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  <title>Auditee Blog</title>
  <subtitle>Practitioner research on AI-native requirements management, compliance automation, audit, and software lifecycle modernization.</subtitle>
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  <entry>
    <title>The Enterprise PDLC Audit Checklist: How to Run Requirements, Code &amp; Compliance Audits with Auditee</title>
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    <updated>2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">A practitioner&apos;s checklist for auditing the full Product Development Lifecycle — requirements coverage, code-to-spec traceability, ASPICE / ISO 26262 / IEC 62304 / SOC 2 / HIPAA compliance, and CAPA workflows. Step-by-step setup with Auditee.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>Why Spreadsheets Still Beat Requirements Management Tools (and How AI Finally Fixes It)</title>
    <id>https://auditee.site/blog/why-spreadsheets-still-beat-rm-tools</id>
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    <updated>2026-04-22T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-22T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">After 40 years of DOORS, Jama and Polarion, most teams still default to Excel for requirements. Here&apos;s why — and what an AI-native RM platform has to do differently to win.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>ISO 26262 ASIL Classification: A Practical Guide for Software Teams (2026)</title>
    <id>https://auditee.site/blog/iso-26262-asil-classification-practical-guide</id>
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    <updated>2026-04-22T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-22T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">How to classify automotive software items under ISO 26262 — Severity × Exposure × Controllability, ASIL decomposition, and the documentation auditors actually look for.</summary>
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    <category term="Automotive" />
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  <entry>
    <title>AI Requirements Management: A Buyer&apos;s Guide for 2026</title>
    <id>https://auditee.site/blog/ai-requirements-management-buyers-guide-2026</id>
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    <updated>2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-22T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">What enterprise teams should look for in an AI-powered requirements management (RM) tool in 2026 — capabilities, integrations, compliance fit, total cost of ownership, and red flags.</summary>
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    <category term="AI" />
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  <entry>
    <title>Legacy Code Modernization: From COBOL Hell to AI-Ready Architecture</title>
    <id>https://auditee.site/blog/legacy-cobol-modernization-with-ai</id>
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    <updated>2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">A practical playbook for turning 30-year-old COBOL, mainframe Java, PL/SQL and C++ estates into a modern, requirement-driven, traceable codebase — using AI reverse-engineering, not a rewrite.</summary>
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    <category term="AI" />
    <category term="COBOL" />
    <category term="Architecture" />
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  <entry>
    <title>IEC 62304: Medical Device Software Lifecycle Guide (2026)</title>
    <id>https://auditee.site/blog/iec-62304-medical-device-software-lifecycle-guide</id>
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    <updated>2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">A practical guide to IEC 62304 — software safety classification (Class A/B/C), required deliverables, traceability obligations, and how AI-native tools shorten compliance from months to weeks.</summary>
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    <category term="Medical Devices" />
    <category term="Compliance" />
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  <entry>
    <title>SOC 2 vs ISO 27001: Which Compliance Framework Should You Choose?</title>
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    <updated>2026-04-08T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-08T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">A side-by-side comparison of SOC 2 and ISO 27001 — scope, audit cadence, geographic recognition, cost, and how to satisfy both with a single set of controls.</summary>
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    <category term="ISO 27001" />
    <category term="Compliance" />
    <category term="Security" />
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  <entry>
    <title>DO-178C Software Certification: A 2026 Primer for Avionics Teams</title>
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    <updated>2026-04-08T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-08T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">What DO-178C actually requires by Design Assurance Level (DAL A–E), the 71 objectives auditors check, and how AI-native traceability shortens certification by 40%.</summary>
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    <category term="Avionics" />
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  <entry>
    <title>Generating Requirements from Legacy Code: A Modernization Playbook</title>
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    <updated>2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">How to recover requirements from undocumented legacy code (COBOL, Java EE, .NET Framework, mainframe SQL) using AI — and turn the output into a standards-conformant baseline you can actually maintain.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>15 AI Prompts Senior BAs Actually Use for Requirements Gathering</title>
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    <updated>2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">A working library of 15 AI prompts that Senior Business Analysts use for requirements discovery, classification, gap detection, BRD/PRD drafting and stakeholder validation — copy, paste, ship.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>The Bidirectional Traceability Matrix: A Complete Guide with Examples</title>
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    <updated>2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">What a true bidirectional traceability matrix looks like, why spreadsheet matrices always rot, and how a graph-native approach makes traceability a side-effect of doing the work.</summary>
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    <category term="Requirements" />
    <category term="Compliance" />
    <category term="Standards" />
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  <entry>
    <title>Top 10 IBM DOORS Alternatives in 2026 (and How to Migrate)</title>
    <id>https://auditee.site/blog/top-10-ibm-doors-alternatives-2026</id>
