Integrated Requirements Management

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Integrated requirements management

IBM Rational RequisitePro

Highlights

OffersadvancedMicrosoft

Wordintegration

Builtonarobust

databaseinfrastructure

Featurescustomizable,filterable

requirementattributes

Providesin-depthtraceability

andcoverageanalysis

Facilitatesdetailedchange-

impactanalysiswithaudit

trailsande-mailnotification

Helpsyoucreateandcompareprojectbaselines

ProvidesascalableandfastWeb

interfacefordistributedteams

Offersflexiblereportingoptions

Includesconfigurable

importcapabilities

Integrateswithmultipletools

intheIBMRationalSoftware

DeliveryPlatform

Featuresuser-definable

requirementtypes

Containsconfigurableproject

anddocumenttemplates

Successul requirements management

The IBM Rational® team has been

helping customers over the course o

more than 20 years to successully

build and deploy sotware applica-

tions. Time and again during these

engagements, requirements manage

ment was exposed as a key process

area or ensuring project success.

The better you communicate and

manage your requirements, the bette

chance your projects have or deliver

ing the right solution on time and

within budget—and eective require

ments management is the specialty o

the IBM Rational RequisitePro® solutio



Capturing and communicating

requirements

In any eective requirements man-

agement process, recording the

requirements that have been discov-

ered during elicitation is a key step.

This helps ensure accurate com-

munication and management o

the requirements as they evolve.

Documents are a natural ormat or

recording requirements, because they

reely provide space or establishing

context or or oering supplementary

requirements inormation.

The IBM Rational RequisitePro solution

leverages users’ licensed copies o

the amiliar Microsot® Word tool to

ease requirements capture. Docu-ments, though useul or requirements

capture, are not an optimal environ-

ment or prioritizing and organizing

inormation—activities that are best

perormed using a separately licensed,

supported database. By linking require-

ment documents to a database, the

Rational RequisitePro product marries

the best o both worlds.

This unique architecture leverages the

power o a database and the reedom

o the Microsot Word application or

more eective requirements manage-

ment. Documents in IBM Rational

RequisitePro ormat are not simply

input to or output rom a require-

ments database. They contain live

requirements, allowing you to remain

in a amiliar Microsot Word environ-

ment to modiy requirements. The

requirements in Word documents

are dynamically linked to additional

requirements inormation stored

in a database. The database and

documents are connected such that

a simple double-click on the require-

ment will launch users’ Microsot Word

application and take them directly to

that requirement in the context o how

it was written in the document.

The Rational RequisitePro solution

supports a choice o nonproprietary,

industry standard databases (IBM

DB2®, Oracle, Microsot SQL Server,

Microsot Access) with which you can

easily organize requirements inor-

mation in packages (olders) using a

structure that best suits your needs.

From views into the database, you

can prioritize, link requirements and

track changes.

Assigning attributes such as prior-

ity, diculty and status helps you

manage your requirements in a way

that is impossible using documents

alone. The Rational RequisitePro

product provides standard attributes

out o the box, while also being easily

customizable to support your project

processes and terminology.

While some organizations like to

use the Microsot Word application

to capture requirements, others do

not. Using the integration is strictly

optional. Entering requirements

directly in the Rational RequisitePro

tool is easy to do, giving you the

option o database or document

centricity—your choice.

Requirement documents are a amiliar capture and communication mechanism, providing context and

order. Dynamically linking requirements in documents to a database provides another powerul dimen

sion or organizing and tracking the inormation.*



Understand the impact o change

Change is inevitable. But change is

not the enemy—it indicates respon-

siveness to stakeholder needs.

Unmanaged change, on the other

hand, sends many projects spiral-

ing o course. The IBM Rational

RequisitePro solution provides unc-

tionality to help you understand the

impact o change as it occurs so

you can better manage its eect

on the project.

These eatures allow you to link

related requirements, so that as

change occurs to one requirement,

you can easily see its impact on

other related requirements. Having

real-time visibility to change lets youview its eect across the project and

assess coverage or verication and

validation. With the ability to perorm

impact analysis, you can make quick,

inormed decisions or scope man-

agement or resource reallocation. And

as requirements evolve, each modi-

cation made is captured, tracked

and ully documented by the Rational

RequisitePro product. Requirement

audit trails document the who, what,

why and when details o requirement

modications. And e-mails can be

automatically delivered to notiy pre-

dened stakeholders o changes that

may aect their work prioritization. By

understanding the impact o change,

you are much better equipped to con-

trol changes that aect your project.

The powerul interace allows you to organize requirements inormation in packages (olders) using a

structure that best suits your needs, providing quick access to requirements inormation.

Understanding traceability is easy with the tree view. Requirement relationships are shown in a amiliar

expandable and collapsible way, while details or the highlighted requirement are shown at right.



Parallel construction and maintenance

o multiple application versions have

their own impact on change as well.

