Ease ALM With the Proper Tools (Continued)

Requirements
Telelogic DOORS (Telelogic North America Inc.)
One of the most important aspects of the application lifecycle is requirements management. If this is the aspect you need to cover most, Telelogic DOORS might be the product for you. This tool is focused on the requirements phase only. DOORS uses an explorer-like interface to manage both requirements and any associated information. Through the Enterprise Change Proposal System, users can submit their own change requests—requests that can be shared among multiple projects and tracked throughout the project's lifecycle. DOORS also integrates with DocExpress, an add-on product that lets users merge DOORS data into their program documentation.

Goda AnalystPro 4.0 (Goda Software)
Requirements phases tracked by Analyst Pro are change management, analysis, and traceability. Requirements can be stored separately, in relationship, or linked to design objects. The Analyst Pro Traceability feature helps users document and identify lower-level requirements derived from parent requirements. It can also generate reports, graphs, and charts automatically.

Design
Rational XDE Modeler (IBM Rational)
Rational XDE Modeler lets designers produce platform-independent UML models of software architecture. It features multimodel support to separate concerns of analysis, architecture, design, and implementation. Developers can use the resulting architectural models and patterns for implementation, accelerating the development of applications to conform to their architecture. Rational XDE Modeler is part of the IBM Rational XDE family, which includes Rational XDE Developer Java Platform Edition, Rational XDE Developer .NET Edition, Rational XDE Developer Plus Edition, and Rational XDE Tester.

ER/Studio (Embarcadero Technologies Inc.)
If your in-house development projects focus on databases only, ER/Studio might be the product you need. This database modeling tool is designed to manage the entire development process from design to completion. Its graphical interface lets you draw the object model you require and its automated transformation features will create the database structure from the model you rendered. Any modifications you make to the design will automatically be translated to the database structure. ER/Studio also supports reverse engineering, letting you integrate your existing programs into the design environment. It will also automatically document the designs you render, and through its viewer program lets you share these diagrams with anyone in the organization. ER/Studio supports all the popular relational databases, including Microsoft Access.

AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler (Computer Associates)
AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler helps create and maintain databases, data warehouses, and enterprise data models. AllFusion ERwin data models help you visualize data structures to facilitate the organization, management, and moderation of data complexities, database technologies, and the deployment environment.