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    <updated>2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">A comprehensive comparison of the leading alternatives to IBM Rational DOORS in 2026 — Jama, Polarion, codeBeamer, Helix RM, Visure, DOORS Next, Jira plugins, and AI-native platforms like Auditee.</summary>
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    <category term="Requirements Management" />
    <category term="Migration" />
    <category term="Comparison" />
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  <entry>
    <title>Poor Software Requirements Cost the Industry Billions — Here&apos;s the Math</title>
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    <updated>2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">A research-backed breakdown of what bad requirements actually cost: rework, audit findings, schedule slips, defect leakage and customer churn. With per-team and per-org numbers you can defend.</summary>
    <category term="Requirements" />
    <category term="ROI" />
    <category term="Research" />
    <category term="Software Engineering" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The CAPA Lifecycle: From Audit Finding to Verified Closure</title>
    <id>https://auditee.site/blog/capa-lifecycle-from-finding-to-closure</id>
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    <updated>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">A practical CAPA workflow that satisfies ISO 9001, ISO 13485, FDA 21 CFR 820, IATF 16949, AS9100 and SOC 2 — with realistic timelines and the documentation auditors expect.</summary>
    <category term="CAPA" />
    <category term="Quality Management" />
    <category term="Compliance" />
    <category term="ISO 9001" />
    <category term="FDA" />
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  <entry>
    <title>HIPAA Software Compliance: The 2026 Requirements Checklist</title>
    <id>https://auditee.site/blog/hipaa-software-compliance-requirements-checklist</id>
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    <updated>2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">A practitioner&apos;s checklist for HIPAA Security and Privacy Rule compliance in software products — Administrative, Physical, and Technical Safeguards, BAAs, breach notification, and 2024–2025 NPRM updates.</summary>
    <category term="HIPAA" />
    <category term="Healthcare" />
    <category term="Compliance" />
    <category term="Checklist" />
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  <entry>
    <title>Continuous Compliance vs Quarterly Audits: Why the Old Model Is Dead</title>
    <id>https://auditee.site/blog/continuous-compliance-vs-quarterly-audits</id>
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    <updated>2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">Why annual or quarterly audits cost more, surface fewer issues, and break more releases than continuous compliance — and the operating model that replaces them.</summary>
    <category term="Continuous Compliance" />
    <category term="Audits" />
    <category term="DevSecOps" />
    <category term="SOC 2" />
    <category term="ISO 27001" />
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  <entry>
    <title>PDLC vs SDLC: Why Product Lifecycle Wins for Regulated Teams</title>
    <id>https://auditee.site/blog/pdlc-vs-sdlc-for-regulated-teams</id>
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    <updated>2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">SDLC is necessary but not sufficient in a regulated environment. The PDLC view — Ideation through Governance — is what survives audits, payer demands, and post-market surveillance.</summary>
    <category term="PDLC" />
    <category term="SDLC" />
    <category term="Product Management" />
    <category term="Compliance" />
    <category term="MedTech" />
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  <entry>
    <title>AI Hallucinations in Regulated Software: A Compliance Leader&apos;s Playbook</title>
    <id>https://auditee.site/blog/ai-hallucinations-in-regulated-software-playbook</id>
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    <updated>2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">Why generic LLMs are a regulatory liability for safety-critical work, and what grounding architecture — citations, retrieval, deterministic constraints — auditors will accept.</summary>
    <category term="AI" />
    <category term="LLM" />
    <category term="Compliance" />
    <category term="EU AI Act" />
    <category term="Governance" />
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  <entry>
    <title>5G Network Compliance: A Practical 3GPP + ETSI + NIST Mapping</title>
    <id>https://auditee.site/blog/5g-network-compliance-3gpp-etsi-mapping</id>
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    <updated>2026-02-15T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-02-15T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">How operators and 5G core vendors map their architecture against 3GPP TS 23.501, 33.501, ETSI EN 303 645, and NIST CSF — and where shared traceability cuts months off launch.</summary>
    <category term="Telecom" />
    <category term="5G" />
    <category term="3GPP" />
    <category term="ETSI" />
    <category term="NIST CSF" />
    <category term="Compliance" />
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  <entry>
    <title>EU AI Act 2026: A Software Team Checklist for High-Risk Systems</title>
    <id>https://auditee.site/blog/eu-ai-act-2026-software-team-checklist</id>
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    <updated>2026-02-06T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-02-06T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">What software teams shipping AI features into the EU must do in 2026: risk classification, technical documentation, logging, human oversight, conformity assessment, and post-market monitoring.</summary>
    <category term="EU AI Act" />
    <category term="AI Governance" />
    <category term="Compliance" />
    <category term="Risk Management" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>From Jira Tickets to Compliant Requirements: A Working Conversion Guide</title>
    <id>https://auditee.site/blog/from-jira-tickets-to-compliant-requirements</id>
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    <updated>2026-01-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-01-28T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Auditee Research</name></author>
    <summary type="text">Why Jira and similar issue trackers are not requirements management — and a step-by-step conversion path that preserves engineering velocity while meeting ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148.</summary>
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    <category term="Jira" />
    <category term="ALM" />
    <category term="ISO/IEC 29148" />
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