Juan Fernández:
Hi:
the main requirements for this tool can be the same for the tool you suggest.
I list them:
* Avoid rework and duplication using advanced, real-time integration with Microsoft® Word
* Manage complexity with detailed traceability views that display parent/child relationships
* Mitigate project risk with display of requirements that may be affected by upstream or downstream changes of requirements
* Achieve collaboration for geographically distributed teams through fully functional, scalable Web interface and discussion threads
* Capture and analyze requirements information with detailed attribute customization and filtering
* Improve productivity by tracking changes using project version comparisons with XML-based project baselines
* Align business goals and objectives with project deliverables though integration with multiple tools
* Operating systems supported: Windows [edit] Linux, Mac [/edit]
I would add the following (this is kind of a brainstrom):
* Export as doc, odt or pdf
* Templates to generate documentation (I'm thinking in Enterprise Architect now)
Note: aren't we reinventing the wheel? Would it be possible to integrate an opensource tool that is specialised in this?
* Avoid rework and duplication using advanced, real-time integration with Microsoft® Word
In my idea, no need to use any office style tools. Everybody should fill even use case specifications and rest inside the portlet.
* Manage complexity with detailed traceability views that display parent/child relationships
Managing this kind of relations if you are talking about DB level, we can put it on hibernate ORM, she's good
* Mitigate project risk with display of requirements that may be affected by upstream or downstream changes of requirements
As far as I know there's no way to mitigate risk through IT tools, it needs mind. Can you describe more.
* Achieve collaboration for geographically distributed teams through fully functional, scalable Web interface and discussion threads
This is the reason that why i am recommending to use liferay. Already we've collaboration suite.
* Capture and analyze requirements information with detailed attribute customization and filtering
It is so easy. I've done on PoC. I can send the sources.
* Improve productivity by tracking changes using project version comparisons with XML-based project baselines
Can you describe more?
* Align business goals and objectives with project deliverables though integration with multiple tools
Business goals are beyond requirement management tool, that is related to enterprise architecture such as Zachman or someting like that.
* Operating systems supported: Windows [edit] Linux, Mac [/edit]
My idea is totally web-based, hence we're OS independent.
* Export as doc, odt or pdf
Exporting and creating reports is the most important part of this job, that we can use third party report open source tools such as pentaho jasper, and ...
* Templates to generate documentation (I'm thinking in Enterprise Architect now)
As you know if we define the templates for example through XSLT then there's not any problem.
*Note: aren't we reinventing the wheel? Would it be possible to integrate an opensource tool that is specialised in this.
I believe sometimes we should reinvent the wheel, this is the reason why now we've liferay
To be honest I've worked with ORMT, but it sucks. I do not know any better one, if anyone knows, let's consider it.