Requirements management

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Requirements management – the cornerstone of project success

Requirements management and requirements engineering practices are undisputedly the cornerstones of successful software and systems engineering projects. Our experience has shown that with a proper requirements definition and management solution, organizations 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:

Real Results

Emerging Health IT achieves fast ROI with IBM Rational requirements management solution.

Green eMotion reduces development time by 30 to 70 percent; and bridges information islands between project participants, enabling more effective collaboration.

An aerospace and defense company processes 650% more requirements per day.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol helps passenger volume takes off with a smarter baggage handling.

Raytheon meets their customer’s needs using a scalable requirements management solution; managing over a hundred thousand of requirements, ten thousand of test cases and maintaining traceability.

Helps 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, and Demonstrating compliance by ensuring full traceability of requirements.

Featured requirements management products

  • 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.

  • Rational DOORS Next Generation

    The next generation requirements management tool for embedded and complex systems built on jazz platform.

  • Rational Requirements Composer

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

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ROI calculator

See how a requirements-driven quality solution can provide a real return on your investment.

White paper

Ten steps to better requirements management.

Webcast

Respond to changing requirements with lower cost, greater returns and better quality.

Requirements management e-Kit

Get best-practices, how-to guides and other material to help you build smart products.

White paper

Reducing rework through effective requirements management.

Connect with thought leaders, read about best practices and network with peers in the field of requirements management.

Staying in tune with the fast changing domain of requirements management is a challenge. Here are some of the resources and thought leaders which we think would be of help to you. Subscribe to our blogs, converse with SMEs in any of the social channels or watch the latest demos and videos to keep yourself updated!

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    Ten steps to better requirements management

    Your cheat sheet to managing requirements effectively and efficiently.
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    Business analyst ekit

    Resources empowering business analysts to improve communication, move faster, and provide clarity for teams and stakeholders in their organizations.
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    Business analysis in the agile world

    Mary Gorman, an agile business analysis expert debunks the myths regarding the role of an a business analysis and why the role is essential in agile projects.
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