40 INCOSE Requirements Management Tools Survey
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INCOSE Requirements Management Tools Survey
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Welcome to the INCOSE Requirements Management (RM) Tools Survey site, sponsored by the Tools Database Working Group. The Tools Database Working Group consists of both tool users and tool suppliers who are interested in the use of technology to enable Systems Engineering. The TDWG began gathering information on Requirements Management tools in the 1990's. Working with the INCOSE Requirements Management Working Group, they developed the survey questions for Requirements Management tools found here. The survey responses, including the rating of compliance with each questions or feature, are provided by the tool vendors directly. However, the TDWG reserves the right to review and correct any "informational injustices" (i.e. exaggerated answers). Please report any bugs or enhancement suggestions to the Tools Database Working Group chair at tdwg-info@incose.org. Your feedback is appreciated. Please encourage any vendor whose tool is not yet included in the survey database to participate by sending them a link to this website.

Disclaimer: The Requirements Management tools and associated survey responses are provided for informational purposes only to INCOSE members and other members of the systems engineering community. There is no intent by INCOSE to endorse any tool listed or discredit any tool not listed. The information shown has NOT been verified by INCOSE as to its accuracy or validity and therefore all users are cautioned to use at their own discretion. INCOSE can not be held accountable for any interpretations, liabilities or damages that may occur should any of the provided data be inaccurate, misstated, or in any other way misrepresent its correct status. All users are encouraged to conduct their own verification of the data prior to its use. Reliance or use of the information shown here is solely at the user's own risk.

Using the Survey: The following table contains clickable links to the vendor's website (click on the tool name), the complete set of detailed responses for a given tool (click on any row in the column for the tool you're interested in), and the vendor contact info (click on Contact at the bottom of the column). As this table grows, load times will become longer, so please be patient.

Vendors: You are responsible for the accuracy of your responses. If you would like to update your contact information or survey responses, login here. If you would like to add your tool to this survey, this survey worksheet is available to help prepare your survey responses prior to requesting an account for survey submission.


Tools:Analyst Real Team System (ARTS)CARE 3.2Compuware Optimal TraceCORE 5.1Cradle 5.2Envision VIPGatherspaceIBM Rational RequisitePro (updated 10 Oct 06)IRqA 3.3KollabNet Editor 2005PACERaQuest 3.0RDT 3.0.2RMTrakRTMSLATE REquire 6.5 (A UGS Teamcenter Product)SoftREQUGS Teamcenter 2005 (Requirements Management)truereq product desktopXTie-RTSpecification Analysis Tool (SAT)ECMBanyan2.2ContourProjectricity 3.5OSRMTv1_3in-Stepe-LM.com v. 2.03Cognition Cockpit 5FeaturePlan 2.6analyst proChangeWare 2.0aligned elementsDassault Systemes CSE 4.0Polarion ALM for Subversion 3.0Telelogic DOORSAccept 360
Response DateDecember 09, 2007July 26, 2005February 08, 2007July 07, 2006May 18, 2005March 01, 2005July 25, 2005June 16, 2004October 20, 2005July 25, 2005October 15, 2003June 24, 2005February 28, 2005March 29, 2006September 04, 2003February 15, 2006February 28, 2005March 11, 2006August 01, 2003March 03, 2005February 18, 2006February 18, 2006March 01, 2006October 25, 2006September 27, 2006October 03, 2006September 27, 2007March 24, 2008February 09, 2007March 08, 2007April 25, 2007May 21, 2007July 11, 2007July 21, 2007July 25, 2007July 27, 2007June 25, 2007
1. Capturing Requirements/IdentificationFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartNonePartFullFullFullFullPartFullPartialNoneFullFullFullNo Response AddedFullFull
1.1. Input document enrichment/analysisFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartNonePartPartFullNoneNonePartNoneFullNoneFullNoneFullNoneNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFull
1.1.1 Input document change/comparison analysisFullPartFullFullFullFullPartFullFullPartFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneFullNoneFullNoneNoneNoneNoneFullNoneFullNoneFullNoneNoneNoneFullPartFullFullNone
1.2 Automatic parsing of requirementsFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneFullFullFullFullNoneFullFullFullPartNoneNoneFullPartNoneNoneNoneFullNoneNoneNoneNonePartNoneFullPartial
1.3 Interactive/semi-automatic requirement identificationFullPartFullFullFullFullPartFullFullFullFullPartFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartNoneFullFullNonePartFullNoneFullPartialNoneNoneFullFullNoneFullNone
1.4 Manual requirement identificationFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartialNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFull
1.5 Batch-mode operationFullPartFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneFullFullNoneNoneNonePartFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneNoneNoneNoneFullFullFull
1.6 Requirement classificationFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartFullFullFullPartNoneFullFullFullFullFullPartFullPartialNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFull
2. Capture System Element structure (if so, how? As document paragraphs? product structures?, ...)FullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartNoneFullFullNoneFullNonePartFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFull
2.1 Graphically capture systems structureFullPartFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneFullFullFullPartNoneFullNonePartFullFullPartFullPartialNoneNoneFullFullNo Response AddedFullFull
2.2 Textual capture of system structureFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneFullFullPartFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneFullPartNoneFullPartFullFullFullFullFullNoneNoneNoneFullFullPartialFullFull
3. Requirements FlowdownFullFullFullFullFullFullPartFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullNonePartFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFull
3.1 Requirements derivation (req. to req., req. to analysis/text)FullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartialNoneNoneFullFullNo Response AddedFullFull
3.2 Allocation of performance requirements to system elements (weight, risk, cost, etc.)FullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartFullNoneFullFullFullNoneNoneFullPartFullFullFullFullFullPartialNoneNoneFullPartFullFullFull
3.3 Bi-directional requirement linking to system elementsFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFull
3.4 Capture of allocation rationale, accountability, test/validation, criticality, issues, etc. If so, how and what mechanism does it use.FullFullFullFullFullFullNoneFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFull
4. Traceability AnalysisFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneNonePartFullFullFullNoneFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFull
4.1 Identify inconsistencies (orphans, ...) If so, what kind of...FullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartFullFullFullNoneNonePartPartFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullNo Response AddedFullFull
4.2 Visibility into existing links from source to implementation--i.e. follow the linksFullPartFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFull
4.3 Verification of requirements (was it done, how was it done...)FullFullFullFullFullFullNoneFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFull
4.4 Requirement performance verification from system elements (roll up of actuals)FullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartPartFullFullNoneFullPartFullFullNoneFullPartFullNoneNonePartNoneFullPartFullNoneFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullNone
5. Configuration ManagementFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneFullFullFullFullFullFullPartFullFullNoneFullPartFullNoneNoneFullFullPartFullNonePartFullFullNoneNoneFullFullPartialFullFull
5.1 History of requirement changes, who, what, when, where, why, howFullFullFullFullFullFullPartFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFullFullFullPartialNoneNoneFullFullNo Response AddedFullFull
5.2 Baseline/Version controlFullFullFullFullFullFullNoneFullFullFullFullFullFullPartFullFullNoneFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullPartFullFullFullFullFullNoneNoneFullFullFullFullFull
5.3 Access control (modification, viewing, etc.)FullFullFullFullFullFullNone