Requirements management, requirements definition and requirements engineering practices are the cornerstones of project success.
In a recent industry study, organizations surveyed incurred a cost of as much as 60% on time and budget when they used poor requirements practices. Organizations with poor business analysis capabilities had three times as many project failures as successes.
When requirements are defined and managed properly, project overruns can be reduced by as much as 20% by reducing the number of inaccurate, incomplete, and omitted requirements. Learn why Forrester ranks IBM as a leader in requirements management.
IBM® Rational® software offers best practices in requirements definition and requirements management proven to save time and money by helping you:
- Reduce rework and accelerate time to market by collaborating with your stakeholders
- Increase productivity by controlling and managing changes to requirements
- Minimize cost and risk by measuring the impact of changes as they occur
- Demonstrate compliance by ensuring full traceability of requirements
Requirements management and definition software
IBM Rational Requirements Composer
A collaborative requirements definition solution that provides textual and visual techniques to elicit, elaborate, and validate requirements with your stakeholders
IBM Rational RequisitePro®
Requirements management, traceability, and impact analysis capabilities for project teams, primarily suited to organizations creating application software
IBM Rational DOORS®
Requirements management, traceability, and impact analysis capabilities for more formal, rigorous requirements engineering purposes, primarily suited to organizations creating manufactured systems and products
Which requirements management and definition solution should you choose?
IBM Rational offers requirements management solutions designed to meet the needs of everyone from IT development teams to systems engineering teams. Below are examples of typical projects suitable for either Rational DOORS or Rational RequisitePro after requirements have been defined and validated in Rational Requirements Composer:
| Rational DOORS | Rational RequisitePro |
|---|---|
| Automotive products | Financial services Web applications |
| Avionic and defense systems | Retail point-of-sale solution |
| Medical devices and pharmaceutical IT systems | Government payroll applications |
| Transportation infrastructure | Computing services |
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