A process for system development

Since the mid-1970s, several successful methods have been created for developing embedded computer systems. Most of them concentrate on techniques and tools for individual steps of the development process. Today, the success of large projects critically depends not only on the use of good individual techniques and tools, but also on a thorough understanding and successful management of the overall process. This paper outlines such an overall process for developing large embedded systems. The whole process is constructed from predefined recurring patterns that can be reused in various stages of the process. While the individual process steps are taken from existing methods (and are thus well known), the overall process is new.<>