Lighthouse: Requirements Management

Why Use Lighthouse to Manage your Requirements?

Lighthouse Requirements Management is different. It's much more than unstructured Word or Excel files, and much simpler than expensive and complex point requirements tools.

Lighthouse requirements are stored in a structured format, enabling you to sort, search, filter and report on all sorts of data. Requirements traceability and reporting are a breeze, since all project artifacts reside in the same database.

Customize Lighthouse requirements or use it out-of-the box. See the table below for Lighthouse requirements management, or try it for yourself.

Compare Requirements Management features within different Lighthouse editions:

  Free Edition Standard Edition Team Edition Enterprise Edition
Features        
Import from WordLighthouse provides a simple wizard that lets you import all your requirements from Microsoft Word 2003. Requirements can either be in Table or Index formats. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Advanced EditorEnter requirements directly into Lighthouse using our advanced editor. Embed images, decorate text, and much more. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Batch UpdateBatch Update lets you update more than one requirement at the same time. Easily change the status, who it's assigned to, and much more. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Auto-Create Test CasesYou can make sure all your requirements are tested by automatically converting them to test cases. - Yes Yes Yes
Assign Releases and IterationsKeep track of your requirements by assigning them to specific releases and iterations. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Track HistoryYou can easily track changes made to your requirements - who made the change, when the change was made, and what was changed. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Add and Track CommentsEasily collaborate on your requirements from within Lighthouse. Your developers, QA Engineers and Project Managers can provide comments, ask questions, and much more. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Export to Word, HTML and ExcelExport your requirements to a number of formats including Word, Excel and HTML. Yes Yes Yes Yes
TraceabilityTraceability means tracking where your requirement came from and where it's going. Link the requirement to Change Requests, Defects, Tests, Tasks and so much more. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Basic FiltersFilters let you get to your requirements quickly. Filter by resource, release, status, severity and much more. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Advanced FiltersWith advanced filtering, you can now determine which of your requirements have passed or failed testing and which ones have associated defects. - Yes Yes Yes
Collaboration        
Basic Roles (3 uneditable)Your users are assigned to roles which control access to your requirements. You can choose from 3 pre-defined roles. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Basic Roles (3 editable)Your users are assigned to roles which control access to your requirements. You can choose from (and modify) 3 pre-defined roles. - Yes Yes Yes
Unlimited RolesCreate as many roles as you want to control access to your Requirements and assign them to your users. Create some for your clients, executives, developers, QA engineers, and many more. - Yes Yes Yes
Basic NotificationsEvery time a requirement is added or updated, notifications are emailed to the requirement owner and the assignee. The owner is the one who originally entered the requirement. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Notifications (editable)Change the notification rule, message and distribution list. Easily add other users/roles to the distribution list. - Yes Yes Yes
Unlimited NotificationsCreate as many notification rules as you want to. At Artifact, we have 26! - No Yes Yes
My Assignments DashboardEasily see your requirements when you first log in to Lighthouse. - Yes Yes Yes
Project Activities DashboardSee real-time daily, weekly and monthly activity for all your requirements across all your projects. - No Yes Yes
Customization        
Custom FieldsAdd up to 30 fields to your Requirements. Many formats are supported includingtext boxes, combo boxes, pull-down lists, etc. Make the fields required and track their history. - No No Yes
Custom LayoutChange the location and layout of your custom fields. - No No Yes
Custom ReportsCreate any report you want. Requirements Traceability, Matrix and History reports are some of our more popular ones. Automatically email them to your peers. - No No Yes
Custom ColorsChange your Lighthouse Account colors. Choose from one of our defined templates or create your own. - No No Yes
Hide TabsHide Lighthouse tabs to control what your users can see and have access too. - No No Yes
Custom MethodologiesChange Lighthouse to support your methodology. Support for Agile, Waterfall, RUP and Hybrid methodologies are available. - No No Yes
Specs        
ProjectsEach edition provides a certain number of projects and users per project. 1 unlimited unlimited unlimited
SupportTwo levels of support are provided. Basic support is available via user forums, blogs and documentation. Premium support also includes email and phone, with guaranteed response time. basic premium premium premium
Hosted or On PremiseHosted Lighthouse means Lighthouse is accessible on our servers. On Premise means you can install a complete version of Lighthouse behind your firewall. hosted hosted hosted either
Annual Cost per User Free $99 $199 $299
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