IBM Rational DOORS Review
Updated June 09, 2022
IBM Rational DOORS Review

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Modules Used
- Requirements Management (Rational DOORS)
Overall Satisfaction with IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
DOORS is our tool of choice on large programs with a large number of requirements to manage at various levels of integration.
Pros
- Parent to child requirement traceability
- Auto tracking of all changes made to an object
- Ability to create a toolkit to generate documents straight from DOORS
- Linking between DOORS modules using DXL
Cons
- Not web based
- Better interface with other tools
- Ability to track requirements approval and sell off
- Easy tracking of requirements
- Common to multiple programs
- Home grown toolkit available
- Ability to generate document straight from DOORS is a big plus.
- Ability to track all changes is a big plus when doing multiple iterations or updates to requirements.
- Need wider use of DOORS by all stakeholders.
DOORS is the legacy and leading tool for requirements management. It is widely used by the Aerospace industry.
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