# Auditee — Full Content (llms-full.txt) # Site: https://auditee.site # Last generated: 2026-05-05 # Convention: https://llmstxt.org # # This file consolidates the long-form public content of Auditee for # convenient ingestion by AI answer engines. The signed-in product at /app/* # is private and is NOT included. # Blog (21 posts) ## The Enterprise PDLC Audit Checklist: How to Run Requirements, Code & Compliance Audits with Auditee URL: https://auditee.site/blog/enterprise-pdlc-audit-checklist Date: 2026-04-30 Author: Auditee Research Tags: Audit, Compliance, Checklist, PDLC Reading time: 9 min Most teams audit one slice — code, or specs, or controls. The strongest engineering organizations audit the whole Product Development Lifecycle continuously. Here's the working checklist we use with enterprise customers, plus a step-by-step setup in Auditee. --- ## Why Spreadsheets Still Beat Requirements Management Tools (and How AI Finally Fixes It) URL: https://auditee.site/blog/why-spreadsheets-still-beat-rm-tools Date: 2026-04-22 Author: Auditee Research Tags: Requirements Management, AI, DOORS, Jama, Tooling Reading time: 11 min Forty years after IBM Rational shipped DOORS, the modal requirements tool in industry is still… a spreadsheet. That isn't a tooling failure — it's a UX, speed and lock-in failure. AI changes the equation. --- ## ISO 26262 ASIL Classification: A Practical Guide for Software Teams (2026) URL: https://auditee.site/blog/iso-26262-asil-classification-practical-guide Date: 2026-04-22 Author: Auditee Research Tags: ISO 26262, Automotive, Functional Safety, Compliance, Standards Reading time: 12 min ASIL classification governs every safety argument in your automotive software. Get it wrong and you over-engineer Class B code at ASIL D cost — or under-engineer Class C and lose the audit. --- ## AI Requirements Management: A Buyer's Guide for 2026 URL: https://auditee.site/blog/ai-requirements-management-buyers-guide-2026 Date: 2026-04-22 (updated 2026-04-28) Author: Auditee Research Tags: Requirements Management, AI, , Reading time: 11 min Legacy RM tools were built for a world where humans authored every requirement. AI-native RM platforms turn requirements into a living, traceable, compliance-aware graph. Here's how to evaluate them in 2026. --- ## Legacy Code Modernization: From COBOL Hell to AI-Ready Architecture URL: https://auditee.site/blog/legacy-cobol-modernization-with-ai Date: 2026-04-15 Author: Auditee Research Tags: Legacy Modernization, AI, COBOL, Architecture Reading time: 13 min Most legacy modernization programs fail because they start by asking 'how do we rewrite this?'. The right question is 'what does this actually do?' — and AI is the first technology that can answer it at scale. --- ## IEC 62304: Medical Device Software Lifecycle Guide (2026) URL: https://auditee.site/blog/iec-62304-medical-device-software-lifecycle-guide Date: 2026-04-15 Author: Auditee Research Tags: IEC 62304, Medical Devices, Compliance, Standards Reading time: 13 min IEC 62304 governs every line of software inside a medical device. Here's what the standard actually demands — by class, by phase, by deliverable — and how AI-native platforms close the gap fast. --- ## SOC 2 vs ISO 27001: Which Compliance Framework Should You Choose? URL: https://auditee.site/blog/soc-2-vs-iso-27001-which-framework-should-you-choose Date: 2026-04-08 Author: Auditee Research Tags: SOC 2, ISO 27001, Compliance, Security Reading time: 9 min SOC 2 and ISO 27001 are the two most-asked-for compliance attestations on enterprise procurement checklists. Both are achievable; many companies need both. Here's how to choose — and how to do them efficiently. --- ## DO-178C Software Certification: A 2026 Primer for Avionics Teams URL: https://auditee.site/blog/do-178c-software-certification-2026-primer Date: 2026-04-08 Author: Auditee Research Tags: DO-178C, Avionics, Aerospace, Compliance, Standards Reading time: 14 min DO-178C is the unforgiving cousin of IEC 62304 — 71 objectives, 5 design