Requirements engineering tools

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Requirements engineering tools are usually software products to ease the requirements engineering (RE) processes and allow for more systematic and formalized handling of requirements, change management and traceability. [1] [2]

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The PMI guide Requirements Management: A Practical Guide recommends that a requirements tool should be identified at the beginning of the project, as [requirements] traceability can get complex and that switching tool mid-term could present a challenge. [3]

According to ISO/IEC TR 24766:2009, [4] six major tool capabilities exist:

  1. Requirements elicitation
  2. Requirements analysis
  3. Requirements specification
  4. Requirements verification and validation
  5. Requirements management
  6. Other capabilities

Note that INCOSE and Project Performance International (PPI) maintain an official database of tools, the Systems Engineering Tools Database (SETDB). [5]

RE tool list

As with most software, the vendor/owner, tool name or scope change over time.

Note that compliance with, for example, safety standards such as ISO 26262 is supported by few tools directly or indirectly via specialist consulting. [6] [7]

Unlike the major six tool capabilities (see above), the following categories are introduced for the list, which correlate closer with the product marketing or summarizes capabilities, such as requirements management (including the elicitation, analysis and specification parts) and test management (meaning verification & validation capabilities).

Specialties, such as OSLC-support, are not presented in the current list, but exist for some tools. [8] [9]

List capabilities

Excluded capabilities (limited list)

List

Scope/Capabilities*
NameVendorAgileALMCMISMPDMPLMPJMRMTMVCSVM_MBSEOtherLicense type
Spicy SE [11] Spicy SExxxxxxArchCommercial
acunotePluron Inc.xCommercial
agosense.fideliaagosense GmbHxCommercial
DocSheetsGoda SoftwarexxxxCommercial
Aha!Aha! LabsxxCommercial
Aligned ElementsAligned AGxxxCommercial
Quality Center Micro Focus xxxxxCommercial
ALM Octane Micro Focus xxxCommercial
Auros IQAuros LLCxxxxxxxxCADCommercial
AxosoftAxosoftxxCommercial
Azure DevOps Microsoft xxxxxCommercial
Balsamiq WireframesBalsamiqxxCommercial
Business OptixBusiness OptixxCommercial
Cameo Systems Modeler No Magic Inc. (since 2018 part of Dassault Systèmes) [12] xxCommercial
Capella Eclipse Foundation x Eclipse Public License
CaseCompleteSerlio SoftwarexxCommercial
codebeamer ALMIntland Software GmbH (part of PTC)xxxxCommercial
Cognition CockpitCognition CorporationxxxxCommercial
Cradle3SLxxxCommercial
Copilot4DevOpsModern RequirementsxxxxxxCommercial
Dimensions RM Micro Focus xCommercial
Eclipse (IDE) Papyrus Eclipse Foundation x Eclipse Public License
Enterprise Architect Sparx Systems xxxx [13] xCommercial
FRET xx NASA open source
Helix RM Perforce xxxxCommercial
Rational DOORS (textual req.) IBM xxxCommercial
Rational Rhapsody (visual req., i.e. UML) IBM xxxx [14] Commercial
DOORS Next (Jazz) IBM xxxCommercial
innoslateSPEC InnovationsxCommercial
Innovator for Business AnalystsMID GmbHxxCommercial
in-STEP BLUE microTool GmbHxxxCommercial
iRise iRise xxxCommercial
Jama ConnectJama SoftwarexxxCommercial
Jira Atlassian xxxxCommercial
Kanban FlowCodeKick ABxCommercial
Kanban ToolShore LabsxCommercial
kanbanizekanbanizexxCommercial
Kovair ALMKovair Software, Inc.xxxxxxCommercial
LeanKitPlanview, Inc.xCommercial
MagicDraw No Magic Inc. (since 2018 part of Dassault Systemes) [12] xCommercial
Matrix ALM/QMSMatrix Requirements GmbHxxxxxCommercial
Marvel AppMarvelxxxCommercial
Minerva PLMMinerva Group A/SxxxxCommercial
SwiftlyOrca IntelligencexxxxxCommercial
Modelio AnalystModeliosoftxxCommercial
Modern Requirements4DevOpsModern RequirementsxxxxxxCommercial
objectiFmicroTool GmbHxxCommercial
objectiF RPMmicroTool GmbHxxxxCommercial
OneDesk Product ManagementOneDesk Inc.xxCommercial
OpenPDMPROSTEP Inc. (see also ProSTEP iViP)xxCommercial
OpenProject OpenProject GmbHxx GPL3
OSRMTxx GPL2
PivotalTrackerPivotalLabsxCommercial
Polarion Siemens PLM Software xxxxxxxCommercial
PREEvision Vektor Informatik GmbHxxxCommercial
PsodaPsodaxxxxCommercial
QVscribeQVscribexCommercial
R4J - Requirements Management for Jiraease solutions Pte LtdxxxxxCommercial
Rally SoftwareBroadcomxxCommercial
RaQuestSparxSystems Japan Co., LtdxCommercial
ReqEditREQTEAM GmbHxCommercial
ReqSuite RMOSSENO Software GmbHxCommercial
ReQtestReQtest ABxxxCommercial
RequirementONERequirementOne Inc.xCommercial
ReqViewEccam s.r.o.xxxCommercial
RetinaIntland Software GmbHxxxCommercial
RMsisOptimizory Technologies Pvt. Ltd.xxxCommercial
rmTooflonatel GmbH & Co. KGxx GPL3
RMTrakPrometeo TechnologiesxCommercial
ScrumwisexCommercial
ScrumWorks Pro CollabNet xCommercial
SOX2 RMEngineers Consulting GmbHxCommercial
Specification WizardMeetAddxCommercial
SpiraTeamInflectraxxxxCommercial
StellStell Engineering, Inc.xxxCommercial
StorytellerBlueprint Software Systems, Inc.xxCommercial
storywiseireo GmbHxCommercial
SwiftKanbanDigité Inc.xCommercial
TargetprocessTargetprocess Inc.xCommercial
Tuleap EnterpriseenaleanxxCommercial
ValispaceValispace GmbHxxxxxxxCommercial
VersionOne CollabNet xxxCommercial
Visual ParadigmVisual Paradigm InternationalxxCommercial
Visure RequirementsVisure Solutions, Inc.xxxCommercial
Windchill RV&S PTC xxCommercial
YodizYodizxCommercial
YonixYonix Ltd.xCommercial

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