The following material has been developed for the Requirement Management SIG - Sub-committee on RM Implementation & Tool Selection. Please add your comments & feedback under the relevant sections.

Taxonomy or some of the salient functionality/features required in Requirement Management Tool:
Primary Elements:

• Requirement Identification
• Requirement Assignment and Sorting
• Requirement Versioning
• Requirement Group Revision Identification/Baselining
• Basic Data Interface
• Standard Test Suites
• Par Values
• Performance Specification
• Trial Versions
• Installation and Maintenance

• Requirement Text Storage and Editing
• Non-Textual Requirement Storage and Editing
• Dynamically Duplicated Requirements (Variables/Symbolic References)
• Non-Requirement Storage and Editing
• Assignment Validation
• Classification (Attribute) and Compliance Reporting
• Change Impact Visibility
• Conditional (Gated) Requirements
• Alternate Configuration Maintenance
• Intelligent Change Management
• History/Metrics Reporting
• Access/Change Control
• Advanced Data Interfaces
• Requirements Tools
• Text Tools
• Analysis Tools
• Control Interface (API)
• Multi-Point Access
• Separable Access
• Specification Preparation
• Built-in Analysis Capability