Companies place great emphasis on timely project completion, using project management tools to track status and progress. But this ignores whether or not the project meets its requirements. A project plan measures whether a project is done, but how do you know when it is done right?

The true measure of success is whether or not a project has met the needs of its audience, which makes requirements management very important. There are many project management tools in the marketplace, but there are far fewer options for requirements management. The most common tools, like Requisite Pro or HP Quality Center, are priced only for enterprises and are notoriously complex. Most project teams gather requirements using Microsoft Word and struggle to keep the documentation relevant.