Defining requirements is a critical step in product development that plays heavily on the success of any release. That’s why we’re happy to announce a partnership with Process Impact that will see the consultancy’s requirements engineering templates integrated into FeaturePlan.

By using the integrated Process Impact templates in FeaturePlan’s Document Center module, users will be able to streamline the process of defining requirements, allowing them to create comprehensive market and product requirements documents (MRDs and PRDs), using analytics from the product database, in a greatly reduced timeframe.

Based out of Portland, Oregon, Process Impact specializes in software development, project management and process improvement for both small and large organizations. Their areas of expertise include requirements engineering, risk management, software peer reviews, project management, metrics, and process assessment.

Process Impact’s principal consultant, Karl Wiegers, is also a renowned author in the field of software requirements, having sold over 150,000 copies of his books. His titles include:Software Requirements, 2nd Edition; More About Software Requirements; Practical Project Initiation: A Handbook with Tools; Creating a Software Engineering Culture; and Peer Reviews in Software: A Practical Guide.

In speaking with Karl, he had some interesting things to say about how the value of templates and how they will be leveraged:

"Business analysts and product managers are bombarded with a vast array of information when conceiving and specifying the requirements for a new software product. By using the document templates, checklists, spreadsheet tools, sample requirements documents, and other work aids integrated in FeaturePlan, product managers can improve the way they develop and manage requirements.”

Ryma-Process Impact Joint Webinar

As part of our partnership with Process Impact, Ryma will host a webinar on May 23th at 12 p.m. EST. Presented by Karl Weiger, the webinar “Thorny Issues in Software Requirements” will cover how to deal with issues that software producers commonly face, including: how to define project scope; the connection between use cases and functional requirements; distinguishing requirements from design; and how to use requirements management tools effectively.

You can register for this webinar here: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/qw69ncmspvc5

Pricing and availability for FeaturePlan’s Process Impact templates will be announced at a future date. For more information, please contact our This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .