IBM Rational DOORS Reviews

I use DOORS for capturing a system requirement and subsystem requirement. I also use it for recording a system of architecture.

The most valuable features include:

• Traceability (the ability to link between different items)
• Configuration Management (ability to baseline things and create new views)
• User Access (to control who does what to different items)

They have recently upgraded the product. And, it is definitely more user-friendly. It was really clunky to use previously. It might not be very fancy, but it always gets the job done. 

I think it would be nice if there was better integration with other tools, particularly diagrammatic tools so that you can do things like enterprise architecture. 

It is very expensive. But, it depends on the project. The project must warrant the expense paid.

The product was being used for developing and tracking new requirements for a system we were working on. There wasn't one specific feature that comes to mind, as it was approximately 12 months ago that I was using the product to develop requirements.

The product was used to better track and structure requirements we were developing for a new product that was to be integrated into an existing system with its own requirements. It was a way for us to track new requirements and its impact on existing ones.

None comes to mind right now. I know that the group was discussing the movement towards model-based systems engineering where they were looking into alternate products that allows the integration of requirements, system diagrams, etc. all in one tool.

I used it last year, for one year.

No issues encountered,

No issues encountered,

I never had to use customer service.

I never had to use tech support,.

I am within the automotive electronics industry. The requirements management widely used in my field for change management is the key to delivering your product without any hitches. It is hard to manage requirements in a big project, therefore having a traceability feature is great.

Traceability on requirements for a huge project in an organization is a big gain.

• Traceability
• The ability to use any type of document in any format.

These features make our job easier in requirements management.  

I would like to see them improve in agile management the Scrum/Kanban Board to work with overseas team members.