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New with Caliber 11.1

  • Real-time status of Agile user stories related to business requirements
  • Improved editing and document generation capabilities
  • Ability to see reviewable sets of requirements baselines and filters in Review
  • Approve and sign baselines in Review

Establish a common vision

  • As business needs evolve, Caliber keeps your requirements in step with that evolution.
  • Visualize requirements through storyboarding and simulation
  • Collaborate with stakeholders during every phase of software delivery
  • Caliber brings waterfall and Agile together linking requirements to user stories

Listen to Caliber Podcasts

Maximizing Adoption of Requirements Management Tools

In ‘Maximizing Adoption of Requirements Management Tools’ you’ll hear how Melissa Bradshaw, an experienced project manager and Caliber implementer, has ensured strong adoption of Caliber throughout Lockheed Martin. Play the podcast now and discover the importance of:

  • Creating a formal program for adoption
  • Making it possible for stakeholders and customers to review requirements
  • Aligning to the organization’s business model
  • Defining key business procedures that need to be traced
  • Training and supporting end users

Learn how to use Caliber

Successful software organizations are built on a solid foundation of consistent and widespread process deployment and of course technological competency. Each new implementation delivers most value when it is based on the understanding that technology, processes and people are closely interlinked. Targeted skills development must be a core part of every successful implementation. To help you getting the most out of Caliber the following options are available:

Instructor led training

These courses are instructor led, can be delivered face-to-face or remotely and are presented by product experts. Review our formal course descriptions and assess whether it will suit your needs. If you require additional education around a process or function, our team is available for custom consulting engagements and will focus on your particular needs.

Visit our instructor led training pages to see all courses we have on offer.

Web based training

A cost effective alternative, our web-based training offers high quality skills development at a low price. Give your team a head start and order today

Visit our web based training pages to see what the web based training is about and to get started.

How to videos

How to move requirements documents into Caliber

Caliber - Import from wordIn this video we show how to take your requirements from Microsoft Word into the secure, controlled environment of Caliber. The easy to use ‘Import from Word’ wizard takes care of the entire process whilst allowing you to control formatting and styles to ensure you get your requirements imported exactly as you want.

How to perform requirement traceability and impact analysis

Caliber RM Impact AnalysisCaliber makes requirement traceability and impact analysis simple and effective. The comprehensive nature of Caliber’s integration to lifecycle tools, place it in an ideal position to assist you with answering one of the hardest questions: “What will be affected by this change?” Watch this video to learn how to use and benefit from the visual traceability analysis tools built into Caliber. Let Caliber empower you to make change decisions with confidence.

How to integrate Caliber with Silk Central

Cailber - Integrate with Silk CentralHelping organizations build quality into their projects right from the start, is just one of the many advantages that using Caliber brings to QA teams.  In this video we show how the Caliber to Silk Central integration is used to drive testing priorities and automate test planning. By closing the gap between testing and requirements, development teams can deliver with confidence, knowing that their software is continuously validated against business expectations.

How to integrate with Quality Center

Caliber - Integrate with Quality CenterHelping organizations build quality into their projects right from the start, is just one of the many advantages that using Caliber brings to QA teams. In this video we show how the Caliber to Quality Center integration is used to drive testing priorities and automate test planning. This integration allows Caliber to plug into existing QA teams who already use Quality Center to manage their test cases and requirements. By closing the gap between testing and requirements, development teams can deliver with confidence, knowing that their software is continuously validated against business expectations.

How to integrate with Eclipse

Cailber - Integrate with EclipseWe understand that development teams prefer to stick to their development environments. This is why our Eclipse integration is an embedded client that plugs into the Eclipse tool. In this video we show how development teams can use this integration to view, update and create requirements in order to work directly with the business analysts.

How to integrate with VSTS

Cailber - Integrate with Visual StudioWith the Visual Studio Team System integration developers using Visual Studio stay in the development environment yet still keep up to date with project requirements. In this video show how to manage requirements in the Visual Studio environment and how to create traces from Caliber to Visual Studio Test and Work Items.

How to use Datamart

Cailber - Using DatamartWhether you use Business Objects, Crystal reports or you prefer to write your own SQL based reports this video shows how to use the DataMart tool to extract the required information from Caliber into either SQL Server or an Oracle DBMS.