Integrated requirements management is about more than defining and managing requirements -- it's about making them part of the full development lifecycle and linking them directly to the business -- meaning that the software you deliver meets the real needs of the business users.
IBM Rational offers a comprehensive, requirements management solution that is the cornerstone for successful software delivery: IBM Rational RequisitePro. Rational RequisitePro is part of the Rational Software Delivery Platform a set of software lifecycle products that work together to provide the continuous visibility and control that organizations need to effectively govern the business process of software and systems delivery.
These lifecycle products (shown in the table below) integrate with Rational RequisitePro to provide both visibility and traceability all the way from business modeling to design and testing.
Lifecycle products
| Functional area |
Value of the integration with Rational RequisitePro |
| Model driven development with IBM Rational Software Architect |
Draw use case diagrams and link them with use case documents; link requirements to design elements and code. |
| UML™ 2.0-based visual modeling and design with IBM Rational Software Modeler |
Draw use case diagrams and link them with use case documents; link requirements to design elements. |
| Comprehensive software change management with IBM Rational ClearQuest |
Trace enhancement requests, defects, or activities to requirements. |
| Test management with IBM Rational ClearQuest test management |
Trace and control a project's business and functional requirements, use cases, and defects for early and accurate test case planning. |
| Business process modeling with IBM WebSphere Business Modeler |
Define business process requirements. Trace business model elements to business and system requirements. |
| SOA-based integration solutions development with IBM WebSphere Integration Developer |
Link requirements to elements within SOA application development and other integration projects. |
| Integrated development environment for Java/J2EE™, Portal, Web, Web services and SOA applications with IBM Rational Application Developer |
View requirements from within the IDE; trace requirements to code. |
| Complex systems development and delivery with IBM Rational Systems Developer |
Manage and trace requirements for complex systems. |
| Enterprise data modeling and integration design with IBM Rational Data Architect |
Collect data requirements; trace data base designs to requirements. |
| Enterprise project and portfolio management with IBM Rational Portfolio Manager |
Associate work, financials, and status to requirements |
| Comprehensive process framework for proven best practices for software and systems delivery with the IBM Rational Unified Process |
Get in-context process help from within IBM Rational RequisitePro |
| Requirements definition via visualization of process flows with Raven |
Define and validate business use cases and automatically display as activity diagrams; link with requirements. |
| Requirements definition via prototyping and simulation with iRise |
Define requirements by prototyping and manage and trace to them in Rational RequisitePro. |
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