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The Essential Guide to Requirements Management and Traceability

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The Essential Guide to Requirements Management and Traceability

Chapters
  • 1. Requirements Management
    • Overview
    • 1 What is Requirements Management?
    • 2 Why do you need Requirements Management?
    • 3 Four Fundamentals of Requirements Management
    • 4 Adopting an Agile Approach to Requirements Management
    • 5 Status Request Changes
    • 6 Conquering the 5 Biggest Challenges of Requirements Management
    • 7 Three Reasons You Need a Requirements Management Solution
  • 2. Writing Requirements
    • Overview
    • 1 Functional requirements examples and templates
    • 2 Identifying and Measuring Requirements Quality
    • 3 How to write system requirement specification (SRS) documents
    • 4 The Fundamentals of Business Requirements: Examples of Business Requirements and the Importance of Excellence
    • 5 Adopting the EARS Notation to Improve Requirements Engineering
    • 6 Jama Connect Advisor™
    • 7 Frequently Asked Questions about the EARS Notation and Jama Connect Advisor™
    • 8 How to Write an Effective Product Requirements Document (PRD)
    • 9 Functional vs. Non-Functional Requirements
    • 10 What Are Nonfunctional Requirements and How Do They Impact Product Development?
    • 11 Characteristics of Effective Software Requirements and Software Requirements Specifications (SRS)
    • 12 8 Do’s and Don’ts for Writing Requirements
  • 3. Requirements Gathering and Management Processes
    • Overview
    • 1 Requirements Engineering
    • 2 Requirements Analysis
    • 3 A Guide to Requirements Elicitation for Product Teams
    • 4 Requirements Gathering Techniques for Agile Product Teams
    • 5 What is Requirements Gathering?
    • 6 Defining and Implementing a Requirements Baseline
    • 7 Managing Project Scope — Why It Matters and Best Practices
    • 8 How Long Do Requirements Take?
  • 4. Requirements Traceability
    • Overview
    • 1 What is Traceability?
    • 2 Tracing Your Way to Success: The Crucial Role of Traceability in Modern Product and Systems Development
    • 3 Change Impact Analysis (CIA): A Short Guide for Effective Implementation
    • 4 What is Requirements Traceability and Why Does It Matter for Product Teams?
    • 5 Key Traceability Challenges and Tips for Ensuring Accountability and Efficiency
    • 6 Unraveling the Digital Thread: Enhancing Connectivity and Efficiency
    • 7 The Role of a Data Thread in Product and Software Development
    • 8 How to Create and Use a Requirements Traceability Matrix
    • 9 Traceability Matrix 101: Why It’s Not the Ultimate Solution for Managing Requirements
    • 10 Live Traceability vs. After-the-Fact Traceability
    • 11 How to Overcome Organizational Barriers to Live Requirements Traceability
    • 12 Requirements Traceability, What Are You Missing?
    • 13 Four Best Practices for Requirements Traceability
    • 14 Requirements Traceability: Links in the Chain
    • 15 What Are the Benefits of End-to-End Traceability During Product Development?
  • 5. Requirements Management Tools and Software
    • Overview
    • 1 Selecting the Right Requirements Management Tools and Software
    • 2 Why Investing in Requirements Management Software Makes Business Sense During an Economic Downturn
    • 3 Why Word and Excel Alone is Not Enough for Product, Software, and Systems Development
    • 4 Application lifecycle management (ALM)
    • 5 Is There Life After DOORS®? 
    • 6 Checklist: Selecting a Requirements Management Tool
  • 6. Requirements Validation and Verification
    • Overview
    • 1 Requirements Verification and Validation for Product Teams
    • 2 Best Practices for Verification and Validation in Product Development
  • 7. Meeting Regulatory Compliance and Industry Standards
    • Overview
    • 1 Understanding ISO Standards
    • 2 Understanding ISO/IEC 27001: A Guide to Information Security Management
    • 3 What is DevSecOps? A Guide to Building Secure Software
    • 4 Compliance Management
    • 5 What is FMEA? Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
    • 6 TÜV SÜD: Ensuring Safety, Quality, and Sustainability Worldwide
  • 8. Systems Engineering
    • Overview
    • 1 What is Systems Engineering?
