[Reqsman-general] Fwd: Re: Requirements Manager on SourceForge

[Matthew E. <mat...@ya...>]

Charles and Kris-

I just now noticed your posts from over a year ago (you may or may not 
remember) to the sf.net "Requirements Manager" project that I created 
(<http://sourceforge.net/projects/reqsman/>).  Your notes provide some of 
the more-interesting feedback I've seen yet.  I'm extremely disappointed 
that I didn't notice them until now.  Do either of you have an interest in 
continuing the discussion in the Open Forum?  I'd be interested in hearing 
more and also contributing my thoughts.

I must apologize that I wasn't actively reading the forums.

You may or may not be interested to read the response I sent to another 
person inquiring about the project.  I include it below.  It provides a few 
more details on my perspective for the project.

I copy this msg to the general mailing list 
(req...@li...).

Regards,
-Matt



>Reply-To: "Matthew England" <men...@me...>
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>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:24:39 -0600
>To: Mark Ault <ma...@us...>
>From: Matthew England <mat...@ya...>
>Subject: Re: Requirements Manager on SourceForge
>Cc: men...@me...
>
>Hi Mark-
>
>
>At 1/14/2002 10:07 PM, Mark Ault wrote:
>>I noticed the project you set up on SourceForge.
>>I have been thinking about doing something similar
>>to what you describe in this project.  It appears
>>that not much has happened on this project or has
>>it just not been done on SF?  Would you be willing
>>to share whatever thoughts you had if this project
>>is not currently active?
>>
>>Thanks -- Mark
>
>
>Many things for me to say here, so little time. :)
>
>No, I haven't done anything with this, but I have many thoughts about it, 
>thoughts which I've formed over some time.  You're also not the first 
>person to ask about this.  I appreciate your inquiry!
>
>If you're comfortable doing so, I invite you to call me if you're 
>interested in pursuing further.  Best number to reach me: 
>312-543-9916.  There's so many thoughts and perspectives to acquire from 
>both me to you and vice versa that I find an interactive conversation much 
>easier than email.
>
>I share a small sampling of thoughts here:
>
>I believe there is at least one other requirements-manager project on 
>sourceforge.net (aka sf.net) that I know of 
>(<http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=127385&forum_id=100371>), 
>possibly others, you might want to check it out.  I also started an email 
>thread at a popular RM/RE mailing list 
>(<http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~didar/RE-online.html>) proposing an 
>open-sourced requirements management tool that generated a lot of 
>discussion but ultimately didn't spark any real work (check out the email 
>archives if you like, they are all available, let me know if you would 
>like help with this).  I created the sourceforge.net project around the 
>time of this discussion.  I've also received a few inquiries from others 
>who have seen the sf.net RM project.  I'm considering gathering the email 
>addresses of those who have inquired and putting them on the sf.net 
>project emailing list and then starting a real discussion.
>
>For what it's worth, I'm a DOORS user 
>(<http://www.telelogic.com/products/doors/>) and am working on 
>market-requirements-intensive projects for computing technology at my 
>current company.  While I think Telelogic's tool is useful, I think the 
>technology can be taken to places and used in ways that seem to be far 
>beyond the work scope and understanding of Telelogic.  I've talked with 
>several Telelogic people about this, most of them seem to agree when I 
>give them the $.05 summary.
>
>I find that my vision is usually much broader than those that inquire 
>about making an open-sourced RM tool, and has in the past detered me from 
>trying to lead an effort towards said vision.  I invite you to call if 
>you'd like to discuss!
>
>-Matt
>312-543-9916
>
>
>
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