1. Automated Design History File Management with Aligned Elements

2. Aligned AG, Document Management 2 Agenda  Manual Documentation Management  The Aligned Elements way of Development Management  Software demonstration  Summary  Q&A

3. Aligned AG, Document Management 3 A normal Development Process  M1, Inception (Collect requirements)  M2, Elaboration (Prototyping)  M3, Construction  M4, Transition (V&V)  M5, Release Milestones:

4. Aligned AG, Document Management 4 Example Deliverables DeliverableMilestone (D= Draft, R=Released) RequirementsM1M2M3M4M5 Glossary DDRRR Product Requirements DRRRR Software Specification -DRRR Use Case -DRRR Hardware Specification -DRRR Analysis & Design Software Architecture Document -DRRR Software Design -DRRR Hardware Design -DRRR Testing Master Test Plan --DRR Unit Test Plan --DRR Integration Test Plan --DRR System Test Plan --DRR Validation Plan --DRR Test Results ---DR Test Result Summary ---DR

5. Aligned AG, Document Management 5 Example of a typical traceability Tree

6. Aligned AG, Document Management 6 The manual way  Excel sheet or Word document for your documentation, compare to Process checklist  Traceability done either manually or with a tool  Paper copies of the documentation are reviewed for completeness. Usually only random sample examination are made due to time-limitations.  It’s hard or impossible to compare and assess changes between milestones or over product versions  Attempts to re-use portions of the documentation by applying textual references between documents tend to break down once the content starts to change

7. Aligned AG, Document Management 7 The Aligned Elements way -Daily Work  Enter all Requirements, Specifications, Risks and Tests. Changes are automatically tracked. Audit trail is automatically generated.  Manage traces between Design Items.  Perform your Risk Management directly in Aligned Elements  Perform reviews in Aligned Elements  Set up Documentation Index  Modularizing your documentation permits re-use in additional products

8. Aligned AG, Document Management 8 The Aligned Elements way -At Milestones  Generate your Deliverables from Document Index, e.g. a Product Requirement Document  Add Design Items and trace tables to Word documents. Store as File in Aligned Elements  Automatically check your documentation for completeness and consistency at each milestone  Generate your Document Index with the up-to-date information at each milestone

9. Aligned AG, Document Management 9 Reduced effort Manual effort With Aligned Elements Accumulated effort StartReviewSubmissionAudit

10. Aligned AG, Document Management 10 Summary  Control and track all your changes  Constantly check your documentation for completeness  Automate where possible, re- use where sensible  Free up personnel for innovation, rather than burden them with administration

11. Aligned AG, Document Management 11 Questions & Answers

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