Each release o an application

possesses a unique set o require-

ments that builds upon those o

prior releases—a natural result o

the maturity arising rom customer

eedback and marketplace growth.

To keep track o changes in require-

ments across these multiple releases,

the Rational RequisitePro solution

acilitates the creation and comparison

o requirement baselines. A baseline

is a logically grouped set o require-

ments or a particular version o an

application. The Rational RequisitePro

product can construct these baselines

and perorm comparisons between

them, exposing dierences at the

project, document or requirements

level in a Web-accessible report.

Project baselines can also jump-

start the creation o new releases,

helping to ensure ecient transer

o historical data.

Requirements management via the Web

Through the IBM Rational RequisitePro

Web interace, remote team members

can create, view and modiy require-

ments and requirement documents.

Administrators can manage projects

via the Web. Requirements trace-

ability can also be managed via the

Web using a traceability matrix or a

traceability tree, which visually depicts

relationships between requirements.

The Web interace permits require-

ments creation and editing capabilitie

reducing the need to install thick-clien

interaces on the desktops o remote

team members.

Integrate requirements across the

sotware liecycle

The better inormed each projectteam member is o the requirements

whether located remotely or locally,

the more accurately team members

IBM Rational RequisitePro sotware comes with a Web interace, making requirements accessible

to all team members, especially in remote locations or multiplatorm environments. Access, query,

modiy and create requirements and requirements documents, and manage traceability through the

RequisitePro Web interace.



can deliver a solution that satises

project or business goals. Integrat-

ing requirements with other liecycle

artiacts and processes helps ensure

clear communication and saves time-

consuming rework.

And through powerul integrations

with other tools in the IBM RationalSotware Delivery Platorm, the IBM

Rational RequisitePro solution helps

you integrate requirements across

the liecycle, optimizing team collabo-

ration around the requirements. The

ollowing sections detail how.

Requirements access or business

analysts

Oten, the rst step to improving a

business is to create and publish a

business model to help ensure that

the business processes, organization

and resources are well understood.

This model can also provide a jump-

start on the requirements discovery

process. The Rational RequisitePro

product enables requirements access

rom within the IBM WebSphere®

Business Modeler solution, allowing

business analysts to directly link tasks,

processes and resources with require-

ments. This capability helps ensure

that the sotware being developed

meets the needs o the business.

Requirements access or architects,

designers and developers

To ensure optimal design and to

minimize costly rework, developers

need access to requirements rom

where they sit. The IBM Rational

RequisitePro solution enables require-

ments access rom within the IBM

Rational Sotware Architect, IBM

Rational Sotware Modeler and IBM

Rational Rose® Technical Developer

tools. Requirements inormation is

presented directly in the integrated

development environment (IDE) by

the Rational RequisitePro solution—

no need or the developer to move

between products.

Through these integrations, the RationalRequisitePro solution lets developers

connect requirements to use-case

models, enabling instantaneous

access to use-case specications

rom use-case diagrams as well as

visibility into requirements inorma-

tion. This unctionality can help ensure

developers implement the unctional-

ity that truly refects customer needs,

as they evolve.

In addition, the integration capability

between the Rational RequisitePro,

Rational Sotware Architect and

Rational Sotware Modeler solutions

can enable you to connect design

elements to requirements. By linking

design elements with requirements,

you can easily review and assess the

impact o requirements changes on

design elements and keep developers

inormed o changes that may impact

their work.

Requirements access or testers

Without access to the latest require-

ments, how can testers be assured

they have prioritized their work appro-

priately? The integration with the

IBM Rational TestManager and IBMRational ClearQuest® products helps

ensure that requirements serve as a

direct input to test-case creation so

that testers and quality assurance

(QA) engineers can validate their

applications with condence. And

as changes to requirements occur,

testers can run reports that highlight

which test cases are impacted by the

change, helping to ensure their test

cases are properly updated to refect

the latest requirements.



Integral part o the IBM Rational Sotware

Delivery Platorm

The IBM Rational RequisitePro prod-

uct is also an integral component o

the IBM Rational Sotware Delivery

Platorm. The Rational platorm is a

complete, powerul, industry-leading

solution or sotware system creation

and application liecycle manage-

ment. It provides automation support

or essentially all aspects o sotware

development. Further, it unites team

members by enabling them to share

tools and inormation eectively with

one another.

Support or RUP

The IBM Rational RequisitePro solu-

tion supports the IBM Rational UniedProcess®—or IBM RUP®—method-

ology, helping to ensure that your

requirements management process

and automation ollow industry-proven

best practices.

Requirements access or the team

As a team-based tool, the IBM Rational

RequisitePro solution is part o the

IBM Rational Team Uniying Platorm™

package. Designed to uniy cross-

unctional teams, optimize practitioner

productivity and simpliy adoption,

these integrated solutions provide

your team with a shared platorm or

development success.

