ABSTRACT
Nowadays dependability requirements are greater, especially in the chemical industry, power generation, public transport, etc. Particularly in the electronic engineering, the market asks increasingly for products with specific RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety) characteristics. To attend this requirements there are diverse software tools, which in the field of electronic engineering provide engineers with an important help for dependability issues. Unfortunately, most of these tools are of the ‘stand-alone’ variety, that is, you install them in a computer system and work with them individually. Working in this way presents some difficulties when a design group is expected to work concurrently and simultaneously in a project. However, this topic is being covered with increasing interest by the industry to achieve a better knowledge management.