    • 2 The Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK)
    • 3 What is MBSE? Model-Based Systems Engineering Explained
    • 4 Digital Engineering Between Government and Contractors
    • 5 Digital Engineering Tools: The Key to Driving Innovation and Efficiency in Complex Systems
  • 9. Automotive Development
    • Overview
    • 1 Understanding IATF 16949: A Quick Guide to Automotive Quality Management
    • 2 ISO 26262 and Recent Updates: Ensuring Functional Safety in the Automotive Industry
    • 3 A Guide to Automotive Safety Integrity Levels (ASIL)
  • 10. Medical Device & Life Sciences Development
    • Overview
    • 1 The Importance of Benefit-Risk Analysis in Medical Device Development
    • 2 Software as a Medical Device: Revolutionizing Healthcare
    • 3 What’s a Design History File, and How Are DHFs Used by Product Teams?
    • 4 Navigating the Risks of Software of Unknown Pedigree (SOUP) in the Medical Device & Life Sciences Industry
    • 5 What is ISO 13485? Your Comprehensive Guide to Compliant Medical Device Manufacturing
    • 6 What You Need to Know: ANSI/AAMI SW96:2023 — Medical Device Security
    • 7 ISO 13485 vs ISO 9001: Understanding the Differences and Synergies
    • 8 Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis (FMEDA) for Medical Devices: What You Need to Know
    • 9 Embracing the Future of Healthcare: Exploring the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)
  • 11. Aerospace & Defense Development
    • Overview
    • 1 ARP4754A / ED-79A: Enhancing Safety in Aviation Development
    • 2 Understanding ARP4761A: Guidelines for System Safety Assessment in Aerospace
  • 12. Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC industry) Development
    • Overview
    • 1 What is the AEC Industry?
  • 13. Industrial Manufacturing & Machinery, Automation & Robotics, Consumer Electronics, and Energy
    • Overview
    • 1 Functional Safety Made Simple: A Guide to IEC 61508 for Manufacturing
    • 2 Understanding ISO 13849: The Foundation of Functional Safety in the Machinery Sector
    • 3 IEC 62061 – Functional Safety for Machinery Systems
    • 4 IEC 10218: Ensuring Safety in Industrial Robotics
  • 14. Semiconductor Development
    • Overview
    • 1 Why Chiplets Are Changing the Game in Tech Innovation
    • 2 Integrating Digital Engineering and the Digital Thread for Semiconductor Design
  • 15. AI in Product Development
    • Overview
    • 1 Artificial Intelligence in Requirements Management
  • Glossary
Chapters
  • 1. Requirements Management
    • Overview
    • 1 What is Requirements Management?
    • 2 Why do you need Requirements Management?
    • 3 Four Fundamentals of Requirements Management
    • 4 Adopting an Agile Approach to Requirements Management
    • 5 Status Request Changes
    • 6 Conquering the 5 Biggest Challenges of Requirements Management
    • 7 Three Reasons You Need a Requirements Management Solution
  • 2. Writing Requirements
    • Overview
    • 1 Functional requirements examples and templates
    • 2 Identifying and Measuring Requirements Quality
    • 3 How to write system requirement specification (SRS) documents
    • 4 The Fundamentals of Business Requirements: Examples of Business Requirements and the Importance of Excellence
    • 5 Adopting the EARS Notation to Improve Requirements Engineering
    • 6 Jama Connect Advisor™
    • 7 Frequently Asked Questions about the EARS Notation and Jama Connect Advisor™
    • 8 How to Write an Effective Product Requirements Document (PRD)
    • 9 Functional vs. Non-Functional Requirements
    • 10 What Are Nonfunctional Requirements and How Do They Impact Product Development?
    • 11 Characteristics of Effective Software Requirements and Software Requirements Specifications (SRS)
    • 12 8 Do’s and Don’ts for Writing Requirements
  • 3. Requirements Gathering and Management Processes
    • Overview
    • 1 Requirements Engineering
    • 2 Requirements Analysis
    • 3 A Guide to Requirements Elicitation for Product Teams
    • 4 Requirements Gathering Techniques for Agile Product Teams
    • 5 What is Requirements Gathering?
    • 6 Defining and Implementing a Requirements Baseline
    • 7 Managing Project Scope — Why It Matters and Best Practices
    • 8 How Long Do Requirements Take?
  • 4. Requirements Traceability
    • Overview
    • 1 What is Traceability?
    • 2 Tracing Your Way to Success: The Crucial Role of Traceability in Modern Product and Systems Development
    • 3 Change Impact Analysis (CIA): A Short Guide for Effective Implementation
    • 4 What is Requirements Traceability and Why Does It Matter for Product Teams?
