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IEC 61508: What does this standard mean for software development?

For more and more systems, functional safety requirements must be met. For software development, the fulfillment of IEC 61508 "Functional safety of safety-related electronic / electronic / programmable electronic systems" is to be demonstrated – especially in the ...

by Martin Heininger

5 min. reading time
Embedded, Traceability

Effective traceability in inter-organizational projects

Software and systems traceability has long been recognized as critical elements of rigorous software systems developments. Recent studies deliver evidence that this long-term perception in fact is true.

by Patrick Mäder

9 min. reading time
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5 + 1 questions a requirements traceability matrix answers

In the previous part we had a short introduction to requirements traceability and took a look at how to create a requirements traceability matrix. Now it is time to see how we can harness the information it contains and use it to answer five important questions in ...

by Florian Antony

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

A language to analyse trace data efficiently

Many tools support requirements traceability in one or the other way – may it be...

by Boris Holzer

6 min. reading time
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What is requirements coverage and how can it be analyzed?

If you are dealing with the term requirements coverage in the context of systems or software development you might discover the following ambivalence:

by Boris Holzer

15 min. reading time
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Traceability for Matlab Simulink and Matlab Stateflow

In April, we improved our Matlab adapter of YAKINDU Traceability (YT). The adapter recognizes Matlab Simulink Blocks as well as Matlab Stateflow States and Transitions. Based on this artifact recognition, YT provides traceability for these artifacts, e.g. between ...

by Boris Holzer

3 min. reading time
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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
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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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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