MALMO, Sweden and IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 17, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Telelogic, (Stockholm:TLOG) (Other OTC:TGIAF), the leading global provider of solutions for advanced software and systems development, today released a powerful new integration between two of its product families: Telelogic DOORS(R) for requirements management and Telelogic Tau Generation2(TM) for visual development.
This bi-directional integration provides a unique, role-based interface that allows users to bridge the gap between requirements and standards-based systems and software models, for greater lifecycle accountability, automatic error-checking and fast, early prototyping.
Tight integration between these two industry-leading tools provides full, two-way traceability between textual requirements in DOORS and the visual expression of those requirements using UML(TM) models within Tau Generation2. DOORS users can generate UML models and elements directly from requirements, while Tau users can now link and trace models to requirements and specifications or even other UML elements.
The integration complements Tau Generation2's dynamic model execution, making it simple to prove requirements are correct, regardless of whether the system is hardware, software or a combination of both.
"Every project team uses sketches, flowcharts and diagrams on an informal basis to clarify concepts and aid understanding," said Ingemar Ljungdahl, Telelogic's Chief Technology Officer. "Often, these visual aids end up on white boards or scraps of papers, so valuable information is erased or thrown away at the end of the day. This integration between Tau Generation2 and DOORS formalizes the process and makes these pictures accessible to everyone working on the project."
"For the first time, project managers, analysts, system architects, engineers and developers can use a standard notation to visualize requirements, generate executable models and prove designs faster," Ljungdahl added. "Visualizing requirements speeds understanding, while the added traceability from requirements to design keeps teams focused. By using Tau Generation2 and DOORS together, development teams can complete their projects on time and within budget."
The integration's role-based approach allows team members to benefit from the power of both DOORS and Tau, while using the toolset best suited to their individual needs. The integration also includes built-in wizards to simplify and automate common tasks, offering immediate gains in productivity while minimizing the learning curve.
"The value of requirements-driven development has been proven time and time again," said Matt Light, Research Director, Applications Development Group at Gartner. "Visualizing requirements formally with a standards-based notation advances the state of the art -- ensuring consistency of objectives, and cutting the risk of misunderstanding. By using executable models, systems engineers and systems analysts can be sure requirements are complete and correct early in the project lifecycle, when it is the most cost-effective to make changes."
"Developing prototypes can be costly, but correcting problems late in the development lifecycle is even more expensive. Being able to generate executable models directly from requirements proves the requirements, minimizes the understanding gap, and saves time and effort necessary to create production-quality code," said Rikki Kirzner, Research Director, IDC Corporation. "Further, by linking UML models with requirements, changes can be flagged and propagated throughout the project consistently. Plus, changes can be modeled, simulated and tested immediately, allowing project teams to avoid the costly, cascading errors that often result from changes late in the game."
"In the development cycle, information must be retained along each step, from requirement management to development and testing," said Xavier Benmoussa at Yphise, the French technology analyst group. "An integration is needed between the tools involved in the development cycle to guarantee traceability between the different development steps."
"One needed integration is between requirement management tools and UML modeling tools," Benmoussa added. "This facilitates the reuse of requirements by UML modelers and allows project managers to check whether all the defined requirements are met by the UML model. The recently announced integration of Telelogic DOORS into Telelogic Tau/Developer and Tau/Architect is planned to provide this functionality."
Availability
The Telelogic Tau Generation 2.1 -- DOORS 6.0 SR1 integration is currently available on Windows 2000 and Windows XP platforms.
About Telelogic DOORS
Named the market leader for requirements management tools by Yphise in its 2002 industry report "Requirements Management Tools," DOORS enables users to gather, trace and manage all requirements established for a development project. This ensures that the resulting application is completed on time, within budget, and with all features and functionality originally specified.
About Telelogic Tau Generation2
Tau Generation2 consists of Tau/Architect(TM) and Tau/Developer(TM).
Tau/Architect is a modern, model-based systems engineering tool for the analysis and specification of advanced systems. Tau/Architect supports comprehensive modeling of large and complex systems using UML, resulting in precise, easy-to-understand specifications. Uniquely, with Tau/Architect, system engineers can specify the behavior of the system as well as simulate the system and demonstrate its behavior to end-users and other stakeholders at an early stage.
Tau/Developer provides the same modern, model-based, development environment, providing advanced UML modeling of software architecture, and detailed behavior. From these easy-to-understand models, developers can perform testing at the click of a button, without hand coding, and once modeling is complete, complete application code can be generated completely automatically.
About Telelogic
Founded in 1983, Telelogic(R) is the leading global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development. The company's integrated best-in-class software tools, supported by professional services, enable companies to automate their entire development lifecycle, resulting in improved quality and predictability with reduced time-to-market and overall costs. To ensure interoperability with third-party tools, Telelogic's products are built on an open architecture and standardized languages. As an industry leader and technology visionary, Telelogic is actively involved in shaping the future of advanced systems and software development by participating in industry organizations like 3GPP, ETSI, INCOSE, ITU-T, MOST, OMG and others.
Headquartered in Malmo, Sweden with U.S. headquarters in Irvine, California, Telelogic has more than 800 employees worldwide. Customers include Alcatel, BAE SYSTEMS, BMW, Boeing, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, General Motors, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Philips, Siemens and Thales. For more information, please visit www.telelogic.com.
Telelogic, Telelogic DOORS, Telelogic DocExpress, and Telelogic Tau are the registered trademarks of Telelogic. Telelogic Tau Architect, Developer, Tester, Synergy and Active CM are trademarks of Telelogic. All other trademarks are the properties of respective holders.
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Michael E. Donner, VP, Marketing & Communications Telelogic Americas and Asia/Pacific Phone: +1 (949) 885-2496 E-mail: michael.donner@telelogic.com Contact Europe: Ingemar Ljungdahl, Chief Technology Officer Telelogic AB Phone: +46 40 650 00 00 ingemar.ljungdahl@telelogic.com This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/12/17/20021217BIT00740/wkr0001.doc www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/12/17/20021217BIT00740/wkr0002.pdf