Keeping System Documentation Current With the Increasing Pace of Agile Product Development

The fast pace of the Agile methodology requires OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to work hand in hand to develop and refine requirements and make quicker interim deliveries. Advances in Simulink^® and Polarion^® ALM have facilitated requirements linking to models assisting systems engineers in developing and documenting requirements for the new control strategies. Advances in MATLAB^® and Simulink Report Generator™ enabled the auto-generation of documentation from the models assisting systems engineers to create current and correct documentation for the customers. A concept will be proposed to merge linked requirements in Polarion ALM with the auto-generated documents from Simulink models. Known APIs that can enable this merge will be summarized. This proposed concept will provide an all-encompassing auto-generated document that will save time in providing up-to-date documentation for controls and diagnostic strategies.