Automotive use case standard for embedded systems

Abstract

Today the lack of deliveries from suppliers to automotive OEMs in early phases of software development cause a number of problems such as misinterpreted requirements and difficulties in keeping deadlines. We have identified use cases as a means to communicate and visualize requirements. A well defined standard is needed to enable communication between different organizations. In this paper we propose a two level use case standard for embedded systems. The standard consists of a template and guidelines specifying how to write consistent and unambiguous use cases while capturing the necessary requirements.