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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, 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
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
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How to ensure traceability for Statechart Tools

Information: YAKINDU Statechart Tools Is Now itemis CREATE YAKINDU Statechart Tools are used in various software and systems engineering projects of different sizes, starting from one-person-Arduino-hobby-projects to large commercial software projects in the ...

by Andreas Mülder & Florian Antony

9 min. reading time
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How to develop human machine interfaces with state machines

Human machine interfaces (HMI) are inherently interactive and dynamical. An important goal of HMI engineering is to optimize the interaction between the human and the machine. Ergonomics and efficiency of an HMI are mainly driven by the quality of its design.

by Axel Terfloth

7 min. reading time
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Why you should know David Harel and his connection to YAKINDU Statechart Tools

Information: YAKINDU Statechart Tools Is Now itemis CREATE Many people influenced our work over the past years, among them masterminds like Martin Fowler, Ken Schwaber, Tom DeMarco, to name just a few.

by Jens Wagener

4 min. reading time
itemis products, Embedded, Traceability

YAKINDU Traceability: International patent application has been published

We are happy to announce that the World Intellectual Property Organization has officially published our patent application „Tracing Dependencies between Development Artifacts in a Development Project”.

by Boris Holzer

3 min. reading time

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