Have Project Questions?

Learn more about VCT and how we can help:

Questions about architecture definition and requirements analysis?

An architecture framework and supporting tools can really help:

And don’t let the term enterprise put you off, as there are many levels of refinement and detail in something like the above (and pretty much anything more complex than a thimble can use at least a few architectural pieces documented).

One thing about requirements engineering/analysis, no matter what you call them (use cases, user stories, requirements specifications) you should take the time to derive some relevant (and testable) technical and/or performance requirements in addition to the user-focused parts. Track and trace them to code and test cases, and you’re half way home…

Questions about system security and information protection?

See the DISA STIG documentaion and support tools (hint: they can be used to help assess and understand the risks of any system connected to the outside world). One of the default security enhancements in the Linux kernel has been around for many years:

Questions about open source software development, embedded Linux, or low cost embedded hardware?

There are abundant resources for these topics (see the sidebar, including the VCT gihub repos) so it all depends on what kinds of project ideas you have percolating. We design and build large and small systems based on GNU/Linux and other open source tools. A few example starting points:

Tell us about your project, and we can probably help.