Many large organizations and consulting firms have multiple software acquisition or software evaluation projects going on in parallel. So, if you occasionally or frequently create Evaluation Specifications (and Requests for Proposal (RFPs)), you will realize that some requirements are specific to an Evaluation Specification, while others are needed in almost every Evaluation Specification. The latter group of requirements may be termed 'horizontal' requirements, since almost every Evaluation Specification includes them. For example, Evaluation Specifications about Business Process Modeling Tools and Business Rule Tools both include a set of security-related requirements.

The "Functional Requirement Templates Package" provides a view into the Functional Requirements Repository (FRR). The FRR is a central requirements repository, which holds all requirement templates. It is frequently updated and extended.

The following figure provides you with an impression of the Requirement Templates Browser. A list of Requirement Templates is presented for each Requirement Category as you navigate the hierarchical Requirement Categories Tree View.

When you select a Template Requirement, the view will change and you will be shown the Requirement Template details. 

All you need to do is select the requirement templates that you need and import them into your Evaluation Specification via drag & drop. It will never be simpler to save time and effort when creating an Evaluation Specification. 

The "Functional Requirement Templates Package" contains requirement templates about the following general topics:

• Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Messaging
• Management and Administration
  
• Security 

It will soon be available for licensing on an annual subscription basis. It includes all other domain-specific Requirement Templates Packages, such as the "Security RTP".