Item: IBM Rational ClearQuest
Rating: 8
Author: Miguel Angel Merino Vega

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Rational RequisitePro

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have many projects simultaneously. Project management is vital in our industry, and within this, we want to have well-drawn artifacts. From the conception stage, it is important to evolve the software requirements, and that is where RequisitePro becomes important in the management of the project and the team in terms of the visibility of documents.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Traceability of artifacts, coom requirements, use cases, functionalities, etc.
Document management and easely MS Office integration
IBM Rational products integration

Cons

Learning curve, especially if you're not familiar with IBM Rational tools
Payment product
SVN Integration

Return on Investment

Requirements management saves overwork and minimizes risks.
Minimize time in the manual elaboration of documents, that translates into money

Alternatives Considered

IBM Rational DOORS

IBM Doors could be better at document management for a higher price. If you need more complex traceabilily, Doors is the way to go. If you need less, free and simple management, a common SVN is ok for you.

Other Software Used

IBM Rational DOORS, Apache Subversion, GitHub

Likelihood to Recommend

If you are familiar with IBM Rational Suite products, RequisitePro will add up due to the synergy between other components. Beyond that, if your business is not structured to an adequate development methodology or lacks the degree of maturity or necessary resources, probably RequisitePro does not add much value. If you work with developers in the requirements analysis, they probably prefer to use an SVN repository.

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