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ReqSheet for Microsoft Visual Studio® Team System (formerly codenamed Quew) is a
lightweight and quick-start requirements productivity
tool with a minimal learning curve. The tool provides a
productive environment for working with requirements in
Team System projects, and is ideally
suited to analysts
who prefer the convenience and simplicity of working
with off-line documents. A network connection is only
required when retrieving data from or publishing
requirements to Team Foundation Server. ReqSheet
documents can be emailed as attachments and shared using
Microsoft SharePoint®. Combining ReqSheet with
stpsoft Storyboarding for VSTS
enables analysts to collaborate with business users to
visually transform stakeholder requirements into
detailed functional requirements linked to development tasks
in Team Foundation Server.
The Alpha pre-release version
of ReqSheet for VSTS is available for
download and unrestricted use (free license).
Benefits
• Productive environment for working with
requirements in Team System projects.
• Intuitive, simple and lightweight with no
training required.
• Document based with the
usability and convenience of traditional office tools.
•
Centralised and robust Team Foundation Server database
for managing requirements.
•
Flexibility to support custom Team System process
templates .
• Integration with stpsoft Storyboarding for concept
visualisation or requirements validation.
• Ideal for managing product
requirements, feature plans and road maps for off-line
review by external customers.
•
Ideal for analysts and developers who prefer working
off-line with text documents or spreadsheets, but
require a centralised database with purpose-built
requirements functionality.
• Ideal for analysts and developers seeking to document and
structure an informal set of requirements, tasks and
design decisions as Team System work items.
Pricing
Information
The Alpha pre-release version is licensed free of charge. The
licensing information below relates to
the final release.
• The product is licensed per user per machine.
• All prices exclude taxes and any imports/customs duties.
• The license fee includes 12 months of email support and software updates.
• Maintenance can be renewed annually per license.
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ReqSheet for VSTS |
US Dollars |
Euros |
GBP |
|
1 User License |
$
850 |
700 EUR |
£
490 |
|
5 User License Pack |
$
3,950 |
3,200 EUR |
£
2,250 |
|
10 User License Pack |
$
7,300 |
5,800 EUR |
£
4,100 |
|
Renewal per License |
$ 204 |
168 EUR |
£ 117 |
|
Upgrade from Standard Edition |
US Dollars |
Euros |
GBP |
|
1 User License |
$
355 |
280 EUR |
£
200 |
|
5 User License Pack |
$
1,650 |
1,250 EUR |
£
900 |
|
10 User License Pack |
$
3,050 |
2,200 EUR |
£
1,600 |
Key Features
Intuitive and User Friendly
Document Based with Central TFS Database
Edit TFS Work Items within ReqSheet
Requirements Reuse
Methodology Flexibility
Review Status Tracking
Review Comments
Track Changes
Exports, Data Synchronisation and Document Generation
Integration with stpsoft Storyboarding
COM API and Custom Add-Ins
Intuitive and User Friendly
ReqSheet is exceptionally user friendly and does not
require any formal training. The tool provides a simple
user interface with familiar short-cut keys for standard
productivity functions such as copy, cut, paste, undo,
redo, find, replace and save.
Document Based with Central TFS Database
Requirements are
entered hierarchically into ReqSheet documents, which can be emailed as
attachments and shared using Microsoft SharePoint®. Microsoft® Team
Foundation Server acts as the central database providing
requirements storage, management, workflow and tracking.
ReqSheet documents can be maintained off-line, making the tool ideal for
engaging with customers off-site. A network connection
is only required when retrieving data from or publishing
requirements to Team Foundation Server.
Edit TFS Work Items within ReqSheet
Capture, organise and manage Team System requirements
in a hierarchical list using drag and drop. View and modify TFS work items (including managing links
and attachments) from within ReqSheet without having to
use the Visual Studio Team Explorer.
Requirements Reuse
Requirements can be reused by simply copying a
requirement and pasting as a cross-reference. Any
changes to the original requirement are reflected in the
cross-reference. Cross-references provide a good
starting point for identifying object and code reuse
during the design stage.
Methodology Flexibility
Create custom document templates to work with any
Team System process template. Predefined templates are
provided for MSF for Agile, MSF for CMMI and SCRUM.
Review Status Tracking
Requirements are colour coded
depending on their review status, making it easy to scan
the document for new and modified requirements. Changing
an 'Approved' requirement automatically changes the
review status and colour to highlight that the
requirement has been modified.
Review Comments
Conduct peer reviews and annotate
requirements with review comments. Customers and other
stakeholders can review and comment on requirements. 'Next' and 'Previous'
buttons facilitate navigating between requirements with
review comments, and document owners can mark review
comments as accepted.
Track Changes
Control when changes are tracked and highlighted using the 'Track Changes' toggle. Changed requirements are highlighted in the requirements list, and 'Next' and 'Previous'
buttons facilitate navigating between changed
requirements. Compare changes using the quick 'before
and after' view, or perform a more detailed analysis
highlighting exactly which words have changed in
context. Document owners can accept or roll back requirements changes.
Exports, Data Synchronisation and Document Generation
Documents (such as Marketing Briefs,
Product Briefs, Feature Plans, Vision Documents and
Requirements Specifications) can be generated in Microsoft Word
and HTML format. Data can be exported to Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft Project and XML. Data within Microsoft
Excel spreadsheets and Microsoft Project plans can be
synchronised with ReqSheet documents.
Integration with stpsoft Storyboarding
ReqSheet documents can be imported to
stpsoft Storyboarding for VSTS
to visualise concepts and to validate requirements. The
Storyboarding import
wizard lets the user specify which data to
import based on the data verification method.
Functionality and concepts in the GUI and workflow storyboard can be linked to
ReqSheet data (such as features, goals and requirements), and a traceability matrix can be generated
to check for completeness, assess the impact of change and
minimise scope creep.
COM API and Custom Add-Ins
The ReqSheet COM API enables the creation of custom COM add-ins that
can be executed from within ReqSheet and other COM clients (such as
custom macros in Microsoft Excel).
Using the API, developers can create custom imports/exports
and custom integrations (such as integration with document management
and testing tools).
System Requirements
MS WinXP Pro or MS Windows Server 2003 or MS Windows Vista, MS Word 2003
and above, MS Excel 2003 and above (optional), and MS Project
2003 and above(optional), Visual Studio Team Explorer
2008
and network access with permissions to a Team Foundation
Server. Integration with stpsoft Storyboarding for VSTS v3.04
and above (optional).
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