What does “best practices” in Requirements Management mean? It is so interesting to me that everyone talks about wanting training in “best practices”. This term is often used to describe the kind of consulting we might provide as well. What does that really mean? I believe all of us have fed into the myth that […]
Long gone are the days when safety practices in the automotive industry were a mere afterthought. Today, all major car manufacturers rely on a standardized set of practices that help them design safer cars more efficiently. One such set of practices was released in 2011 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in collaboration with […]
Turning an idea into a working piece of software takes a lot of work, and staying on the right track until the finish line is possible only when all team members know exactly what they are supposed to do and collaborate with one another. Having access to a capable tool for managing collaborative software development […]
Safety is of the utmost importance when it comes to the design of software for the aerospace industry, and no safety guideline has been as impactful as DO-178B, also known as Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification. What Is DO-178B? Published in 1992 by Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) and developed jointly […]
Organizations are constantly seeking new ways on how to improve performance and streamline processes. The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) model has helped many organizations achieved demonstrable business results, and implementing it in practice has never been easier thanks to modern CMMI tools. Who create CMMI? Developed at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and required by […]
Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) All software projects are really just collections of implemented requirements, including user requirements, UI requirements, business requirements, technical requirements, functional requirements, non-functional requirements, and others. In the past, when software projects were much smaller, and development cycles were much longer, tracking requirements wasn’t nearly as big of a challenge as it […]
Requirements Management (RM) Tools In the real world, clients don’t always articulate their requirements as well as they should, and not every project has a business analyst who is well-versed in domain and technical knowledge. Yet, the ability to navigate business requirements strongly correlates with project success. Requirements management tools help teams accurately capture requirements […]
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Software Regardless of the industry, problems and defects are always expensive, and there are many high-profile examples of manufacturers, software developers, and service providers that were forced to close their doors because they were not able to detect problems and defects early enough. Those who implement a reliable method […]
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Tool We live in a software-driven world, where software engineering capabilities directly impact organizations’ ability to be successful. To shorten speed of delivery, enhance agility, and increase product quality, among other things, organizations are constantly on the lookout for ways how to streamline all stages of the software application development life […]
The iFEST ARTEMIS project aims to remedy the incompatibility of tools for embedded systems development, with particular emphasis on design and lifecycle management aspects.
As experts in Requirements Engineering, we lead the definition of the iFEST specification to integrate Requirements Management tools, and participated in those specifications related with analysis, traceability and change impact analysis. […]