Software Requirements Management Resources
Requirements management is the foundation of any successful software development project. It involves the managing of changes during the software development lifecycle, creating and maintaining agreement with customers, maintaining the traceability of the requirements of a system, and access and analysis of the metrics of the software development process.
To assist development teams, MKS has pulled together the following recommended tools, articles and other resources on this topic:
Recommended MKS Tools:
MKS Requirements: As an extension of MKS Integrity for process and workflow, MKS Requirements is the only requirements management solution available today built as an extension of the application lifecycle, enabling traceability through every stage of the software development process and ensuring collaboration between software development teams and the business. MKS Requirements connects business users and developers via a single platform, interface and process. The repository maintains a history of requirements and change, and a hierarchical structure of requirements provides organization, trace-ability and impact analysis. Historical reporting shows requirements or project changes and trends over time while powerful querying, charting and reporting facilitates communication and visibility.
Recommended Articles:
Note: registration is required for most of these to gain access to the full article or event.
“Don’t Skirt Technical Requirements”- Projects at Work
”An Innovative Approach to Managing Software Requirements”- MKS White Paper
“Less is More”- Software Development Magazine
“Software Requirements: 10 Traps to Avoid”- MKS Archived Webinar
“Taking the Guesswork Out of Requirements”- MKS Archived Webinar
“Use Cases: Background, Best Practices, and Benefits”- MKS White Paper
Other Recommended Resources:
InfoWorld: Requirements Management TechIndex, collection of relevant articles from InfoWorld.
Requirements Management Links, a collection of books, organizations, tools and other requirements management resources from around the web.
Requirements Zone, StickyMinds.com collection of requirements articles, books, websites and other recommended resources.
Software Requirements Resources, from the Software Productivity Center
Resources on Other Topics:
Software Configuration Management (SCM)
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Software Quality Assurance (SQA)
