An Innovative Approach to Managing Software Requirements

Requirements may be the most critical aspect of the software development cycle. Studies point to a more than 60% failure rate for software projects in the U.S., with poor requirements as one of the top five reasons. Managing requirements must be an integral part of an organizations overall development process, and is vital to mitigating risk on large development projects.

This paper introduces you to MKS Integrity for requirements management, the only solution available today built as an extension of an application lifecycle management platform. Further, this paper reviews the current state of the requirements management tools landscape and details how requirements are authored, captured and traced through the downstream lifecycle, how companies can utilize best practices such as parallel development and reuse in relation to requirements and how configuration management concepts such as versioning and base lining can be leveraged for advanced requirements management practice.

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MKS is a leader in software application management, harmonizing the disciplines of application lifecycle management (ALM) and IT Service Management with its enterprise software platform, MKS Integrity. Delivering end to end coverage across the application development lifecycle. MKS Integrity's capabilities include requirements management, software configuration management (SCM), software change management, software build management and software test management, through to software deployment and release management, and IT portfolio management. Our customers can better meet IT governance and compliance goals, achieve high levels of software process maturity, measure project performance and make substantial productivity gains at an overall low total cost of ownership.

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An Innovative Approach to Managing Software Requirements