Enforcing process discipline – without handcuffs
Workflow guards may sound like technical bells and whistles, but in ASPICE-aligned environments, they’re essential. These tools help enforce the logic and order your development process demands – without relying on manual policing.
Let’s look at how you can use Codebeamer’s workflow guards to create traceable, compliant, and efficient development flows that scale with your team.
Why Workflow Guards Matter (Especially in ASPICE Contexts)
In ASPICE, you can’t cut corners – and that includes how requirements move through your process.
For example:
- A lower-level requirement shouldn’t be approved until its higher-level predecessor is already validated.
- Similarly, a test case can’t progress if the requirement it verifies is still in flux.
Codebeamer lets you enforce these rules using computed guards – simple logic that automatically blocks or enables progress based on related items’ statuses, not just their “status meanings”.
Guarding Against Conflicts of Interest
Most of the time it’s not just the what, but the who that matters.
Take this example:
“Verifying your own requirement is not allowed.”
This type of guard ensures that the person who marked a requirement “Ready for Review” can’t also be the one to verify it – even if they’re part of the same team or role group. This adds an extra layer of objectivity and process integrity.
Automation That Works With You (Not Against You)
Workflow guards are powerful on their own – but when you combine them with Codebeamer’s broader workflow automation, you unlock serious lifecycle management potential.
Here’s what that might look like:
- If a parent requirement is reset, its successor requirements and linked test cases can be automatically reset too.
- This ensures that downstream items don’t move forward based on outdated or unapproved logic.
No need for manual corrections or risky workarounds – just clean, enforceable logic that keeps your process in sync.
Ready to Tighten Compliance Without Adding Friction?
ASPICE demands discipline – but that doesn’t mean your tools have to slow you down.
With the right guards and workflows in place, you can automate compliance, prevent errors, and focus on building high-quality products.
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