HP’s recent decision to sell its software business segment shocked HP ALM and HP QC users worldwide. While it might have been a reasonable business decision from a financial point of view, the spin off and merger of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and Micro Focus International PLC proposes a set of important questions from the…
Requirements management is critical to software development and yet surprisingly a large number of developers still use tools not suited for Requirements Management including Microsoft Office at the most basic of levels. Considering that the single biggest cause of failure for software development projects is inadequate Requirements documentation, it does beg the question why are…
With the release of codeBeamer’s latest version 8.0, current and prospective users get access to a long list of features that far surpass those of a simple Application Lifecycle Management platform. Major feature updates bring powerful enterprise functionality, while significant usability improvements render 8.0 the most convenient and fast version of our ALM platform so…
Software development is all about collaboration; you might think this is an obvious statement; however, you would be surprised at just how many developers we have come across that never heard about ALM software. First ALM software is a collaboration tool; often the limit of their understanding is that it is a yet another collection…
We are glad to announce that in August 2016, Intland Software’s codeBeamer ALM has been awarded safety-critical qualifications by the internationally recognized testing body TÜV NORD. This “Trusted Tool” certification reassures users working on safety-critical products that codeBeamer ALM is an adequate solution to support development in accordance with the requirements of IEC 61508 and…
For developers considering adopting continuous integration or continuous delivery and are using a wide range of tools for development purposes, you have a golden opportunity to take the step that all growing developers eventually take, to leapfrog competitors to the adoption of an integrated development environment. Developers should take the time to review their existing…
Constant innovation is central to building a great product, sounds great doesn’t it? However, often for the operations teams, constant innovation is tiring, – a roadblock to doing their job effectively. It means more changes to communicate to the customer, as well as having to deal with the likely fallout from the disruption of service…
In early 2016, Ovum has recognized Intland Software’s codeBeamer ALM as a market leading ALM solution. In their report titled Ovum Decision Matrix: Selecting an Application Lifecycle Management Solution, 2016–17, the London-based consultancy firm writes “Ovum was impressed by Intland, and this is the first time the company has appeared in an ODM.” Their understanding…
The Age of the Agile Enterprise is now, and is powered by the Hybrid Cloud and SaaS. This global revolution was sparked by the convergence of mobile (MDM Management) and encrypted cloud storage technologies, but also by the evolution of Agile and Lean software development methodologies and the tools used to manage Agile development in…
Since 2011, medical devices have become increasingly sophisticated, and as the level of sophistication has increased, so has the time needed by the FDA to assess complex 510(k) medical device submissions (the majority of which are class 2 devices). Most recently in 2015, the typical FDA approval process had grown to between 9-12 months. In…
The question of ALM-PLM integration has recently become one of the hottest topics among product developers, ALM and PLM tool vendors, and hardware engineering & software development experts worldwide. Understandably so: with the advent of IoT and software increasingly powering the innovative features of modern products, the problem of unifying hardware and software development lifecycles is…
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is not a development approach but is rather a way to manage the adopted approach. Its use began in the age of Waterfall, back when silo’ed teams typically blamed each other for the failure of projects. A culture of blame was only part of the problem but alone, it certainly contributed…
In a world reliant on the internet and the internet of things, that is increasingly reliant on software to provide new cutting edge features to add value, investment in your development teams, their infrastructure and development tools can make the difference between success and failure of products. The features of ALM Software bring many of…
When it comes to purchasing an Application Lifecycle Management solution, the decision to make the transition from using a clunky ecosystem of isolated, standalone software solutions (MS Office, bug trackers, etc) to using an integrated, efficient ALM platform that provides complete traceability is just the first step. That’s when the real work starts. Getting everyone…
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016 was entitled “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, the event covered the potential applications of new technologies that collectively are referred to as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) or Industry 4.0. The event did little to address the core technological challenges ahead. Much was said about IoT in a…
Business Process management (BPM) is a vital component of any device that has IoT connectivity. Its role in terms of the internet of things is to determine what is to be done with data received from other devices. With the exponential increase in the number of such devices available on the marketplace, the potential for…
Today’s complex products increasingly require the integration of hardware and software development processes, making ALM-PLM convergence one of the hot topics in the industry. Application and Product Lifecycle Management software platforms have been designed to support the development of software and hardware end products. However, they have evolved separately to suit the needs of these…
Building software to be used in safety-critical environments (for example, software embedded in medical devices, automotive or aviation systems, railway software, etc) is different to “ordinary” software development. As human lives may be dependent on these systems, it is imperative that they operate reliably, without the risk of malfunction, over extended periods of time, under…
Do you hear the term DevOps every day but still struggle with understanding the complete meaning? Are you unsure about the benefits of DevOps and what features DevOps tools should have? If so, then our white paper titled DevOps Guide: Implementing Continuous Integration & Delivery is just the perfect resource for you. It includes the…
