Requirements Management

An integrated approach to requirements and quality management

Ensure project success with requirements management

Requirements elicitation, management and analysis are the cornerstones of successful software delivery projects. In a recent industry study, organisations surveyed identified that unstable and changing business requirements were the number one cause of project failures [Capers Jones, 2012]. Organisations with poor business analysis and stakeholder engagement capabilities can expect three times as many project failures as successes. With proper requirements management and definition, organisations can reduce project overruns by as much as 20 percent by limiting the number of inaccurate, incomplete, and omitted requirements.

IBM® Rational® software offers best practices in requirements management and definition proven to save time and money by helping you:

Collaborate with your stakeholders to reduce rework and accelerate time to market
Increase your team's productivity by controlling and managing changes to requirements
Measure the impact of changes to requiremnets and minimise cost and risk of project failure
Demonstrate compliance by ensuring full traceability of requirements

Featured requirements management products

Rational Requirements Composer

Requirements management and definition using a collaborative approach, enabling stakeholders and IT teams to provide input, get clarity, achieve consensus faster, and adapt to changes quickly.