DOORS vs Reqtify, any experience with either?

[Rick]

I just started a new contract with a new client in a highly regulated
industry where we are required to do things like strict requirements
maintenance and traceability.

In requirements management, this is very much a
blind-leading-the-blind situation... we know we need a tool to help
manage it but no one here (including me) has any siginificant
experience with the available requirements management tools like
DOORS, Reqtify, Requisite Pro (we are all accustomed to maintaining
requirements on spreadsheets with all of the associated maintenance
problems when the project grows to any size at all).

The project software technical lead has taken on the responsibility of
finding and acquiring a tool. He is currently leaning to Reqtify
because it seems one of the more cost effective and at least they talk
a good game on their website (although it seems they don't know the
difference between 21 CFR 11 and 21 CFR 820 as regards regulation of
medical devices).

So, do any of you have experience with both DOORS and Reqtify and can
you give me a comparative opinion of each?

On the Reqtify website they say things like "Today several major
aerospace automotive and transportation companies use tools like DOORS
and RTM at the system level to define requirements together with
Reqtify for graphical traceability to downstream design and test
artefacts and report generation.", as though Reqtify was intened to be
used WITH DOORS rather than as a product that's competitive with
DOORS. Does that mean that Reqtify can't / shouldn't be used as the
only requirements management tool in a project?

Thanks...

[Fab]

I want to precise that I do not know Reqtify, but from the web site
the relation with DOORS looks like a "data exchange". Although it is a
very important aspect for the evaluation of the product, your email
doesn't show that it is important for you.

I would like to give you a suggestion: if you and yor project's
collegue are beginner in Req Management (yes, if you managed the req
through Excel & Co, you are � beginner), select a tool from a company
that can support you in the new process you are facing! You previous
experience is valuable, but the learing curve is not so steep as
somebody can image, expecially when more parts are involved.

Have you considered IRqA ?

Fab

Post by Rick
I just started a new contract with a new client in a highly regulated
industry where we are required to do things like strict requirements
maintenance and traceability.
In requirements management, this is very much a
blind-leading-the-blind situation... we know we need a tool to help
manage it but no one here (including me) has any siginificant
experience with the available requirements management tools like
DOORS, Reqtify, Requisite Pro (we are all accustomed to maintaining
requirements on spreadsheets with all of the associated maintenance
problems when the project grows to any size at all).
The project software technical lead has taken on the responsibility of
finding and acquiring a tool. He is currently leaning to Reqtify
because it seems one of the more cost effective and at least they talk
a good game on their website (although it seems they don't know the
difference between 21 CFR 11 and 21 CFR 820 as regards regulation of
medical devices).
So, do any of you have experience with both DOORS and Reqtify and can
you give me a comparative opinion of each?
On the Reqtify website they say things like "Today several major
aerospace automotive and transportation companies use tools like DOORS
and RTM at the system level to define requirements together with
Reqtify for graphical traceability to downstream design and test
artefacts and report generation.", as though Reqtify was intened to be
used WITH DOORS rather than as a product that's competitive with
DOORS. Does that mean that Reqtify can't / shouldn't be used as the
only requirements management tool in a project?
Thanks...

[Rick]

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:57:14 -0000, "Fab

Post by Fab
I would like to give you a suggestion: if you and yor project's
collegue are beginner in Req Management (yes, if you managed the req
through Excel & Co, you are è beginner), select a tool from a company
that can support you in the new process you are facing!

Good morning, Fab.

Absolutely! That is our plan. So, which of the companies (in the
experience of everyone here) is best in that regard?

Post by Fab
Have you considered IRqA ?

No, I haven't... never heard of it actually. I found their website
and will look them over.

Thanks...