{"id":132,"date":"2021-12-06T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/small-medium-business\/?p=132"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:39:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:39:42","slug":"what-is-the-live-approach-to-software-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/small-medium-business\/2021\/12\/06\/what-is-the-live-approach-to-software-development\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Live approach to software development?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When it comes to software development, there\u2019s more than one way<\/a> to finish a project quickly and efficiently while meeting all the necessary requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Software development methods have changed<\/a> just as much as the software itself has changed, and as a result, the tools used have evolved and changed, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siemens Digital Industries Software developed the Live approach as a part of that natural evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Live approach is a set of six guidelines introducing a new philosophy to managing software development artifacts and development-related information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first four guidelines relate to the information model and storage and the final two relate to how information is accessed and shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Live Approach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Guideline 1: Single ancestor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The work item class is the common ancestor in an inheritance hierarchy of all the information and artifacts related to the development activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This guideline essentially says all created artifacts and performed activities in the software lifecycle are work items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guideline 2: Single source<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instances of the work item class and the instances of all its specializations are \u201csingle source.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All project information only exists once in the development environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guideline 3: Single repository<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The repository where items are stored should be logically unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This doesn\u2019t necessarily mean the repository is physically one, but the repository must appear unique from the user perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guideline 4: Custom work item class specializations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Users can define their own specializations of the work item class to match their corporate or project needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This offers customization of the information to be stored in the work item class specializations and the work item class itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guideline 5: Live features<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A feature is Live when it\u2019s an operation applicable to any instance of the work item class and of its specializations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The larger the number and the greater the power of the Live features in a certain lifecycle management solution, the higher the benefits for its users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guideline 6: Exposure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When using Live features to access work items, the resulting information should be exposed in a way that is appropriate for every single user role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live features should be available to different user roles in the preferred format and with the specific content desired by the users covering a role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Compliancy Taxonomy for Live software development<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Each development environment can be compliant to these guidelines at different levels at different points in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the whitepaper to go more in depth with the Live approach and how companies use ALM software like Polarian to meet development and corporate goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read the white paper<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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