# Automating Requirements: How Altium 365 is Changing Engineering

- Show: [OnTrack](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack)
- Published: 2024-10-16
- Length: 30m
- Episode: 280
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-10-16-automating-requirements-how-altium-365-is-changing-engineering
- Listen: https://podcast.altium.com/e/automating-requirements-how-altium-365-is-changing-engineering/

## Summary

Louise Linblad, VP of Product for Systems Engineering, and Gonçalo Ivo, Head of Product for Requirements & Systems Portal at Altium, discuss the launch of the Requirements & Systems Portal within Altium 365. They explain how the tool integrates the acquired Valispace technology to automate requirements management, connecting high-level system needs directly to Altium Designer PCB projects. The guests highlight key features such as automatic validation of design parameters (like layer counts and trace widths), AI-assisted requirement generation, and bidirectional traceability between system engineers and electronic engineers. They emphasize that this integration reduces errors, accelerates time to market, and shifts the workflow from disconnected spreadsheets to a unified digital thread.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-10-16-automating-requirements-how-altium-365-is-changing-engineering#t=0) Introduction: Louise Linblad and Gonçalo Ivo on Altium 365 Requirements Portal
- [1:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-10-16-automating-requirements-how-altium-365-is-changing-engineering#t=93) Valispace Acquisition and Integration into Altium 365
- [4:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-10-16-automating-requirements-how-altium-365-is-changing-engineering#t=271) Altium 365 App Ecosystem and Unified Digital Thread
- [6:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-10-16-automating-requirements-how-altium-365-is-changing-engineering#t=381) Current State of Requirements Management (Excel/Word vs. Dedicated Tools)
- [9:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-10-16-automating-requirements-how-altium-365-is-changing-engineering#t=598) Automated Workflow: Faster Time to Market and Getting It Right
- [13:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-10-16-automating-requirements-how-altium-365-is-changing-engineering#t=796) Live Demo: Linking Requirements to Altium Designer PCB Projects
- [19:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-10-16-automating-requirements-how-altium-365-is-changing-engineering#t=1194) AI-Assisted Features and Human-in-the-Loop Validation
- [21:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-10-16-automating-requirements-how-altium-365-is-changing-engineering#t=1290) Importing Existing Requirements and Future Roadmap
- [26:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2024-10-16-automating-requirements-how-altium-365-is-changing-engineering#t=1597) Long-Term Vision: Deepening Integration with BOM and Standards

## Topics

- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Altium 365 (product)
- Valispace (company)
- Altium Designer (product)
- DOORS (tool)
- Jama (tool)
- Jira (tool)

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