Requirements Management Expands to Hosted Solution

By DE Editors

FeaturePlan On-Demand, a requirements management tool from Ryma Technology Solutions Inc. (Montreal, Quebec), is now available as an on-demand, hosted solution. 

Using FeaturePlan, organizations can consolidate the flow of incoming customer and market requirements into a central database, track requirements through multiple releases, and deliver context to developers. FeaturePlan, which is also available as a packaged requirements management solution, is based on the Pragmatic Marketing framework.

Unlike other requirements management solutions that focus on development requirements, FeaturePlan enables its users to identify product requirements that are based on actual customer feedback and business drivers. With FeaturePlan, product management teams are able to collect both market and customer intelligence from a variety of disparate sources, analyze the data to identify real-world business needs, define valid product requirements and features, and then prioritize them based on business opportunities and their organization's corporate strategy. 

In addition to the availability of FeaturePlan On-Demand, a number of enhancements to the FeaturePlan product set were also announced recently. With the new Web-access capability, a user can add information into FeaturePlan from any Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser. There is a new Microsoft Outlook add-in feature, so that users can push market input into FeaturePlan within the familiar Microsoft Outlook interface. In addition, the FeaturePlan license manager capability enables product administrators to display which licenses and add-ons are associated with which users.  Furthermore, users will be able to work in FeaturePlan while disconnected from the server.  

For more information, visit featureplan.com or to read a blog about the solution, click here.  

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.