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Essential Things You Need to Know about Requirements Life Cycle Management Tools

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Essential Things You Need to Know about Requirements Life Cycle Management Tools

Requirements life cycle management tools allow your company to properly capture and manage product or project requirements from origination to final implementation. It is also helpful during maintenance throughout the lifecycle of a product or project until its retirement. Without effective life cycle management tools, it is easy to miss critical requirements and overlook problems. 

There are several life cycle management tools that you can buy or subscribe to these days, and they are often packed with features that are not necessarily suitable to your specific requirements. How do you find an efficient solution that can truly add value to your processes without overpaying for features you will never use? Here’s a list of the most important factors to consider when evaluating a requirements life cycle management tool.

 

Ease of use

Your company probably already has a life cycle management system in place. What you are looking for is a solution that will streamline and improve it. But if it will take too much time to integrate the new tool into your system and learn how to use it, then it is not worth buying. A good requirement life cycle management tool has a short learning curve. It should be quick and straightforward to implement. 

 

Reusability features

A good tool has reusability features, making it effortless to share items across different projects, reuse sheets or documents, and more.

 

Maintenance support

Requirements life cycle management does not end after a project or product is implemented or delivered. They should also support the maintenance of delivered products to ensure accuracy and consistency.

 

Process or methodologies 

Businesses use different methods when managing projects. Two of the most common methodologies are ‘waterfall’ and ‘agile.’ Most lifecycle management tools are designed based on these methods, which is fine if you use one or both. But if you have a unique system, then you will need to find a configurable tool. It should allow you to customize the process that suits your needs. 

 

Team collaboration 

One of the most important things to consider when evaluating life cycle management tools is team collaboration. You want a tool that allows people in different locations and using different gadgets to work together on the same project. It should let everyone involved connect and get updates in real-time. 

 

About the author: This article is written by Pavi D from Goda Software.Goda Software is a US-based software company that provides expert life cycle solutions to develop products (software, embedded systems, medical devices, and more).Goda Software is proud to offer affordable enterprise Doc Sheets software for lifecycle and requirements management. Doc Sheets is highly intuitive software that is more straightforward than a spreadsheet and scalable for any project and team size. Doc Sheets makes end-to-end traceability hassle-free entirely.Established in 2000, Goda Software has been helping its clients worldwide manage their projects most affordably and efficiently.

 

 

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