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SAFe® 6.0 & IBM ELM/ ALM

Scaled Agile has released ® 6.0, which offers the latest Lean-Agile practices to help enterprises deal with rapidly changing challenges and opportunities. This update is a comprehensive improvement from version 5.1, with many new advanced practices, and updates to the Big Picture and terminology. Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) 7.0.2 now supports two new predefined process templates for SAFe 6.0: Full SAFe 6.0 and Essential SAFe 6.0. These templates can be used to configure the tooling environment for SAFe Portfolio, Large Solution, Portfolio, or Essential SAFe 6.0 configuration in ELM.

Imran Hashmi IBM ELM engineering lifecycle management

Some of the noteworthy new items in the SAFe 6.0 templates are:

  1. OKRs support for defining clear goals and measurable outcomes.
  2. Updates to strategic themes for improved business context and portfolio strategy.
  3. New flow metrics reports for accelerating value flow.
  4. Terminology updates for simplicity and clarity.
  5. Updated roles and permissions to empower teams and clarify responsibilities.
  6. Updated guidance for working with SAFe 6.0 templates.

SAFe 6.0 templates also support the SAFe 6.0 data model, which includes lean budgeting for organizations to adopt a financial governance approach that funds value streams instead of projects, accelerating value delivery and reducing overhead and other costs. SAFe 6.0 Flow Metrics JRS reports help measure the flow of business value through all the activities involved in producing business value through a value stream. The guidance on roles, key collaborations, and responsibility wheel has been updated to help teams improve their performance and better support the organization's goals. SAFe 6.0 templates have been updated to reflect the recommended terminology changes by SAFe 6.0.

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MBSE- IBM Client Success: Fagor Industrial accelerates time to market by 30 percent

Fagor Industrial

Washing away the competition by cutting time-to-market by up to 30 percent

Inspired by the evolution of smartphones, Fagor Industrial decided to launch a first-of-its-kind touchscreen washer extractor. With a short window of opportunity before competitors introduced similar products, the company achieved a rapid time-to-market by working with ULMA Embedded to develop the embedded systems using ® Rational® solutions.

Business challenge

Fagor Industrial spotted a chance to excite customers with a never-before-seen touchscreen washer extractor. To gain first-mover advantage, it needed to and launch this innovative product fast.

Transformation

To achieve a swift time-to-market, Fagor Industrial engaged IBM Business Partner® ULMA Embedded to develop its cutting-edge product using sophisticated IBM Rational development platforms.

Results

Up to 30%

reduction in time-to-market, enabling Fagor to gain first-mover advantage

25%

faster development of new embedded systems for a state-of-the-art product

Unlocks

huge time and cost savings by reducing the need to build physical prototypes

Business challenge story

Seizing a commercial opportunity

Imran Hashmi IBM ELM engineering lifecycle management

The success of touchscreen interfaces on smartphones has led to increasing numbers of other devices adopting touchscreen technology—including laptops, cash registers, ATMs and even cars. Observing consumers' keen appetite for touchscreens, and the greater usability they afford, Fagor Industrial set out to capitalize on this trend by launching an industrial washer extractor that can be controlled via a touchscreen interface.

At the time, no similar offerings were available on the market, but the clock was ticking. Fagor Industrial knew that first-mover advantage would be critical in this new product segment. To seize the narrow window of opportunity, the company needed to design, test and launch its new touchscreen offering as quickly as possible.

“With Rational, we can design and launch new products faster than ever, sharpening our competitive edge.”

— Imanol Lukas Etxarri, Electronic Engineer, Research and Development, Fagor Industrial

Transformation story

Calling in the experts

Developing a first-of-its-kind product using the latest technologies is always a challenge. For assistance in the venture, Fagor Industrial engaged an expert team from ULMA Embedded, an IBM Business Partner. The ULMA team proposed adopting IBM Rational Rhapsody Designer for Systems Engineers to help accelerate the pace and improve the quality of development.

Imanol Lukas Etxarri, an Electronic Engineer in the Research and Development Department at Fagor Industrial, explains: “We have worked with ULMA Embedded Solutions many times in the past, and they are one of our key strategic partners. When we decided to develop a new touchscreen washer extractor, we knew that it would be difficult, so we engaged ULMA Embedded Solutions to help us on the journey.

“We have a very strong relationship with ULMA because their engineers have an in-depth knowledge of the latest market trends, best practices and cutting-edge development tools. When they advocated Rational Rhapsody for this particular development, we were quickly convinced that it was the right recommendation.”

Results story

Achieving a clean sweep

Previously, Fagor Industrial built new embedded systems by first manufacturing the hardware, then developing the software using the C programming language, running on microcontrollers. Although most of the company's previous products had fewer functions and a simpler interface than the new touchscreen washer extractor, the programming was complex and time-consuming.

In addition, the traditional development process required significant investment in building a physical prototype before the company could obtain feedback on the product from marketing and other departments, and then finalize the design.

