The IBM® Rational® RequisitePro® solution leverages the widely used and familiar Microsoft® Word® tool to ease requirement capture. Documents, though useful for requirement capture, are not an optimal environment to prioritize and organize information - activities that are best performed using a database. By linking requirements documents to a database, the RequisitePro product marries the best of both worlds.

This tool provides support for the activities of the following team members: Business-Process Analyst, Requirements Specifier and System Analyst.

To gain the full benefits from this tool, users need to have the following skills:-

• Use Case Modelling
• Requirements Management

Training for this tool can be found in the following courses:-

• Essentials of Rational RequisitePro
• Mastering Requirements Management with Use Cases

IBM Rational RequisitePro provides:-

• Advanced Microsoft® Word integration
• Robust database infrastructure
• Customizable, filterable requirement attributes
• In-depth traceability and coverage analysis
• Detailed change impact analysis with audit trails and email notification
• Project baseline creation and comparison
• Web-access for distributed teams
• Flexible reporting options
• Configurable import capabilities
• Integrated with multiple tools in the IBM Software Development Platform