Open source system for requirements elicitation

What is our goal? To create an open source tool, using ZKoss framework, that will provide a web platform for project managers, developers and their clients to work and cooperate on requirements. We see a lack of such a tool, free to the public, that will allow small and medium companies to enter into the world of web-based software-requirements-specification cooperation and easy document preparation.

What are the main features of the software we'll build?

• Requirements elicitation,
• Requirements editing,
• Notes and comments collection,
• Requirements' change tracking,
• Documents exportable to various formats: HTML, PDF and MSOOXML (with Apache POI),
• Clear and responsive UI, provided by ZKoss,
• ZKoss' 'desktop feel' when interacting with lists, menus, forms,
• ZKoss' nice and quick ajax-feel when editing document chapters, adding notes,
• Spring security with fine granularity of access rights,
• Interchangeable database layer.

What is the technology of our choice?

• ZKoss,
• Spring,
• Hibernate.