Ensuring traceability is effective for maintaining quality in the development of high-quality systems and software.
Next Design is equipped with traceability management features comparable to dedicated tools.
Because you can naturally secure traceability while designing, it reduces the hassle of securing it after design completion, leading to process improvements.
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Traceability and design tools merged into one
The linkage showing where upstream specifications and designs are implemented is recorded directly as traceability. Particularly to fulfill accountability requirements like ISO 26262 demanded in the embedded software industry, design documents are often exhaustively linked, but there is no need to implement a separate traceability tool.
Next Design doesn't just visualize design results; it supports design actions themselves in tandem with traceability. For example, simply drag and drop related information from requirements to design to record traceability.
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List traceability with dedicated views
Recorded traceability can be viewed in a list using a dedicated lane view. The processes displayed in the lane view can be customized. You can choose to display traceability for all processes in a list or narrow it down to specific processes.
Related design information is highlighted upon selection, making the impact range clear at a glance. Traceability becomes something you actually use.
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Easily check traceability even in large-scale projects
You can narrow down the display items using filters, allowing you to easily review traceability results with excellent visibility even in large-scale projects.
In addition to checking traceability between processes, you can also analyze dependency relationships and impact ranges of design information within a process.
The following filters are available:
・No trace recorded
・Relations of selected model
・Presence of element-to-element trace relations can be checked with icons.
・Model name
・Arbitrary relations according to the metamodel
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Verify and edit traceability in matrix format
In addition to tree views, traceability can also be displayed as a matrix. The independently developed traceability matrix screen operates smoothly even with large volumes of design data, such as thousands by thousands, making it applicable to large-scale software development. Furthermore, the traceability matrix allows you to edit trace relationships with just a click.
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Traceability management features comparable to dedicated tools
Next Design's traceability management features offer capabilities on par with dedicated design traceability tools. Because Next Design integrates design and traceability functions, it enables you to maintain traceability that is always up-to-date and meaningful.
＜Feature Examples＞
・Check the traceability coverage between processes.
・Specify elements to exclude from traceability and document the reasons.
・Confirm the presence of trace relationships between elements using icons.
・Jump to the design screen with a single click.
・Highlight the impact range for selected elements.
・Export traceability reports to Excel.
・Display traceability trees in multiple patterns.
