List of requirements engineering tools explained

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

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 RM including the elicitation, analysis and specification parts, and TM 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)

RE tool 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 CenterMicro FocusxxxxxCommercial
ALM Octane Micro FocusxxxCommercial
Auros IQAuros LLCxxxxxxxxCADCommercial
AxosoftAxosoftxxCommercial
Azure DevOpsMicrosoftxxxxxCommercial
Balsamiq WireframesBalsamiqxxCommercial
Business OptixBusiness OptixxCommercial
Cameo Systems ModelerNo Magic Inc. (since 2018 part of Dassault Systèmes)[12] xxCommercial
CapellaEclipse FoundationxEclipse Public License
CaseCompleteSerlio SoftwarexxCommercial
codeBeamer ALMIntland Software GmbHxxxxCommercial
Cognition CockpitCognition CorporationxxxxCommercial
Cradle3SLxxxCommercial
Dimensions RMMicro FocusxCommercial
Eclipse (IDE) PapyrusEclipse FoundationxEclipse Public License
Enterprise ArchitectSparx Systemsxxxx[13] xCommercial
FRETxxNASA open source
Helix RMPerforcexxxxCommercial
Rational DOORSIBMxxxCommercial
Rational RhapsodyIBMxxxx[14] Commercial
DOORS Next (Jazz)IBMxxxCommercial
innoslateSPEC InnovationsxCommercial
Innovator for Business AnalystsMID GmbHxxCommercial
in-STEP BLUEmicroTool GmbHxxxCommercial
iRiseiRisexxxCommercial
Jama ConnectJama SoftwarexxxCommercial
JiraAtlassianxxxxCommercial
Kanban FlowCodeKick ABxCommercial
Kanban ToolShore LabsxCommercial
kanbanizekanbanizexxCommercial
Kovair ALMKovair Software, Inc.xxxxxxCommercial
LeanKitPlanview, Inc.xCommercial
MagicDrawNo Magic Inc. (since 2018 part of Dassault Systemes)xCommercial
Matrix ALM/QMSMatrix Requirements GmbHxxxxxCommercial
Marvel AppMarvelxxxCommercial
Minerva PLMMinerva Group A/SxxxxCommercial
SwiftlyOrca IntelligencexxxxxCommercial
Modelio AnalystModeliosoftxxCommercial
Modern Requirements4DevOpseDev TechnologiesxxCommercial
objectiFmicroTool GmbHxxCommercial
objectiF RPMmicroTool GmbHxxxxCommercial
OneDesk Product ManagementOneDesk Inc.xxCommercial
OpenPDMPROSTEP Inc. (see also ProSTEP iViP)xxCommercial
OpenProjectOpenProject GmbHxxGPL3
OSRMTxxGPL2
PivotalTrackerPivotalLabsxCommercial
PolarionSiemens PLM SoftwarexxxxxxxCommercial
PREEvisionVektor 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. KGxxGPL3
RMTrakPrometeo TechnologiesxCommercial
ScrumwisexCommercial
ScrumWorks ProCollabNetxCommercial
SOX2 RMEngineers Consulting GmbHxCommercial
Specification WizardMeetAddxCommercial
SpiraTeamInflectraxxxxCommercial
StorytellerBlueprint Software Systems, Inc.xxCommercial
storywiseireo GmbHxCommercial
SwiftKanbanDigité Inc.xCommercial
TargetprocessTargetprocess Inc.xCommercial
Tuleap EnterpriseenaleanxxCommercial
ValispaceValispace GmbHxxxxxxxCommercial
VersionOneCollabNetxxxCommercial
Visual ParadigmVisual Paradigm InternationalxxCommercial
Visure RequirementsVisure Solutions, Inc.xxxCommercial
Windchill RV&SPTCxxCommercial
YodizYodizxCommercial
YonixYonix Ltd.xCommercial

Other tools, developments, specialities

Further reading

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: What is Requirements Management. 2021-03-23. www.ibm.com. en-us.
  2. Carrillo de Gea. Juan M.. Nicolás. Joaquín. Alemán. José L. Fernández. Toval. Ambrosio. Ebert. Christof. Vizcaíno. Aurora. July 2011. Requirements Engineering Tools. IEEE Software. 28. 4. 86–91. 10.1109/MS.2011.81. 1921630 . 0740-7459.
  3. Web site: 2016-01-01. Requirements Management: A Practice Guide. 2021-04-05.
  4. Web site: ISO/IEC TR 24766:2009. 2021-03-22. ISO. en.
  5. Web site: Check e.g. MBSE tools on PPI / INCOSE's tools example page. . 2023-03-24 . www.systemsengineeringtools.com.
  6. Web site: Download now: "Automate Lifecycle Governance and Compliance for Automotive Software Systems" How To Accelerate Functional Safety in ISO 26262, SPICE, and CMMI. 2021-03-22. polarion.plm.automation.siemens.com. en.
  7. Web site: Home - Validas AG. 2021-03-22. validas.de.
  8. Web site: 2019-04-12. Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration integrations. 2021-04-22. www.ibm.com. en-us.
  9. Web site: About. 2021-04-22. open-services.net. en-us.
  10. Web site: SUP.9 – Problem Resolution Management - Kugler Maag Cie. 2021-03-23. www.kuglermaag.com.
  11. Web site: Spicy SE .
  12. Web site: No Magic Acquisition Completed: Dassault Systèmes Strengthens Foothold in Systems Engineering to Facilitate New Connected Experiences. 2021-10-15. www.3ds.com. 27 January 2020 . en.
  13. Web site: Requirements Management using Enterprise Architect's Specification Manager. 2021-04-22. sparxsystems.com. en.
  14. Web site: Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody - Overview. 2021-04-22. www.ibm.com. en-us.
  15. Web site: ReqInspector – Requirements Engineering Magazine. 2021-03-22. ReqInspector – Requirements Engineering Magazine. en.
  16. Book: Morais Ferreira, David. Automated Creation of a Database for the Analysis of the Completeness of German Natural Language Requirements. 2018. Kaiserslautern.
  17. Web site: Use ReqIF to move data from DOORS to DOORS Next. 2021-04-22. www.ibm.com. en-us.
  18. Book: Beatty, Joy. 2013 21st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE) . Winning the hidden battle: Requirements tool selection and adoption . July 2013. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6636753. Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil. IEEE. 364–365. 10.1109/RE.2013.6636753. 978-1-4673-5765-4. 206524062 .
  19. Book: Santana. Sonia R.. Perero. Lucrecia R.. Delduca. Amalia G.. Dapozo. Gladys N.. Computer Science – CACIC 2019 . Evaluation of Open Source Tools for Requirements Management . 2020. Pesado. Patricia. Arroyo. Marcelo. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-48325-8_13. Communications in Computer and Information Science. 1184. en. Cham. Springer International Publishing. 188–204. 10.1007/978-3-030-48325-8_13. 978-3-030-48325-8. 219428943 .
  20. Web site: Johan . van der Heide. 09013 Amalthea. 2021-03-22. itea3.org.