Embedded Systems

Quality is critical in embedded software. Once deployed into the field, embedded systems must work flawlessly. Seapine solutions help engineers efficiently design, build, and test embedded systems.

Embedded systems touch all parts of our lives, from automobiles to medical products to aerospace products. Unique development challenges surround designing and building embedded systems, because software is developed independent of the hardware it will eventually run on. Managing this dual track development of complex systems requires good process with strong integration between development teams and across tools improving efficiency and product quality.

Seapine's comprehensive and flexible solutions offer:

• Agile, Waterfall, hybrid, or custom development processes
• Requirements management, impact analysis, and traceability
• Centralized, secure data storage
• Task and issue management
• Audit logging and electronic signatures for audited industries
• Role-based security
• Process automation and validation
• Asset management and preventative maintenance
• Quality metrics and reporting for management
• Improved quality control
• Cross-platform development tools

When compliance is critical, Seapine's ALM solutions have you covered. For example, Seapine ALM tracks the following evidence to satisfy the U.S. government's DO-178B certification process for safety-critical software used in aircraft:

• Planning Documents and Traceability Artifacts
• Software Development Plan
• Software Verification Plan
• Software Configuration Management Plan
• Software Quality Assurance Plan
• Software Requirements Standards
• Software Design Standards
• Software Requirements Data
• Design Description
• Software Verification Cases and Procedures
• Software Life Cycle Environment Configuration Index
• Problem Reports
• Trace Matrices

Resources

White papers and case studies:

• Aerotech Powers Aviation Software Development with Seapine Solutions
• Analyzing the Impact of Requirement Changes
• Five Issues that Prevent Software Quality
• Identifying the Cost of Poor Quality
• SD Times: Agile embedded software development

Software Solutions

The most common Seapine Software solutions used by embedded software teams are:

• Surround SCM - Source code control solution that tracks and manages changes to source code, documents, test data and results, and other digital assets. Learn More
• TestTrack Pro - Workflow and issue management solution that tracks and manages defects, feature requests, tasks, change requests, and other development-related issues. Learn More
• TestTrack TCM - Test case management and test planning solution that manages all facets of the product testing process including test case creation, scheduling, execution [of automated tests], measurement and reporting. Learn More
• TestTrack RM - Requirements management solution that manages requirements and requirements documents, supports coverage and impact analysis, and provides complete artifact traceability. Learn More
• QA Wizard Pro - Software testing solution that automates functional and regression testing of Windows and web applications and the load testing of web applications. Learn More
• Seapine ALM RP - Reporting platform that gives you and your management team insight into every stage of the development lifecycle, enabling fact-based reviews of each project and team. Seapine ALM RP makes it possible to review the schedule status across active projects, investigate test plan performance across teams, analyze bug counts across release cycles, and so on, helping you stay on top of your quality initiatives. Learn More

To learn more about how Seapine Software can help your organization, please contact your business development manager.