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Platform Proliferation
Next-Generation Requirements Management
by René Bellei, Ryma Technology Solutions
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Embedded '06
Platform Proliferation

I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was introduced to platform-based design sometime back in the 1960s.  The platform I used had a basic floorplan and various compatible components that could be selected depending on the desired results.  The first decision was always a meat.  It occupied a trapezoidal region in the center of the tray, uh, I mean floorplan.  Alongside that region were two smaller triangular areas.  One of these would always contain a starch, and one would contain a vegetable.  Centered between those two was a square area with an inscribed circle.  That section was always reserved for an 8 ounce paper carton of milk – chocolate, if I was lucky.  The whole system was integrated around a common utensil strategy – those were stored in a long vertical partition along the right side of the platform. [more]

Next-Generation Requirements Management
by René Bellei, President and CEO, Ryma Technology Solutions

Software companies have long focused on greater development efficiencies through the implementation of software tools and processes that enable them to get products to market faster, in a more directed and accountable fashion, and therefore at a lower cost.

However, for these efficiencies to yield top line and market share growth, these companies must continually establish the right product functionality mix to address the needs of the evolving markets they target.
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