IBM Rational services

A variety o service oerings are avail-

able to complement IBM Rational tools

and best practices to help you build

the capabilities you need in a combi-

nation that’s right or your business.

IBM services are designed to help

you build team skills, to reduce the

time to productivity when implement-

ing a new solution, and to maximize

the return on your investment in IBM

Rational tools.

IBM developerWorks ®:Rational

services are the technical resource

or the community o development

proessionals using or evaluating

IBM Rational tools and best prac-

tices. The developerWorks:Rational services oer a variety o down-

loads, resources, discussion groups

and education designed to help

you utilize IBM Rational solutions to

your best advantage.IBM Rational

sotware training oers a curriculum

that includes courses covering all the

sotware development capabilities. A

blended curriculum o instructor-led

and Web-based training provides

a variety o options to suit your

organization’s education needs.

The IBM Rational worldwide sta

o proessional services consul-

tants brings years o experience to

help you lay a solid oundation or

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successul sotware development

projects. You can engage Rational

proessional services on large-sca

customized consulting projects tha

are tailored to meet your organi-

zation’s unique needs, or you can

engage your local account team o

short-term assistance with a single

challenge. Several types o pack-

aged services are also available,

including oerings that provide

an objective assessment o your

sotware development capabili-

ties, help you deploy a new tool or

methodology, or help you produce

tangible assets through a acilitate

workshop.

IBM Rational Customer Support

services help ensure that your proj

ect keeps moving orward with the

help you need, when you need it.

These maintenance programs oer

efcient problem resolution with

online access to tens o thousands

o technical notes, patches and

upgrades, as well as direct access

to a talented team o support engi-

neers. IBM Sotware Maintenance

services are the standard maintenance oering, and IBM Technical

Support Account Services can

supplement this, according to your

business requirements.

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IBM Rational sotware

Rational sotware rom IBM helps

organizations automate and integrate

the core business process o sot-

ware development. Rational products,

services and best practices power

the IBM Rational Sotware Delivery

Platorm, the premier platorm or

teams that discover, develop and

deploy sotware assets in business

applications, embedded systems

and sotware products. This modular

and comprehensive solution enables

teams to adopt a business driven

development approach based on

open standards, including the Eclipse

open source ramework. The result is

dierentiated business perormance.

For more inormation

For additional inormation about IBM

Rational RequisitePro sotware, please

visit the IBM developerWorks site at:

ibm.com / developerworks/rational/

products/requisitepro

Or visit:

ibm.com /software/awdtools/reqpro

Specifcations

IBM Rational RequisitePro, Version 7.0.1

Processor: 500MHz or greater

512MB RAM recommended

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Disk space: 200MB minimum•

Operating systems

Microsot Windows® 2000 Proessional,

Server, Advanced Server SP4

Microsot Windows XP Proessional

SP1, SP2

Microsot Windows 2003 Server,

Enterprise Server Initial, SP1, SP2

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Microsot Windows 2003 Server x64

and Windows XP Proessional

(must be running in 32-bit mode on

64-bit processors)

Microsot Windows Vista Enterprise,

Ultimate and Business editions

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Databases supported

IBM DB2 V8.1, V8.2, V9.1

IBM DB2 Universal Database™

Components or Rational Products

V8.1, V8.2, V9.1

IBM DB2 Express V8.1, V8.2, V9.1

IBM DB2 Express-C V8.1, V8.2, V9.1

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Oracle 9.2, 10

Microsot SQL Server 2005; 2000

SP2, SP3 or SP4; V7 SP4

Microsot Access (built in and created

by deault) 2000, 2002, 2003

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Word processors supported

Microsot Word 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007•

Supported multihosted development environments

Microsot Windows Terminal Servers

Microsot Windows 2000 Advanced Server, SP4

Microsot Windows 2003 Enterprise Server, SP4

Citrix MetaFrame XP, 3, 4

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IBM Rational RequisitePro Web interface, Version 7.0.1

Processor: 500MHz or greater

1GB RAM recommended

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Disk space: 100MB minimum•

Operating systems


Advanced Server SP4


Enterprise Server Initial, SP1

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Microsot Windows 2003 Server x64

(must be running in 32-bit mode on

64-bit processors)

Microsot Windows Vista, Enterprise,

Ultimate and Business editions

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•

Databases supported

IBM DB2 V8.1, V8.2, V9.1

IBM DB2 Universal Database

Components or Rational Products

V8.1, V8.2, V9.1

IBM DB2 Express V8.1, V8.2, V9.1

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IBM DB2 Express-C V8.1, V8.2

Oracle 9.2, 10

Microsot SQL Server 2005; 2000

SP2, SP3, SP4; V7 SP4

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Note: Microsot Access sotware is not supported.

Browsers

Microsot Internet Explorer 6 SP1, 7

Fireox 1.07, 1.5; SP1, SP2, 2.0

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Mozilla 1.6, 1.7; SP1, SP2•

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