Model
CREATE PROCESS MODELS INSTEAD OF PICTURES
DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF SOFTWARE-INTENSIVE PRODUCTS IS COMPLEX
Stages helps you master this complexity with
- Proven process modeling practices like Swimlane diagrams, SIPOCs and RASIC
- Modularized process architecture to safely create large process landscapes, variants, and tailored instances
- Automatic validation of modeling guidelines and process consistency before release
- Process version management with configurable review and approval workflows
Simplify your processes with a structured approach and an intuitive user interface.
Visualize & Pilot
THE 3 P’s: PRODUCTS - PROCESSES - PEOPLE
OVER 80% OF ALL PROCESSES ARE EXECUTED BY PEOPLE
Stages helps people to understand processes with
- Full transparency from top level value streams to detailed activities
- Support for complex product, program, and project hierarchies
- User controlled process visualizations based on role, phase, or milestone
- Annotated changes in case of process updates
Your teams will adopt new practices, methods, and tools much faster and easier.
Execute
ONLY DO WHAT MATTERS
BUSINESS AGILITY MEANS EMBRACING PROJECT VARIANCE
Stages contains a rules-based tailoring capability that can
- Calculate the optimal process configuration for each program, project, or team
- React on critical issues and adjust processes without changing the past
- Signal potential compliance violations during tailoring
Your teams will operate with minimal process overhead and still comply with all regulations.
Integrate
Put the process to work
PROCESSES NEED TO BE CONSISTENTLY EXECUTED ACROSS THE TOOL LANDSCAPE
Stages integrates with most common ALM, PLM, and document management tools:
- Orchestrate Atlassian Jira and IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (Team Concert) to dynamically generate tasks and automate workflows based on the process for each project or team.
- Manage work products, checklists, and templates in MS SharePoint, Apache SVN, and PTC Integrity.
- Generate project plan templates for MS Project and many other systems.
- See status of project work products and engineering data from other repositories.
Your teams will find the process significantly more useful and easier to follow.
Compliance
Reduce risk of non-compliance
CRITICAL PRODUCTS ARE DEVELOPED AND OPERATED IN REGULATED ENVIRONMENTS
Stages provides a powerful capability to map regulatory and industry standard requirements onto your processes:
- Maintain traceability and detect gaps in your processes.
- Receive compliance warnings when tailoring your processes.
- Generate compliance evidence including project work products.
- See the compliance status across the whole organization.
Manage compliance with regulations and drastically reduce the efforts of audits and assessments.
| Automotive | Aerospace & Defense | Medical Devices | Railway | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automotive SPICE | DO-178C | IEC 62304 | EN 50126 | ISO 9001 |
| ISO 26262 (Functional Safety) | DO-254 | ISO 14971 | EN 50128 | ISO 15288 |
| ISO 21488 (SOTIF) | ARP4754A | ISO 13485 | EN 50129 | APQC PCFs |
| ISO/SAE 21434 (Cybersecurity) | AS9100D | EN 50657 | ||
| ISO 24089 (SUMS) | ||||
| IATF 16949 |
Feedback & KPIs
LISTEN TO YOUR AUDIENCE
THE WORLD’S CHANGES ARE ACCELERATING, AND PROCESSES MUST KEEP PACE
Actively involve all users to gather feedback directly in the process description:
- Low entry barrier to provide feedback
- User feedback automatically creates tickets in Jira, ServiceNow, Codebeamer, PTC Integrity, IBM ELM, or Redmine
- Gain insights from live usage statistics and KPIs via customizable reports
Let metrics drive your process improvement.
Evolve your teams into a learning organization.
ONLINE DEMO
PROCESS MANAGEMENT WITH STAGES
What you will learn:
- Optimize processes with a model-based approach
- Improve the quality of your processes in practice
- Understand the advantages and features of the Stages tool