Capturing Business Value using Rational Requirements Composer
Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008

Description: As organizations seek to improve requirements processes and better define the associated roles, they are increasingly focusing on requirements definition capabilities as a key enabler for capturing real business needs and delivering business value through "collaboration in context" across the solution delivery lifecycle. Find out about challenges that still plague organizations in this area, and how you can use techniques, processes and tools from IBM Rational for Requirements Definition and Management to visually define, elaborate, collaboratively validate, and effectively manage your requirements resulting in improved application lifecycle management, enhanced communication among stakeholders and project teams, faster project execution, and lower cost of delivery. Join our subject matter experts for this one-hour session to get a personal tour of our enhanced capabilities, see a live demonstration of our NEW Rational Requirements Composer, and participate in the Q&A session.

Speaker Bio

Dwayne Dreakford, Product Manager, IBM Rational Integrated Requirements Management.
Dwayne is the Product Manager responsible for working with the IBM Rational team to help drive and develop our product roadmap. Dwayne was part of the original Rational team that was acquired by IBM. He has over seven years of experience working with the Rational suite of products and has thirteen years of experience in both consulting and software development. His expertise and focus lies in Requirements, Analysis and Design, Implementation and Testing.

Theresa Kratschmer, Marketing Engineer, IBM Rational Integrated Requirements Management.
Theresa is a Senior Software Engineer serving as the Marketing Engineer for Rational Requirements Definition and Management. Theresa has been in technology industry for 22 years, with over 12 years at IBM. She has had roles in development, consulting, product development and research, including managing the Change & Release Management, Requirements Definition Management, and the Build Forge Design Partner Programs as well as spending 10 years at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Labs working on defect analysis, requirements, and Orthogonal Defect Classification deployment.

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