Requirements management

To manage requirements, an organization may use spreadsheets, linked documents, custom databases, and document-oriented tracing tools. Typical problems in such methods are that requirements are isolated on individual computers with limited access, stored in databases with little resemblance to the product structure, or maintained through complicated user interfaces with significant learning curves.

Systems Engineering addresses this problem by bringing requirements into the life cycle and simplifies requirement development and access, and substantially reduces the learning curve. Requirements are developed with Microsoft Office Word and Excel, tools that are readily available in most organizations.

Related Topics

• Developing requirements