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Smartfacts Platform (03/25)

Smartfacts Platform (03/25)

Owned by Christoph Bergner
Last updated: Jan 16, 2025
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Welcome to Smartfacts

What You Will Learn

This documentation introduces Smartfacts, a powerful platform designed for various applications, including viewing and analyzing models and managing traceability between engineering artifacts. You will understand its core functionalities, modular structure, and how it enables cross-domain traceability and configuration management.

Overview of Smartfacts Use Cases

Smartfacts is a versatile platform employed in the following scenarios:

  1. Viewer for Models and Textual Requirements:

    • Supports multiple modeling and requirements management tools.

  2. Cross Tool Traceability Management Platform:

    • Facilitates traceability across tools to improve data consistency and analysis.

  3. Cross Domain Configuration Management Platform:

    • Provides centralized management of configurations across domains, forming the foundation for traceability and analytical insights.

Smartfacts Modular Structure

The Smartfacts platform is organized into three primary modules:

1. Smartfacts Cross Domain Configuration Management

  • Purpose: Manages domain-spanning configurations essential for traceability and analysis.

  • Standalone Capability: Can operate independently for configuration management needs.

2. Smartfacts Platform with Plugins

  • Core Features:

    • Enables publishing of models from tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler, Enterprise Architect, Matlab Simulink, and Innovator.

    • Allows "read-only" usage of published models.

  • Review Module:

    • Facilitates structured reviews of model content.

  • Plugins:

    • Extends traceability functionalities within modeling tools.

3. OSLC Connectors

  • Functionality: Implements the OSLC (Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration) standard to establish traceability between tools.

  • Supported Tools:

    • Codebeamer (RM, QM)

    • Confluence

    • DOORS Classic (RM)

    • Jama Connect (RM)

    • JIRA (CCM)

    • Octane (QM)

    • PREEvision (RM, AM)

    • Teamcenter (PLM)

  • OSLC Domains: AM: Architecture Management, CCM: Change & Configuration Management. QM: Quality Management

    • PLM: Product Lifecycle Management

    • RM: Requirements Management

Related Topics

  • Getting Started with Smartfacts

  • Using the Review Module

  • Understanding OSLC Standards

  • Smartfacts Plugin Management