ARTiSAN and TNI-Software Partner to Ease Requirements Management for UML/SysML Engineers
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Reqtify Requirements Engineering Tool Integrated with ARTiSAN Studio
CHELTENHAM, England and PARIS, March 14 / -- ARTiSAN Software Tools, a global leader for UML 2 and SysML-based real-time systems and software modeling tools, and TNI-Software, a leader in system design tools for the embedded software industry, have announced the availability of a unique, proven and easy-to-use solution for engineers who need to manage SysML requirements or implement a process that mixes UML/SysML and textual requirements. The solution is based on the integration of Reqtify, TNI-Software's requirements traceability product and ARTiSAN Studio, ARTiSAN's integrated suite of UML/SysML tools. This integrated solution will be distributed and supported by ARTiSAN Software Tools.
Marc Frouin, CEO of TNI-Software, stated: "Model-based approaches are now widely deployed in the embedded software industry. As a consequence, engineers are looking for an innovative approach to requirements management for mixed environments that combine requirements modeling as defined in SysML, textual requirements, and model-based implementations. They expect requirements capture, traceability, impact analysis and report generation to be seamlessly and flexibly integrated within their authoring environment. The integration of Reqtify and ARTiSAN Studio provides an innovative, industry-proven solution to the problem".
SysML provides an industry-standard method for representing textual requirements inside a UML model. Often requirements originate in the modeling phase of a project. The ability to work with requirements "at the coalface'" increases an organization's ability to define the right requirements earlier in the lifecycle by associating them with design elements in a rich UML/SysML modeling context.
With its repository-based architecture, ARTiSAN Studio is a perfect environment for both the communication of requirements in context and enhanced, team-based collaboration. In conjunction with Reqtify, it delivers the bridging technology for importing and exporting requirements to and from external sources, including files such as Microsoft Word and Excel and databases such as Telelogic DOORS and IBM Rational RequisitePro. In addition, Reqtify can act as a "broker" in support of a full "V" model by allowing engineers to link requirements to test tools such as Mercury TestDirector and IPL Cantata++ or trace to other tools such as MathWorks' Simulink.
"It is inherently easier to represent a textual requirement in a UML model than it is to represent a model in an external Requirements Management (RM) tool," said Jeremy Goulding President and CEO of ARTiSAN Software Tools. "The ability to drag requirements on to diagrams and browse their relationships to other model elements is something our users have been crying out for. The SysML Requirements Profile in ARTiSAN Studio 6.1, together with Reqtify, gives our users the best of both worlds by allowing them to mix well-established processes based on textual requirements with emerging diagrammatic modeling techniques. SysML will soon be standardized and, in partnership with TNI- Software, we are delivering significant productivity advances to the synchronization and analysis of requirements traceability within the UML/SysML community."
About TNI-Software
TNI-Software provides solutions for development and verification of embedded applications in Aerospace, Automotive, Transportation and Automation industries:
o Reqtify: Solution for requirements management, traceability and impact analysis.
o Safety Test Builder: Solution fully integrated in the Simulink environment, for automatic generation of test scenarios on Simulink & Stateflow models.
o Safety Checker Blockset: Simulink library dedicated to formal verification of Simulink / Stateflow models).
o RT-Builder: Solution for modeling, simulation and exploration of distributed, multi-processor and multi-bus real-time architectures.
o ControlBuild: best-of-breed development solution on the Automation market providing a global and consistent approach from specifications validation to system delivery and exploitation.
TNI-Software is a Premium Member of the AUTOSAR consortium and it has been awarded the Innovation Trophy of Siemens VDO 2005. TNI-Software has offices in Europe and China with representatives in the US, Japan and Australia. For more information, go to www.tni-software.com.
About ARTiSAN Software Tools
ARTiSAN Software Tools is the leading supplier of collaborative modeling tools for requirements analysis, specification, design and development of complex applications. The company provides standards-based, multi-user tool support from architectural frameworks through systems design to software implementation. ARTiSAN offers products, services and a process for systems and software modeling to accelerate the development of next-generation real- time systems while ensuring that they always meet requirements. ARTiSAN enables engineering teams to visualize, design and validate systems before building them, and simplifies implementation with code generation and software reuse. Winner of the 2005 SD Times 100 award in the Modeling category for bringing UML and SysML to real-time embedded systems, ARTiSAN offers the most advanced tools for complex applications development. Founded in March 1997, ARTiSAN is privately held with headquarters in Cheltenham, United Kingdom. The company has regional sales offices and distributors throughout the world. For more information, call +44 (0)1242 229300 internationally, or 1(888)511-7975 from the US; or visit www.artisansw.com.
Source: ARTiSAN Software Tools
CONTACT: Rich Gastwirt, Director of Marketing, +1-781-772-1702, or
richard.gastwirt@artisansw.com, or Emma Allen, Marketing Co-ordinator,
+44 (0) 1242 229300, or emma.allen@artisansw.com, both of ARTiSAN; or
Keith Mason, +44 (0)20 8582 0372, or keith.mason@humbugpr.com, or
Ann Williams, +44 (0)20 8582 0371, or ann.williams@humbugpr.com, both of
Humbug PR, for ARTiSAN; or Amelie Querebel of TNI-Software, +33 1 53 38 46 00,
or amelie.querebel@tni-software.com
Web site: www.artisansw.com/
http://www.tni-software.com/
