What is Requirements Management Software?
RM software is usually database-driven and often integrated with other project tools such as defect tracking, planning, scheduling, and use and test cases. It allows users to: • Create or import requirements and create relationships between requirements. • Link requirements to other documents (like use cases, code, designs, tasks.). • Store attributes about each requirement. • Track requirement changes and automatically generate change records. • Send automatic e-mail notifications to team members regarding changes. • Automatically generate reports and documents. So Why Aren”t More Project Managers (PMs) Using RM? Many development shops start small and grow over time. Budgets are small and time is of the essence. PMs make due with the technologies at hand. By the time RM software is discussed, PMs have often created their own templates and processes and are reluctant to spend valuable time relearning requirements creation and management. Some project teams become frustrated with new R