Building an autonomous (driverless) car has entertained the imagination of automotive companies since the earliest days of automobiles. The idea has first popped up in a newspaper back in 1926, and has continued to haunt the dreams of automotive developers ever since. The emergence of reliably operating driverless cars is already dubbed the next revolution…
Most companies that choose to replace their set of single-point tools with an integrated ALM solution do so because they are facing certain well-defined problems. Common issues are the lack of process transparency, burdensome methods to ensure traceability, and difficult collaboration between teams and team members. Like many other companies, DATATRAK found a way to…
The growing trend of businesses integrating the disciplines and associated processes of Agile development and IT Operations (DevOps) has resulted in an increased demand for tools suitable for DevOps, – DevOps tools suitable for Scaling DevOps for Enterprise use. So what factors should be considered when assessing DevOps Tools? First thing to mention here is that…
All software fails eventually, it is just a question of when, and therefore it should be expected to fail. Is your business prepared for when the inevitable failure occurs? Most Enterprises have backup systems in place; however, these can fail too. The more complex a system is, the more likely it is to fail. In…
Outsourced Software Development at Fixed Price with a variable scope is recipe for disaster for both owners and the software developer. Potential Problems Associated with Fixed Priced Projects. Out Sourced developers often do not speak up and expose issues simply because it complicates the work they are already doing thus avoiding immediate pain (human nature).…
We have seen that PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) and ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) solutions have grown apart from each other during recent years. Today’s products are more complex than ever. They often contain microchips, embedded systems and diverse mechanical components. Manufacturing products today often requires software and systems specifically built to manage software and as a…
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI ) achievement quick and lean with code Beamer! CMMI for Development at Level 2 and 3 can be achieved by SMEs easily. Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a process improvement and appraisal program implemented by Carnegie Mellon University. The certified level of Capability Maturity is required by many US and European customers especially in government or elsewhere in…
Risk management is especially important for safety critical industries such as healthcare (with the design and manufacturing of medical devices), aviation & aircrafts, transportation, as well as the automotive industry due to the risks associated with the design of cars. Increasing complexity of such safety critical products increases risk for manufacturers as serious injuries or death could…
Nowadays chips, tags and applications are all around us, embedded into cars, medical devices and home appliances, all to ensure a more comfortable life. As users we enjoy the increased functionality and how it makes our lives easier, providing entertainment possibilities, power saving features or even features that can save lives. Behind the scenes, these…
Traceability as a phrase is used across many industries for example, within Supply Chain Management where transparency on processes, and ability of accurate tracking of changes is essential. In the software development lifecycle (SDLC) traceability primarily means the traceability of requirements throughout application development, ensuring that the delivered software fulfills all requirements and therefore prevent…
The new buzzword for industry in Germany is Industry 4.0. This term is used for Germany’s high tech strategy, subtitled “the success of the German economic performance”. Deutsche Bank recently published a research report with the title “Upgrading Germany’s industrial capabilities on the horizon”. The report begins with the fact that Germany has been and will remain…
Requirements Management is key to success in many industries, however it is even more so the case with the medical industry. This is due to the exponentially growing complexity of medical devices, with many of the medical devices produced today applying high technology including: nanotechnology, advance electromechanical and robotics elements. These medical devices all have…
Nowadays, the real added value of engineered products is the embedded software. Software development complexity is a new experience in the engineered product world. Businesses that were quick to adapt have gained a clear advantage over competitors, however it is not too late for the rest. What does complexity mean in the embedded industry? Complexity…
The Internet of Things is all about high technology gadgets, connecting the real world to the digital world through sensory data, – the demand for such products is driving the exponential growth of structured and unstructured data – Big Data. According to Mark Beyer at Gartner Symposium “the total volume of data is growing at…
Demand Management Systems are on the front end of Project Management or Project Portfolio Management. Therefore, they are usually the first automated, workflow based solution that goes into the business value chain. Demand Management Systems are focused on demand – capturing ideas and managing the evaluation and approval process by providing support rating, vote ranking…
Scrum is an Agile Project Management framework that is often used for software development for managing projects and the development of applications and software products. Where software development is concerned, Scrum helps teams to complete the most valuable work to create a potentially deliverable product at the end of the project. Scrum Project Management software also…
codeBeamer ALM software is the Orchestra of ALM software solutions in that it provides a holistic approach to Enterprise software development. In a musical orchestra a conductor co-ordinates groups of professional musicians who play in unison, separated by section (brass for example) and specialty, – the type of instrument (such as trumpet). In the world…
Kanban is a very popular for collaborative task management and the Kanban Board is widely used task Management tool in all areas of business, including front and back office activities. The Kanban method comes from production, and was first deployed in project management, then later many other areas of business explored the added value of Kanban…
Risk Management is a top priority in the medical and automotive industry, where malfunctions in software can cause recalls and serious injuries or death of users. Software embedded in cars and medical devices is one of the most critical parts of functional safety. Application Lifecycle Management tools therefore has to support risk management and measurement, risk…
