REQUIREMENT MANAGEMENT INTEROPERABILITY

Overview of STEP AP 242 functionalities for « Requirement management » interoperability

The objective of this page is to provide an overview, from the users perspective, of the STEP AP 242 functionalities for “Requirement management” interoperability. It is summed up according to the following paragraphs:

  • Overview and illustration of capabilities
  • Examples of associated use cases
  • Dependencies / related standards
  • Status of availability of COTS solutions
  •  Status of recommended practices / implementers forums

Overview and illustration of capabilities

Examples of associated use cases

Interoperability between different systems:
 
 RM - RM Requirement management exchange in the supply chain
 RM - SM Requirement management exchange between a RM system and a SM system
 RM - PDM  Requirement management exchange between a RM system and a PDM system
 RM - SLM Requirement management exchange between a RM system and a SDM system
Long Term Archiving and Retrieval (LTA&R):
       - LTA&R of a requirement structure for reuse and support in operation
Visualization of archived  requirement management information
List not exhaustive: for more information refer to the CAX IF use cases and the STEP AP 242 use cases described by the respective industry associations

Nota: RM : Requirement Management - SM: Systems Modeling - SDM: Simulation Data Management

Dependancies / related standards

The data model of AP 242 for Requirement management is based on STEP AP 233 “Systems Engineering”, harmonized for this scope with STEP AP 239 PLCS. The requirement management capability of STEP AP 214 is included in STEP AP 242; the STEP AP 242 standard has therefore interrelations / synergies with the OMG ReqIF standard and its associated implementer forum.

Status of availability of COTS solutions

Prototypes in development in different international R&D projects.
More information to be published in 2014.

Related recommended practices

STEP recommended practices for Requirement management: draft available as part of the different international projects.
Associated STEP Implementer Forum for Requirement management : planned to start in 2014 / 2015.