Improving processes by integrating agile practices

Even though agile development has been known for many years, it is mainly used in information systems and is not common yet in embedded systems. Despite the mandatory regulations, the companies would like to increase the flexibility by the benefits of agile development. Thus, the idea is creating an Agile Capability Analysis with a subsequent Process Simulation, resulting in appropriate process extensions adhere to mandatory requirements. Because often agile methods require context-specific adaptations, we believe that the upfront investigation which agile practices to integrate into processes entails many benefits, especially in regulated domains.