Rational RequisitePro
Team-based software requirements management tool. RequisitePro helps teams perform impact analysis through requirement traceability, and attributes track progress throughout the software development.
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Supported Technologies
Windows 95/98/ME,
Windows XP/2000/NT
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Rational RequisitePro makes requirements accessible to all cross-functional team members by:;Making Requirements Accessible;There is an e-software paradox in the world of e-development - the need to deliver super high-quality solutions at breakneck Internet speed. This requires teams to collaborate effectively to quickly deliver a product that satisfies customer needs, works around the clock and around the world. ;Requirements drive what the system should do. And by providing access to vital requirements information throughout the project lifecycle all cross-functional team members have the necessary details, context and relationships for effective collaboration. Otherwise, how do developers know what to implement? How do testers know what to verify? And at any time, when change occurs to a requirement, how is it communicated to affected team members? Rational RequisitePro makes requirements accessible, enabling cross-functional teams to collaborate on building the right product, fast. ;Interactive Web Participation;Because of its convenient access and familiar navigation, the Web has become the ideal data handling method for collaborative teams - especially teams working in distributed, remote, or multiple-platform development environments. ;Rational RequisitePro provides you with a choice of interfaces: the standard Windows GUI or the Rational RequisiteWeb interface by which you can access and manage requirement data. In doing so, RequisitePro takes advantage of the power of the Web like no other requirements management tool, providing your team the benefits of interactive Web participation in understanding and managing the project requirements. ;Through a thin-client browser window, your have the ability to view, modify and query on the requirement information in Rational RequisitePro. Requirement documents can be reviewed, traceability relationships and attributes can be established and modified, requirements can be queried and sorted, and views retrieved and saved. ;Team members can participate in online, e-mail-enabled discussion threads. To provide context, each discussion can be associated to a particular requirement, set of requirements or the project in general. Discussion group participation can be via the Web, the Windows client, and via e-mail, extending participation to include team members outside of Rational RequisitePro. Discussions serve as a change proposal system, providing an open, traceable mechanism to clarify issues, comment on suggestions, collaborate on ideas and notify of change. The software development environment is evolving into a world where home offices are increasingly common and frequent travel can disrupt project progress. Rational RequisitePro's interactive Web participation enables you to conveniently and easily connect with the requirement data in remote situations. It leverages the power of the Web to help you manage your requirements. ;Power of a Database, Freedom of Word;In determining if you are building the right application, having two distinct yet related perspectives of the requirement information is invaluable. Documents are the natural format in which you capture requirements, providing context and supplementary information through a familiar Microsoft Word interface. By linking requirements in Word documents to a choice of non-proprietary, enterprise databases, Rational RequisitePro marries the best of both worlds. This unique, robust architecture combines the power of a database and the freedom of Word to optimize the management of your requirements. ;Rational RequisitePro documents contain the live, up-to-date requirements-they are not simply input to or output from the database. The database and documents are connected such that a simple double-click in the database will launch Microsoft Word and take you directly to that requirement in the context of the document. The architecture is flexible, allowing for documents to be uncoupled from the database without impeding the progress of other team members. Requirement authors, contractors or others external to your organization can write, review, edit and approve documents separate from the project. The documents are automatically synchronized with the project when brought back online. ;Rational RequisitePro supports a choice of databases (Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft Access) with which you can easily organize, prioritize, trace relationships and track changes to your requirements. Assigning attributes such as priority, difficulty, status, owner, and version number help you manage your requirements in a way that is impossible with documents alone. RequisitePro provides standard attributes and attribute values out of the box and is easily customizable to support your processes and terminology. Traceability is key to any good requirements management process and RequisitePro provides this powerful capability. Linking related requirements indicates how change filters throughout the project and allows you to assess coverage for verification and validation. All the while, changes made to a requirement are captured, tracking the evolution of the requirement throughout the project lifecycle.