For Application Development & Program Management Professionals (Length: 12 pages)

September 28, 2007

Selecting The Right Requirements Management Tool — Or Maybe None Whatsoever

by Carey Schwaber, Peter Sterpe

with Mike Gilpin, Catherine Salzinger


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Many of today's requirements management tool purchases are misguided: Application development and program management professionals often buy requirements management tools for the wrong reasons and select tools that are out of line with their needs. To avoid purchasing tools that are more complex and more expensive than necessary, app dev organizations need to be realistic about the problems that a requirements management tool can address, the level of tooling that they require, and their ability to build and maintain tool integrations.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemIT Shops Look To Requirements Management Tools For More Than They Should

itemIT Shops Expect More From Requirements Management Tools Than They Can Deliver

itemFeatures To Look For In A Requirements Management Solution

itemIn-Scope Features

itemOut-Of-Scope Features

itemThree Main Types Of Requirements Management Solutions, None Of Them Ideal

recommendations

itemBe Realistic In Your Selection Of Requirements Management Solutions

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed 10 companies, including Borland Software, Compuware, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Kovair Software, Microsoft, MKS, Rally Software Development, and Telelogic. Forrester also works with clients investigating requirements management tools on a regular basis through inquiries and consulting.

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