    • 5 Key Traceability Challenges and Tips for Ensuring Accountability and Efficiency
    • 6 Unraveling the Digital Thread: Enhancing Connectivity and Efficiency
    • 7 The Role of a Data Thread in Product and Software Development
    • 8 How to Create and Use a Requirements Traceability Matrix
    • 9 Traceability Matrix 101: Why It’s Not the Ultimate Solution for Managing Requirements
    • 10 Live Traceability vs. After-the-Fact Traceability
    • 11 How to Overcome Organizational Barriers to Live Requirements Traceability
    • 12 Requirements Traceability, What Are You Missing?
    • 13 Four Best Practices for Requirements Traceability
    • 14 Requirements Traceability: Links in the Chain
    • 15 What Are the Benefits of End-to-End Traceability During Product Development?
  • 5. Requirements Management Tools and Software
    • Overview
    • 1 Selecting the Right Requirements Management Tools and Software
    • 2 Why Investing in Requirements Management Software Makes Business Sense During an Economic Downturn
    • 3 Why Word and Excel Alone is Not Enough for Product, Software, and Systems Development
    • 4 Application lifecycle management (ALM)
    • 5 Is There Life After DOORS®? 
    • 6 Checklist: Selecting a Requirements Management Tool
  • 6. Requirements Validation and Verification
    • Overview
    • 1 Requirements Verification and Validation for Product Teams
    • 2 Best Practices for Verification and Validation in Product Development
  • 7. Meeting Regulatory Compliance and Industry Standards
    • Overview
    • 1 Understanding ISO Standards
    • 2 Understanding ISO/IEC 27001: A Guide to Information Security Management
    • 3 What is DevSecOps? A Guide to Building Secure Software
    • 4 Compliance Management
    • 5 What is FMEA? Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
    • 6 TÜV SÜD: Ensuring Safety, Quality, and Sustainability Worldwide
  • 8. Systems Engineering
    • Overview
    • 1 What is Systems Engineering?
    • 2 The Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK)
    • 3 What is MBSE? Model-Based Systems Engineering Explained
    • 4 Digital Engineering Between Government and Contractors
    • 5 Digital Engineering Tools: The Key to Driving Innovation and Efficiency in Complex Systems
  • 9. Automotive Development
    • Overview
    • 1 Understanding IATF 16949: A Quick Guide to Automotive Quality Management
    • 2 ISO 26262 and Recent Updates: Ensuring Functional Safety in the Automotive Industry
    • 3 A Guide to Automotive Safety Integrity Levels (ASIL)
  • 10. Medical Device & Life Sciences Development
    • Overview
    • 1 The Importance of Benefit-Risk Analysis in Medical Device Development
    • 2 Software as a Medical Device: Revolutionizing Healthcare
    • 3 What’s a Design History File, and How Are DHFs Used by Product Teams?
    • 4 Navigating the Risks of Software of Unknown Pedigree (SOUP) in the Medical Device & Life Sciences Industry
    • 5 What is ISO 13485? Your Comprehensive Guide to Compliant Medical Device Manufacturing
    • 6 What You Need to Know: ANSI/AAMI SW96:2023 — Medical Device Security
    • 7 ISO 13485 vs ISO 9001: Understanding the Differences and Synergies
    • 8 Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis (FMEDA) for Medical Devices: What You Need to Know
    • 9 Embracing the Future of Healthcare: Exploring the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)
  • 11. Aerospace & Defense Development
    • Overview
    • 1 ARP4754A / ED-79A: Enhancing Safety in Aviation Development
    • 2 Understanding ARP4761A: Guidelines for System Safety Assessment in Aerospace
  • 12. Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC industry) Development
    • Overview
    • 1 What is the AEC Industry?
  • 13. Industrial Manufacturing & Machinery, Automation & Robotics, Consumer Electronics, and Energy
    • Overview
    • 1 Functional Safety Made Simple: A Guide to IEC 61508 for Manufacturing
    • 2 Understanding ISO 13849: The Foundation of Functional Safety in the Machinery Sector
    • 3 IEC 62061 – Functional Safety for Machinery Systems
    • 4 IEC 10218: Ensuring Safety in Industrial Robotics
  • 14. Semiconductor Development
    • Overview
    • 1 Why Chiplets Are Changing the Game in Tech Innovation
    • 2 Integrating Digital Engineering and the Digital Thread for Semiconductor Design
  • 15. AI in Product Development
    • Overview
    • 1 Artificial Intelligence in Requirements Management
  • Glossary

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