As mentioned by Daniel Moul in his “Coming soon: IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management V7.0.3” blog post, we have focused our enhancements across ELM in five categories. For this upcoming DOORS Next V7.0.3 release, we have specifically concentrated our efforts on mainly two of those categories: user productivity and operating at scale. First, I am very […]

Come learn about key productivity enhancements available in IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS from the experts and lunch is on us. Register for the Grab a beer with an IBM engineer seminar where IBM subject matter experts will discuss and demo key DOORS enhancements. IBM is continually enhancing DOORS with new functionality and its important to […]

DOORS Next 7.0.2 brings together two themes, Usability & Consistency over ELM and reporting over requirements versions. Usability & Consistency over Engineering Lifecycle Management: Making use of traceability for change impact analysis and reporting Simplified linking: drag-drop or copy-paste links within and between requirements, tests, and work items Consistent selection of Users with an updated […]

Building on the themes of ELM 7.0, our next release is just around the corner. Since 7.0.1 has come so soon after 7.0, we recommend that anyone planning to upgrade should go straight to 7.0.1. This blog covers releases of all Requirements Management tools including: IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next 7.0.1 IBM Engineering Requirements […]

Just another hack? MacGyver was a TV character placed in daunting situations with only his wits and a few simple items to save the day. According to a recent survey* the number one issue in product delivery today is unrealistic expectations – what is more unrealistic than MacGyver creating a defibrillator out of candlesticks, microphone […]

Don’t get caught A trap is a position or situation from which it is difficult or impossible to escape. Getting caught in product or software development requirement traps can be problematic. The traps of bad requirements definition and management result in cost overruns, missed deadlines, poorly designed products, and a failure to deliver what the […]

In case you missed last year’s announcement, IBM Engineering Requirements Management – DOORS Next (DOORS Next) is the new name for IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation (RDNG or DNG). For more details, please see: Renaming the IBM Continuous Engineering Portfolio. V7.0 implements this renaming as well as the modernization of the user interface look and […]

Share your insights on IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation.  Your peers go to G2 Crowd to get an inside look at Product Management tools and other business software. Adding your perspective on Rational DOORS Next Generation will help others pick the right product based on real user experiences. For the first 40 reviewers of Rational […]

We’ve put a lot of effort in to the enhancements to IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation 6.0.4, including the following.  For more in-depth detail, see the New &  Noteworthy. Advancing requirements configuration management Understanding requirements history and audit trail has been, and continues to be, a fundamental need for requirements management practices. With the introduction of […]

IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation (DNG) 6.0.3 introduces a new dimension to configuration management a simpler way to interact with requirements information and more. Components It’s likely you will find information about “components” in a number of our blogs about 6.0.3.  That’s because they impact a number of our tools. It is now possible to […]