Strategic partnership between automobile manufacturer and Telelogic

Strategic partnership between automobile manufacturer and Telelogic optimizes vehicle systems development with UML standard Improved design methodology using OO technologies for automotive development MALMÖ, Sweden, October 11, 1999 - BMW has chosen Telelogic's tool suite Telelogic Tau as their software development tool for object-oriented analysis and UML (Unified Modeling Language) based design. Telelogic is the leading supplier of analysis, design and test tools for the development of embedded, event-driven real-time systems, and also an active member of standardization groups such as OMG (Object Management Group) and ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union). The adaptation of UML to future requirements of the automobile industry will be carried out within the project "AUTOMOTIVE - Requirements Engineering for Embedded Systems". "Due to their high requirements on quality and reliability, BMW is the perfect partner for us in order to further optimize our tools for the automobile industry," says Mr. Grzebellus, Managing Director of Telelogic GmbH in Germany. As a first consequence, another tool used in a running project has already been replaced by the Telelogic Tau tool. Within the project "AUTOMOTIVE - Requirements Engineering for Embedded Systems", solutions for a seamless development process for embedded automobile systems have to be created. These are to be used in the early development phase of the new design methodology. The project involves significant cooperation by BMW, TU-Munich, the ETAS company and Telelogic. One of the most important aims is to continuously use the UML standard for the development of vehicle electronics up to series production. This also includes the integration of ASCET-SD (the embedded control system of ETAS) with Telelogic's UML tool for continuous development processes from analysis up to specification. "By coupling Telelogic's UML tool and ASCET-SD, BMW receives a seamless tool chain from the analysis phase down to series code" emphasized Dr. Fuchs, head of the BMW department "Software Development Process". There is a need for improved automotive design methodology since applications like x-by-wire, driver-assistance systems or communication and information platforms all follow the trend of supplying the customer with more and more functionalities. The high quality demands on these systems, as well as time and cost barriers during a design development process, has lead to new requirements such as in the completeness and formal description aspects of design tools. Requirements engineering methods enable unambiguous, complete and consistent documentation of requirements and functional editing during the first phase of system design. Consequently, validations and verifications of the requirements contribute to quality improvements at a very early stage. Documented requirements are the basis for all activities in the development process as well as for the control of the change management, configuration management and quality assurance. About Telelogic AB Telelogic is the world's leading supplier of visual software development and test tools for real-time communicating systems. Telelogic Tau consists of tools for analysis, design and testing of event-driven, real-time applications. Telelogic also provides a host of consulting services focused in the real-time arena. Customers include Alcatel, Cisco, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Siemens and a number of universities and institutions worldwide. Headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, Telelogic's worldwide presence includes sales and service offices in Asia, Europe and North America. Information about Telelogic and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at: http://www.telelogic.com. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/10/11/19991011BIT00280/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/10/11/19991011BIT00280/bit0002.pdf