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How to create a requirements traceability matrix in excel

In this blogpost I’ll tell you what a requirements traceability matrix (RTM) is and how you can create it. If you are new to requirements traceability, here is a short recap to get you started.

by Florian Antony

11 min. reading time
itemis products, itemis ANALYZE, Embedded

Benefits from requirements traceability when maintaining software

A lot of processes and standards like Automotive SPICE, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, or DO 178b enforce traceability documentation. As a consequence, all relevant links between requirements and other artifacts in the software development process have to be maintained.

by Wolfgang Neuhaus

8 min. reading time
itemis products, itemis CREATE, State Machine, Embedded

YAKINDU Statechart Tools – free academic licence available now

Information: YAKINDU Statechart Tools Is Now itemis CREATE We believe that software development tools should be free of charge for educational and academic purpose. And we know that there are plenty of exciting projects and studies that use YAKINDU Statechart ...

by Andreas Mülder

2 min. reading time
itemis products, itemis CREATE, Smart Technologies, Software Development

How can I capture complex logic in an App?

Several customers of ours need Apps that represent internal logic that cannot be externalized to backend services.

by itemis

7 min. reading time
itemis products, Feature of the month, Embedded, Traceability

Tracing requirements and source code

In the last month, our team behind YAKINDU Traceability received a couple of questions regarding how to establish bidirectional traceability between requirements or design elements and software units a.k.a source code – as for example required in the Automotive ...

by Boris Holzer

5 min. reading time
Eclipse, Software Development

Git Pro Tip: Show Branch in Command Line Prompt

I am a heavy Git on command line user. Since I work a lot with branches it is important to know which branch I am currently on. Here's a nifty trick for all of you juggling many branches simultaneously.

by Christian Dietrich

1 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

Debugging Xtext grammars – what to do when your language is ambiguous

Xtext uses ANTLR to generate a lexer and parser out of your grammar. Technically an LL(*) parser gets generated. This means it cannot deal with left recursion and has an infinite lookahead.

by Holger Schill

10 min. reading time
Xtext, Software Development, Automotive, Embedded

How to use a textual editor for the Autosar Adaptive Platform

AUTOSAR is about to release its new specification for the Autosar Adaptive Platform. According to AUTOSAR, the difference to classic AUTOSAR is: "In comparison to the AUTOSAR Classic Platform the AUTOSAR Runtime Environment for the Adaptive Platform dynamically ...

by Andreas Graf

4 min. reading time
itemis products, Xtext, Software Development, Embedded, Traceability

What I learned introducing a domain-specific language for configurable traceability analysis

At this years Modelsward conference I had the opportunity to present a paper about "A Domain-specific Language for Configurable Traceability Analysis" that was written in close collaboration with Prof. Dr. Kuchen and Christoph Rieger from [ERCIS] of the University ...

by Hendrik Bünder

7 min. reading time
Eclipse, itemis products, itemis CREATE

YAKINDU Statechart Tools February Release – New and Noteworthy

Information: YAKINDU Statechart Tools Is Now itemis CREATE We're happy to announce the new YAKINDU Statechart Tools releases: YAKINDU Statechart Tools Community Edition 2.9.3 and YAKINDU Statechart Tools Professional Edition 1.0.2 contain the following features ...

by Andreas Mülder

5 min. reading time

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