Combining ALM and MBD Tools for Continuous Requirement Validation Tests with Multi-Dimensional Test Parameters

During system or software development, teams need to work with multiple tools which each have their use cases and strengths. For the combination of application life-cycle management (ALM) and model-based design (MBD) software, this paper presents a process for continuous requirement validation tests with complex multi-dimensional test parameters. In our case, the test parameters and their combinations are managed in the ALM tool Polarion, and the model-based test cases are created in MATLAB/Simulink. Our tool SimPol links the artifacts of the two environments. The newly developed tool tico retrieves the information from both platforms and executes the test cases for all specified test parameter combinations in a continuous integration environment. Afterwards, tico uploads the results to Polarion where they are available for requirement validation status and test case execution reports. Thus, every piece of information can reside in the tool where it is best suited. The process is demonstrated for simulation tests of an electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.