Poor Requirements Management is a major cause of project failure. The requirements process generally includes a needs assessment, elicitation and analysis of requirements, monitoring and controlling requirements and evaluation of solutions” – PMI.
Requirements Management is available as of SAP Solution Manager 7.2, and it can be used by Business departments to submit Business Requirements. An IT Requirement can be created as a follow-up action, and IT can validate the requirement from technical perspective. Once the proposal is accepted by the business, it can be submitted for implementation.
Requirements Management provides the following benefits:
- Role-based approach for easy communication between business and IT
- Central point of access for process and technical documentation
- Easy way to provide transparency for people involved
- Central storage for requirements and change management along the life cycle