Are You Ready for the Autonomous Car? Gear up with ALM Software for Automotive Suppliers to avoid recalls and software failures. The Autonomous Car, otherwise known as a Driverless Car or Self-driving car will be in mass production by 2020, – that is if Google has its way. At the beginning of 2013, Anthony Levandowsky,…
To ’be Agile’ in business is to be able to react to the unexpected, to be able to adapt to a changing market environment and respond to consumers needs quickly. This also applies to software development. The Agile software development processes used today address not only the needs of developers and development but also can…
Kanban as a method has its roots in production and is an important element of both Kaizen and Lean production. Kanban is focused on the pull strategy, with resources allocated based on where and when they are needed to support just-in-time delivery. But how can Kanban be applied in software development and what are the…
Today we can choose from a wide range of ALM solutions to manage the entire application lifecycle. However, there are not many ALM solutions on the market that offer all of the important modules and functions fully integrated in a single ALM solution, and fewer still from a single provider. No third party plugins and…
When companies go Agile for the first time they tend to adopt Scrum. For enterprise the key benefit of using Scrum in software development projects is to be flexible enough to manage changing requirements and develop better products faster. Scrum enables teams to package the development work into short periods called sprints and include the…
Intland Software exhibited and introduced codeBeamer Medical ALM solution at the two days conference and exhibition AgileMed + AgileCar in Munich 19-20 February 2014. The two day conference was dedicated to discussion about Agile practices and to share experiences of the medical and automotive industries. It was nice to see hundreds of experts from both…
Since Agile and Scrum revolutionized the software development, the daily Scrum meeting has become a ritual in the lives of many teams. Daily Scrum meetings should be organized to energize and motivate the team. You might think it is easy to organize a Scrum meeting, however there are several common problems that often arise during…
The Medical industry is highly regulated with standards to manage risk and ensure quality and safety of equipment and thereby provide the highest level of patient safety. Medical Device development teams are faced with increased software complexity today when developing high quality devices. AgileMed, the conference dedicated to Agility in Medical Device Development, was a…
The ITIL – ISO 20000 standard describes all the procedures that must be in place for highly predictable, reliable IT service provision. ITIL is usually referred to as a robust, but complicated standard that requires a lot of training and implementation effort. Regardless of how the ITIL ISO 20000 is viewed, this standard is required…
Airlines and the aviation industry as a whole are heavily reliant on large scale, robust, mission – critical applications. Fierce competition among national airlines, charter companies and cheap carriers has resulted in extreme cost reduction pressure on all areas of airline operations including IT. Although cost cutting is a must, both safety and security still remain…
What is the most frequent cause of failures in software development? It’s the lack of definition and change management of requirements. This is what causes most of the catastrophes experienced in software development. Most IT practitioners are aware of this, but achieving a well-managed system of requirements is difficult. The most common cause of requirements management failures is the inadequate…
Customized development support tool for Medical Software Development Intland presenting at AgileMed 2014 – 19th February Munich Intland developed a project template for Medical Devices Producers, to support the embedded software development process by customized ALM functionality. IEC 62304 standard requirements can be fully cover by codeBeamer medical ALM. codeBeamer Medical ALM contains specific medical trackers for requirements…
Intelligent Transportation Systems solution addresses the challenges associated with planning, development, deployment, and lifecycle management of transportation software and solutions. Project teams develop and deploy their software successfully when they manage requirements, design, changes, quality assurance, operations with the traceability and are compliant with the standards (eg. ISO 26262) of the transportation industry. The increased…
Dean Leffingwell released the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) in 2012 as a publicly available framework for implementing Lean|Agile practices at enterprise scale. Agile methods are widely applied in software development at the team level, SAFe® defines how to take Agile principles above team level into program and portfolio level. The main objective of SAFe® is…
After steam engine and mechanization, the assembly line of Henry Ford and the revolution of the first computers, the 4th Industry Revolution called “cyber-physical systems” (CPS) is on the corner. CPS is about merging the physical world with the virtual one and in which embedded hardware and software systems play an important role. Companies that…
Healthcare is a complex industry and healthcare organizations often face great pressure to meet regulatory and data management requirements. According to International Data Corporation (IDC) the total amount of data has grown to 2.7 billion terabytes in 2012. The growth of data volumes is unlikely to slow down in the future and it brings various…
Fast changing requirements and expectations “push” companies to find ways to increase revenues and decrease the costs of software development. Agile development has been around for more than a decade since at its core it is designed for changing requirements. Agile software development has been adopted by most software developers to some degree to improve…
The engineering of medical devices requires compliance with intentional standards. Medical devices often contain software-controlled applications, the failure of which to function correctly could result in death or serious injury to the patient treated by them. Despite this increased danger, medical software standards still continue to reflect only the rigor of low-risk applications with potentially…
Automotive SPICE compliance is required along the automotive supply chain. The standard covers all aspects of software development quality, and requires full traceability throughout the application lifecycle. At large embedded software providers, developers need the proper support tools are required to implement and maintain their standardized procedures and are necessary to produce high quality automotive…
