Tracking Non-functional Requirements

Because most CASE (computer-aided software engineering) tools only track functional requirements, an analyst often needs to use more ``traditional'' means to document and track non-functional requirements.

Just like all other documents, it is best to choose a format that supports ``version control''. In other words, a feature that allows the convenient and visual comparison of different versions of a document. Microsoft Word (and most compatible word processors) supports flexible and visual version control for documents.

While it is convenient to computers to create, track, distribute and view documents, it is equally important to ``back up'' documents with printouts. All major versions, especially ones released to the client, should be filed and organized by a document control person.