Welcome to the Download Web - part of the Requirements Management Database support site. This area allows you to download the latest version of the Requirements Management Database files.

Downloadable Content

• Requirements Management Database setup (version 2.4.015) [50 MB]
  • System Requirements: Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3, or Windows XP
  • Multi-Project and Multi-User ready
  • Free 14 day evaluation of the Full Read-Write version. After 14 days the user interface reverts to Read-Only mode.
  • Contact us to get a 14 day evaluation extension at no obligation
  • Sample Project Files (included)
    • Embedded Software / Hardware Device sample project
    • Blackblot Custom Process Module sample project
    • Blank project file ready for your next project
  • Check out What's New here
  • Tip: Not every user needs to run the Requirements Management Database in Full Read-Write mode. For many users, running in the free Read-Only mode is suitable for keeping track of the latest requirements and generating customized reports.

• Help file (version 2.4.015) [120 KB]
  • Compressed zip file
  • You can reconfigure the Requirements Management Database to point to this latest version of the Help file by clicking on the Options button and navigating to the Miscellaneous tab of the Display Preferences window.

• Getting Started Guide (version 2.0.009) [200 KB]
  • Adobe Acrobat PDF file
  • This document illustrates the most commonly used functionality of the Requirements Management Database. It is a "Top-10" guide of features that you are likely to use. The guide starts with how you go about entering a new requirement, and continues up to how you would present the requirement to others in your team.

• Requirements Management Database Data Sheet [40 KB]
  • Adobe Acrobat PDF file (2-pages)
  • The Data Sheet provides an overview of the major components within the product.

• Requirements Management Database Benefits Guide [34 KB]
  • Adobe Acrobat PDF file (1-page)
  • This document lists some of the key benefits you can expect from using the Requirements Management Database.

• Capturing Customer Insights (Pragmatic Marketing Article Jan/Feb 2006) [200 KB]
  • Adobe Acrobat PDF file
  • This article answers a set of common questions that frustrate a healthy product development process, like:
    • Where did all my customer insights go?
    • Why does my requirements document read like the minutes of a parliamentary committee meeting?
    • Why are my developers not happy?
    • Why do sales escalations drive the product?
    • Why can’t I get my requirements to the developers until after they start development?
    • What do a product release and a birthday party have in common?

Purchase Information

You have a number of different ways the Requirements Management Database can be put together to best suit your process. You can use the product standalone, or use it as a team. You can deploy versions for the producers of requirements (such as for the Product Managers, Engagement Managers, and Project Managers), and you can deploy versions for the consumers of requirements (such as the Development Engineers, and Account Managers). You can create an environment that runs solely within a LAN, or you can extend your environment to run across the Internet. You can also share requirements through the Web Interface.

All of these options may make it difficult to decide what is best for you. We would encourage you to talk to our sales team (sales@reqdb.com) to figure out a solution that works best for your team. Download the Price List and see the High Level Architecture below for more information about each option.

• Price List [35 KB]
  • Adobe Acrobat PDF file (1-page)
  • The Price List provides an overview of the pricing of the major components within the product
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High Level Architecture

• Multi-User Mode - when running in Multi-User Mode there can be any number of users simultaneously accessing the Project file. The Project file should reside on a fast network drive located in the local LAN.

• Read-Write Interface of the product (per PC installation) – the Full Read-Write version of the Requirements Management Database is installed on each client PC and is suitable for "producers" of requirements such as Product Managers. The one-off price provides you with a single node-locked license for the life of each PC.

• Read-Only Interface of the product – the product automatically reverts to Read-Only mode after the evaluation period expires. The Read-Only version offers the user full filtering and reporting functionality and is suitable for "consumers" of requirements such as Engineering Managers and Project Managers.

• Limited Read-Write Interface of the product – for heavy consumers of requirements a special Limited Read-Write Interface exists. Most of the interface runs in Read-Only mode, however the Issues and the Discussion Threads modules both offer special Read-Write access - thereby allowing the heavy consumers to add/edit the Issues and Discussion Threads associated with each Requirement.

• Web Interface version of the product – a simplified Web Interface to the Project File is provided. This interface is suitable for a company’s Intranet and targets consumers of requirement such as Development Engineers, Account Managers, and Field Engineers. Like the Limited Read-Write Interface, most of the Web Interface runs in Read-Only mode except for the Issues and the Discussion Threads modules that both offer special Read-Write access.

• Microsoft Project Synchronization – the Microsoft Project Synchronization Wizard allows a Project Manager to work off the same Project File and assess the resource/schedule impact of different scenarios.

• Custom Process Module – a special plug-in connected to the same Project File and pre-configured to conform to a custom process. The Blackblot Procedural Requirements Management (PRM) process has been included as a Custom Process Module within the installation.

• Open Data Structure – the Project File offers an open data structure to give the user tremendous flexibility in configuring the Requirements Management Database. The user can:
  • import data into every requirement attribute within the Project File
  • add new tables and fields
  • create new forms and reports
  • develop new web-pages
  • integrate into an existing enterprise database (such as Oracle)
  • link to other project management tools

• Setup costs – the setup of the application interface in a LAN environment is typically so simple that no additional setup fee is usually needed: simply place the Project Files on a very fast network drive and select [File][Open] from each application interface to access the project data. The setup cost for Internet environments and for the Web Interface version of the product will vary.

• Initial 14-day product evaluation – download the Requirements Management Database directly from our Download Support Site Web and immediately enjoy a free 14-day product evaluation.

• A second 14-day product evaluation – we will extend your product evaluation upon request for a total of 28-days.

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