With Rational, all that has changed, as Imanol Lukas Etxarri explains: “Rational offers a broad array of advantages in developing a new product. For example, it allowed ULMA Embedded Solutions to begin by designing all of the hardware on the computer, and simulate the results.

“This meant we could show detailed simulations of the new product to our customers, marketing personnel and executives to obtain their feedback. We worked with them to get the look, feel, functionality and usability of the new product right before we built physical prototypes—resulting in major time and cost savings.”

Additionally, the flexibility of the Rational solution made it easy for ULMA Embedded Solutions to develop new functions requested by Fagor Industrial—such as personalized washing cycles—and incorporate them into the new washer extractor's control panel and processes.

As the development team made changes to the definitions of the washing cycles, the Rational software automatically updated any dependent processes—for example, telling the drum when to spin, empty or fill with water. Thanks to this automation, ULMA Embedded Solutions was able to develop the hardware for the new washer extractor 25 percent faster than expected.

Imanol Lukas Etxarri continues: “Thanks to ULMA Embedded Solutions and Rational software, we were able to cut time-to-market by up to 30 percent. Because we launched our touchscreen washer extractor before our competitors brought their products onto the market, we gained first-mover advantage. Our offering has been a hit with customers because it offers a user-friendly touchscreen and helpful features for personalized wash cycles.”

He adds: “With any innovative product, you can expect to encounter some service and support issues immediately after the launch. However, with our touchscreen washer extractor, we experienced far fewer issues than expected. Because we identified and solved many potential problems in the simulation stage, we have been able to achieve a higher standard in the end product.”

In the future, Fagor Industrial plans to enhance its touchscreen washer extractor with internet connectivity, tapping into the trend towards smarter laundries. As a result, customers will be able to control the devices remotely.

Building on its success, Fagor Industrial also plans to streamline the design of future products using Rational, enabling it to respond rapidly to emerging customer demands and hot trends in the market.

About Fagor Industrial

Headquartered in the Spanish town of Oñati, Fagor Industrial S. Coop. manufactures products for cooking, cleaning and chilling food on an industrial scale. The company is the leading producer of machinery for the hotel and catering sector in Spain, and is among the top ten manufacturers in this market segment in the world. Employing 1,800 people across eight production plants and 18 sales offices, Fagor Industrial serves customers in 90 countries.

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  • Watson IoT Platform

Take the next step

To learn more about IBM Rational Rhapsody Designer for Systems Engineers, please contact your IBM representative or IBM Business Partner, or visit the following website: ibm.com/software/products/en/ratirhapdesiforsystengi

Founded in 2009, ULMA Embedded Solutions specializes in providing engineering services to support the entire lifecycle of electronic products—from concept to manufacturing and maintenance, including design, development and test phases. The company is based in Oñati, Spain. To learn more about ULMA Embedded Solutions, please visit: www.ulmaembedded.com/en

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Streamlining medical device design for US FDA Compliance

Three key themes to set up your engineering for success

Engineering Medical device manufacturers must innovate to succeed. To grow, manufacturers must deliver innovative, , and fully compliant medical devices. This means adhering to increasingly rigorous regulatory standards like ISO 13485, IEC 82304-1, ISO 14971, IEC 60812, IEC 62304, ISO 60601, , 21 CFR 820.30, and 21 CFR 11 driven by both EU's MDR and the regulations. IBM helps to:

Reduce time to innovation

−Adopt agility at scale that meets the needs of each part of your development team such as SAFe®

−Reduce time to market with strategic reuse by creating and managing product variants across multiple product lines Improve quality−Achieve transparency and traceability for design control as a by-product by creating work products in a controlled environment

−Use AI to validate quality of requirements reduce cost of −Understand status, responsibilities, audit trial and history for design control work products at every stage of the development−Automatically generate high-quality documents from multiple sources to support compliance and audit requirements

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Q&A: Automotive Compliance Rational DOORS kit for ISO 26262 and IEC 61508

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Question

What is the Rational DOORS Kit for and ?

Answer

The Rational DOORS Kit for ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 is part of the Rational DOORS 9.4, 9.4.0.1, 9.5, 9.5.1, 9.5.2, 9.6, and 9.6.1 release. Project teams in safety-critical industries, such as the automotive industry, can use the kit to help lower the risks and costs of complying with functional safety standards.

You can download the kit as part of the Rational DOORS product download from IBM Passport Advantage. In addition, you can find information about the IBM Rational Rhapsody Kit for ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 in the Rational Rhapsody online product documentation in IBM Knowledge Center. The Rational Rhapsody and the Rational DOORS kits help to quickly and safely deploy the IBM Rational Solution for Automotive.

