite for engineering programs, and we train the people who use it.

Core competencies

ReportingOur lead specialty. Document generation and reports with IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing (formerly Rational Publishing Engine) and Report Builder: templates, traceability reports, and formal deliverables.

Widget developmentCustom DOORS Next and ELM dashboard widgets and extensions.

Installation and configurationIBM ELM deployment, upgrades, and server configuration.

Requirements managementDOORS Next and DOORS 9, including DXL scripting.

Test managementEngineering Test Management setup, test plans, and traceability to requirements.

Systems engineeringModel-based systems engineering and lifecycle process across the ELM suite.

Migrations and trainingDOORS 9 to DOORS Next migrations. Standard and custom courses.

IBM ELM products we support

DOORS Next
DOORS 9 and DXL
Engineering Workflow Management
Engineering Test Management
Engineering Publishing
Global Configuration Management
Model-based systems engineering

Differentiators

IBM Silver Business Partner.
Founder Kevin Murphy is an IBM Champion for 2025 and 2026 and hosts the ELM Tool Tips series on YouTube.
We cover the whole ELM suite, including DOORS 9 and DXL.
Senior engineers and architects work every engagement.
Clients keep us for years. Many of our engagements came to us from competing consultancies.
19 years of client work since 2007, across aerospace, defense, automotive, energy, and government programs. We do not publish client names, but you have heard of most of them.
Experience supporting IBM ELM on classified (high-side) networks.

Licensing and contracts

IBM ELM licenses and tokens, as an IBM Business Partner.
IBM Expert Labs services.
Support and managed-service contracts.
We work with IBM sales and IBM support for you.
Staff augmentation and training.

We sell to private industry and to government buyers. Our staff has decades of federal sales experience. We work as a prime contractor or through teaming partners. Contact us about current contract vehicles.

Company data

Legal name: Baselines Incorporated
UEI: VHGMNQWA9EK5
CAGE: 883B0
DUNS: 079170534
NAICS: 541330, Engineering Services
Founded: 2007
Size: Small business
IBM partner: IBM Silver Business Partner

Kevin Murphy holding the IBM Champion belt

Kevin MurphyFounder · IBM Champion 2025 and 2026

Reach us through our contact form.Contact usbaselinesinc.com/contact

Industries

Aerospace and defense
Automotive
Nuclear and energy
Pharmaceuticals
Medical devices
Logistics and transportation
Government
Finance and insurance

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