Embedded software and electronics represent an increasing percentage of the engineering content of an automobile. By 2010, electronics are expected to comprise 40 percent of automotive material costs, ...

In the functional safety world, once a system is developed, it remains protected as long as the system is in service. In contrast, the security world demands that software must continue to defend a ...

Biobanks are essential tools in diagnostics and therapeutics research and development related to personalized medicine. Several international recommendations, standards and guidelines exist that ...

Volvo CE designs smarter with model-based systems engineering (MBSE). By connecting requirements, models and field data into ...

In a new paper published by the Business Process Management Institute gives its stamp of approval to Business Process and Notation 2.0, released in January 2011, saying it fulfills the requirements of ...

Medical devices have to be designed so that people can use them easily and reliably. Human factors considerations have gained increased attention since the release of FDA's guidance document, Medical ...

Gathering requirements is simple: just ask the users what they want. However, experience shows this fails dismally. In this article, we look at why gathering requirements is so hard, and what can be ...

Five common errors in requirements analysis (and how to avoid them) Your email has been sent Problem 1 Customers don’t (really) know what they want Problem 2 Requirements change during the course of ...