Open Source Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) Software

ARREA (A Reasonable Requirements Engineering Application) is a simple yet powerful requirements management tool that uses arbitrary files to store information and Subversion to allow team collaboration. Its simple conventions make it suitable for much other purposes. In fact, for any document-oriented tasks focused on collaborative work and exhaustive change and traceability management. At its heart, ARREA provides a thin layer on top of SVN that allows it to be used as a powerful time-aware NoSQL database, accessible through an easy REST API.

Requirement Heap is a web based requirement management /business analysis application. It allows to enter requirement in rich text, supports versioning and the management of requirements. It also handles use cases, interviews and test cases. It allows multiple projects. Stakeholders and glossaries can be handled per project or globally.

It is a supplement of version control system to support software development. It helps programmers to track personal working time spending on source files, and to easily find experienced people who may help you to comprehend certain code fragment.