Kit contents

TitleDescription
TÜV SÜD “Fit for Purpose” certificate for IBM Rational DOORS for ISO 26262 and IEC 61508This PDF document indicates that the TÜV SÜD has certified that Rational DOORS is fit for purpose for developing safety-related software according to IEC 61508 and/or ISO 26262, up to SIL 3 or ASIL D. The certificate covers Rational DOORS 9.4, 9.4.0.1, 9.5, 9.5.1, 9.5.2, 9.6, and 9.6.1.
TÜV SÜD Report to the Certificate for ISO 26262 and IEC 61508This document is the report for the TÜV SÜD Certificate for Rational DOORS for ISO 26262 and IEC 61508.
IBM Rational DOORS Safety ManualThis PDF document describes the features of Rational DOORS, as considered by the TÜV SÜD certificate. The document also describes the workflow and checks that project teams can use for safety-critical development.
IBM Rational DOORS ISO 26262 templateThis template of a Rational DOORS project can be used as a starting point or example of how to configure Rational DOORS for use on safety-critical projects. The template is in DOORS project archive (.dpa) format.
ISO 26262 DOORS template read meThis PDF document describes the contents of the template and explains how to use and deploy it.
IBM Rational DOORS Intended Use Validation Test SuiteThis test suite can be used to help qualify Rational DOORS in safety-critical projects. The test suite is provided as a DOORS project archive file (.dpa).
Intended Use Validation Test Suite OverviewThis PDF document describes the Intended Use Validation Test Suite. The document also explains how to use or augment the test suite to qualify the use of Rational DOORS in a specific environment.

Benefits of using the kit

TÜV SÜD certificates to support tool qualification

The TÜV SÜD Certificate and Report to the Certificate provide an independent third-party review of the Rational DOORS development processes, customer support and defect processes, internal validation test suites, and the Rational DOORS Safety Manual. An organization can use the certificate and report to provide justification and evidence to qualify to use specific tools. The next table contains information about how the certificate and report can support tool qualification.

ISO tool qualification methodApplicability of the TÜV SÜD certificate and related assets
1a: Increased confidence from use in accordance with 11.4.7The TÜV SÜD evaluated the customer information and bug tracking of IBM Rational software, which contributes to an increased confidence because it helps with systematically collecting data and acquiring errors over a large number of customers and projects. This is only one part of the argument and needs to be extended by you based on your usage of Rational DOORS.
1b: Evaluation of the tool development process in accordance with 11.4.8The TÜV SÜD evaluated the Rational DOORS development process according to an appropriate standard based on the relevant portions of the ISO 26262:2011 standard. In addition, IBM holds an ISO 9001 certificate for the Rational DOORS development process. Therefore, the TÜV SÜD certificate and the ISO 9001 certification can be used as justification for this tool qualification method.
1c: Validation of the software tool in accordance with 11.4.9The TÜV SÜD analyzed the validation suite that IBM uses for Rational DOORS relative to the usage of features that are described in the Rational DOORS Safety Manual. Each organization must ensure that the described conditions of use and the used features match the descriptions in the safety manual. Any features that are not described in the safety manual are not covered by the certificate and need extra measures, such as manual validation.

In addition, IBM provides a Rational DOORS Intended Use Validation Test Suite for customers who want to use Rational DOORS differently than is described in the safety manual to validate that the features work as intended in their environment. This test suite is not covered by the certificate, but the test suite can be used to help enforce the argument for 1c.
1d: Development in accordance with a safety standardThis argument is not applicable because Rational DOORS was not developed as a safety item in accordance with a safety standard. The methods that the ISO 26262 requires, such as MC/DC coverage and semiformal verification, are not completely applied.

Validation test suite to run validation tests in specific environments

The Rational DOORS Intended Use Validation Test Suite is a customizable Rational DOORS project that contains a set of requirements that trace to features, test cases, and tests. You can run the tests in your environment to document and verify your usage of Rational DOORS.

Rational DOORS ISO 26262 template

The ISO 26262 template includes the basic modules and attributes that you can use to capture requirements and safety information throughout the safety lifecycle. The template also includes DXL scripts that determine the Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) of a safety goal based on severity, exposure, controllability, and the propagation of the ASIL down the requirements hierarchy from the safety goals.

Additional resources

For more information about using Rational DOORS for projects that must comply with ISO 26262, see the white paper ISO 26262 compliant usages of IBM Rational DOORS in safety critical E/E-projects within the automotive domain (ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/ral14048usen/RAL14048USEN.PDF).

For specific guidance about requirements and safety management, along with tool mentors that can help with ISO 26262 , use the practice content and workflow template for IBM Rational Method Composer and IBM Rational Team Concert™. If you have a Rational Method Composer license, you can download the additional practice content at http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24030663.

Disclaimer
The artifacts described here, including the practice mappings to standards, such as DO-178B and ISO-26262, can be used to help Licensee meet compliance obligations, which may be based on laws, regulations, standards or additional practices. Any directions, suggested usage, or guidance provided by the practice mapping does not constitute legal, accounting, or other professional advice, and Licensee is cautioned to obtain its own legal or other expert counsel. Licensee is solely responsible for ensuring that Licensee and Licensee's activities, applications and systems comply with all applicable laws, regulations, standards and practices. Use of this practice mapping does not guarantee compliance with any law, regulation, standard or additional practice.