Data Sheet

Caliber

Caliber
Poorly understood requirements frequently cause software project failures, inefficiencies, rework and
duplication of effort. Failure to align development efforts with business needs or manage ever-changing
requirements can significantly hinder the delivery of quality products and software. Organizations must
therefore effectively elicit, communicate, validate and manage change to project requirements—especially
in Agile environments.

Product Overview objectives with development deliverables as Key Benefits

Requirements management should be a col- project teams collaborate to prioritize, approve
Caliber 11.5 offers the following benefits:
laborative process of collecting, documenting, and understand the impacts of real-time change. •  Significantly reduce project rework by using visual
prioritizing, socializing and validating a set scenarios to identify requirements and business
of requirements. Without good requirements Caliber Author enables creative expression rules at the level of detail required within the
practices, even project quality initiatives are and central storage of requirements, with a project scope
compromised. To add to the challenge, busi- simple interface that combines the best au- •  Use simulations to ensure that the application meets
thoring and organizing features of Word and the stakeholders needs before development starts
nesses are under increasing regulatory and
•  Make informed decisions with real-time impact
compliance pressures and need help with gov- Excel. Built-in version control, baseline sup- analysis by tracing dependencies within and
ernance. Projects without well-formed require- port, requirements reuse, custom templates, across projects
ments and change processes will lack control traceability and the ability to generate tem- •  Improve application quality by ensuring acceptance
and direction. plate-based specification documents improves criteria is defined with the requirements
requirements management. •  Ensure development delivery is aligned with b ­ usiness
requirements through real-time status updates of
Micro Focus® Caliber helps address these chal-
related Agile user stories
lenges by ensuring that all stakeholders are ef- Visualizations are tightly integrated with the
•  Control business risk and ensure regulatory
fectively working towards the same goals by Caliber Author environment, effectively com- ­compliance with requirements reuse and traceability
means of a shared view of requirements from bining visual use case scenarios and simula- •  Optimize the requirements feedback, review and
inception through delivery. A unified approach tions with traditional requirements to form the approval process with web-based visualizations,
to requirements visualization, definition and most comprehensive picture. discussions and electronic signatures
management ensures alignment of business
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Caliber

Caliber Visualize brings requirement visualiza- Powerful traceability across lifecycle tools, System Requirements
tions closer to more stakeholders than ever configurable requirement types, visualizations
Clients
before. Teams discover, define and manage and the ability to track related Agile user sto- Author Client
application requirements visually and interac- ries, greatly simplifies impact and relationship Supported OS
tively using scenarios and simulations to en- analysis. Template based documents can eas- • Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise, 32-bit and 64-bit
able effective collaboration. ily be generated for formal specifications. • Windows 7 Enterprise, 32- bit and 64-bit
• Windows 8/8.1 Pro/ Enterprise, 32-bit and 64-bit
The simulations bring requirements to life with Caliber Visualize helps bring requirements to Software Requirements
realistic data and embedded business logic. life through visualization, including scenarios • Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 10 or later, Firefox,
Stakeholders see how their requirements are and interactive simulations. Business users Chrome, Safari
• MS Office 2007, 2010, 2013 (required for
interpreted before committing to a lengthy and and analysts collaborate in identifying activity
DocFactory, Export). Office 365 ProPlus,
expensive development effort. steps, decisions, participating roles and their Office 2016
related requirements and business rules. Test • Visual Studio Explorer: VS 2010, 2013 (required for
Caliber Review enables stakeholders to review cases can be automatically generated from TFS traceability)
requirements, provide feedback, understand defined scenarios. Feedback is collected in • MS Access: 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 (required for
related items and approve baselines with elec- context, to ensure that requirements are de- Datamart, Export)
tronic signatures. fined completely and unambiguously. • Oracle 11g (required for Datamart, Export)
• MS SQL Server 2008, 2012 (required for
Datamart, export)
Key Features Caliber Review: The new license-free, web- • Adobe Flash Player 9.0.47 or later (required for
The comprehensive requirements solution is based online review facility enables business Visualization runtime)
made up of three components: and casual users to browse and comment Hardware Requirements
on requirements. It provides reviews for all or • RAM 2 GB (4 GB recommended)
Caliber Author enables distributed stake- subsets of requirements, along with baseline • Processor Dual Core CPU
holders to collaborate well through a single approvals with electronic signatures. Caliber • Hard Drive 1 GB free space (5 GB recommended)
Review helps to socialize requirements for • Screen resolution 1280 x 1024 or higher
system to manage requirements throughout
their lifecycle. feedback and approval in the fewest number Visualize/Review Clients
of steps possible. As in Author, plus:
• Apple Mac OS X
• Mobile (review only) iOS 4.x or later
• Android 4.x or later
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System Requirements continued
Servers Visualize Server Review Server
Caliber Data Server Supported OS Supported OS
Supported OS • Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit, Windows Server • Windows Server 2008 R2 32-bit and 64-bit,
• Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit, Windows Server 2012 R1 and R2 64-bit Windows Server 2012 R1 and R2 64-bit
2012 R1 and R2 64-bit •  Windows 7 (trials only) Enterprise 64-bit • Windows 7 (trials only) Enterprise 32-bit and 64-bit
•  Windows 7 (trials only) Enterprise 64-bit Hardware Requirements Hardware Requirements
Hardware Requirements • RAM: 4 GB (16 GB recommended) As above.
• RAM: 4 GB (16 GB recommended) • Processor: Dual Core CPU (Quad core
Virtualization
• Processor: Dual Core CPU (Quad core recommended)
• VMware ESX 4.1 or later
recommended) • Hard Drive: 20 GB free space (100 GB
• Hard Drive: 20 GB free space (100 GB ­recommended), 2.5 times DB size recommended Supported Languages
­recommended), 2.5 times DB size recommended for upgrade Caliber Author
for upgrade • English, Chinese, French, German and Japanese
Virtualization
Database • VMware ESX 4.1 or late Document Factory, Import/ Export Utility,
• Versant 8.0.2.49 HP Quality Center Publisher, Data Server,
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Virtualization • English and Chinese
• VMware ESX 4.1 or later
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