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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.
Requirements Packages represent collections of requirements organized by topic. Each
Requirements Package provides a view into the
central Requirements Repository, which holds all requirement
templates. It is frequently updated and extended.
The following figure provides you with an impression of the Functional Requirements 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 Requirement, the view will change and you will be shown the Requirement details.
All you need to do is
select the Requirement Templates that you need and import them into
your Evaluation Specification via drag & drop.
Please note that you cannot import requirements into an Evaluation Specification if the Evaluation Specification has status Approved.
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