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CaliberRDM

Bring software requirements to life

CaliberRDM®is an integrated requirements definition and management platform that combines interactive software simulation with traditional requirements management. Interactive simulations bring software requirements to life, improving the quality and accuracy of requirements throughout the lifecycle to improve end user satisfaction.

Good software requirements mean the difference between a project’s success and failure. CaliberRDM helps software delivery teams discover, define and manage application requirements in a visual and interactive way through scenarios and simulations.

Reduce post-delivery rework by up to 40%

Industry analysis suggests that at least half of all defects arise from incomplete or incorrect requirements. More than 80% of the effort to fix defects is spent fixing requirement-related defects. CaliberRDM reduces the overhead by promoting early feedback and a shared understanding of the business need to ensure the right software is built first time.

End-to-end requirements definition and ongoing management  

With tighter integration between CaliberRDM for requirements visualization and CaliberRM for ongoing requirements management, all types of project stakeholders have increased visibility into requirements and the processes of change behind them. By establishing traceability and making visual requirements readily available, goals are shared and there is a common vision across teams and roles. Powerful traceability options provide decision support when prioritizing work or performing impact and coverage analysis for proposed changes. 

Increase stakeholder satisfaction

Involving stakeholders early and often is key to successful application delivery. CaliberRDM overcomes reviewer disengagement and the possibility of errors that reviewing hundreds of pages of documentation can cause. Interactive simulations and scenarios give stakeholders a cost effective, early experience of a proposed implementation before expensive production work is started. CaliberRDM also enables stakeholders to provide feedback, ensuring requirements are continuously aligned to business need - which in turn promotes a more agile way of working.

CaliberRDM
Interactive and realistic experienceUsing sample data and business logic from your organization in simulations shows exactly how the software will perform in real life.
Streamlined collaborationUsers can review and leave comments by accessing simulations on the web, communicating feedback clearly and shortening the feedback cycle.
Powerful analysis facilitiesBusiness process storyboarding using multi-user, server-based process diagramming helps you define business processes, sketch and distribute diagrams, and attach images and other documents for additional context.
Combines text requirements with visualizationsWhether defining text-based requirements within CaliberRDM or tracing to text-based requirements in CaliberRM, the Caliber line will help you get the right mix of words and pictures to clearly communicate your requirements.
Secure centralized requirement platformA centralized web-based platform manages all requirement objects, including text-based requirements, attributes, attachments, scenarios and simulations.
Align quality activitiesTest cases can be automatically generated from requirement scenarios and simulations and imported into most test management tools. QA teams can manage requirement change and jump-start testing efforts faster and earlier in the lifecycle.
  • CaliberRDM is part of the Micro Focus Continuous Quality Assurance approach.

  • Deep integration with CaliberRM provides the ability to easily browse, create, and edit traceability relationships between visualizations and requirements. 

  • Integrates with SilkCentral® so QA teams can align requirements, manage requirement change and testing efforts faster and earlier in the lifecycle.

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