assurance levels, and a certification authority that will not accept ambiguity. Here's the 2026 playbook. --- ## Generating Requirements from Legacy Code: A Modernization Playbook URL: https://auditee.site/blog/generating-requirements-from-legacy-code Date: 2026-04-01 Author: Auditee Research Tags: Legacy Modernization, Requirements, AI, COBOL Reading time: 10 min Most enterprise legacy systems have lost their authors and their docs. AI can read the code and produce a structured, standards-aware requirements baseline — the prerequisite for any modernization program. --- ## 15 AI Prompts Senior BAs Actually Use for Requirements Gathering URL: https://auditee.site/blog/15-ai-prompts-for-requirements-gathering Date: 2026-04-01 Author: Auditee Research Tags: Business Analysis, AI Prompts, BRD, Requirements Reading time: 8 min Skip the LinkedIn-influencer prompt lists. These are 15 prompts Senior BAs are actually pasting into ChatGPT, Claude and (better) into structured tools every day, with the failure modes and the fixes. --- ## The Bidirectional Traceability Matrix: A Complete Guide with Examples URL: https://auditee.site/blog/bidirectional-traceability-matrix-complete-guide Date: 2026-03-30 Author: Auditee Research Tags: Traceability, Requirements, Compliance, Standards Reading time: 11 min Every regulated standard requires bidirectional traceability. Almost every team builds it as a spreadsheet — and almost every team fails the audit because of it. Here's the modern way. --- ## Top 10 IBM DOORS Alternatives in 2026 (and How to Migrate) URL: https://auditee.site/blog/top-10-ibm-doors-alternatives-2026 Date: 2026-03-25 Author: Auditee Research Tags: IBM DOORS, Requirements Management, Migration, Comparison Reading time: 12 min IBM Rational DOORS Classic is approaching its second decade past end-of-major-development. If you're looking to migrate, here's a clear-eyed comparison of the ten most credible alternatives. --- ## Poor Software Requirements Cost the Industry Billions — Here's the Math URL: https://auditee.site/blog/poor-software-requirements-cost-billions Date: 2026-03-25 Author: Auditee Research Tags: Requirements, ROI, Research, Software Engineering Reading time: 10 min Industry research from IBM, Standish, IEEE and Gartner has converged on the same answer for 25 years: requirements defects are the single most expensive class of bug. Here's the math, with sources. --- ## The CAPA Lifecycle: From Audit Finding to Verified Closure URL: https://auditee.site/blog/capa-lifecycle-from-finding-to-closure Date: 2026-03-21 Author: Auditee Research Tags: CAPA, Quality Management, Compliance, ISO 9001, FDA Reading time: 10 min Corrective and Preventive Actions are the immune system of a regulated organisation. Done well, they kill recurring defects forever. Done poorly, they bury teams in paperwork and still let issues recur. --- ## HIPAA Software Compliance: The 2026 Requirements Checklist URL: https://auditee.site/blog/hipaa-software-compliance-requirements-checklist Date: 2026-03-18 Author: Auditee Research Tags: HIPAA, Healthcare, Compliance, Checklist Reading time: 10 min HIPAA isn't a checkbox — it's a continuous program. Here's the working checklist we use with healthcare-software customers, broken into Administrative, Physical, and Technical Safeguards, plus 2025 NPRM updates. --- ## Continuous Compliance vs Quarterly Audits: Why the Old Model Is Dead URL: https://auditee.site/blog/continuous-compliance-vs-quarterly-audits Date: 2026-03-12 Author: Auditee Research Tags: Continuous Compliance, Audits, DevSecOps, SOC 2, ISO 27001 Reading time: 9 min Quarterly audits compress 90 days of work into the last two weeks of the quarter, ship surprises to the executive team, and leave compliance posture stale 87 of every 90 days. Continuous compliance flips the model. --- ## PDLC vs SDLC: Why Product Lifecycle Wins for Regulated Teams URL: https://auditee.site/blog/pdlc-vs-sdlc-for-regulated-teams Date: 2026-03-04 Author: Auditee Research Tags: PDLC, SDLC, Product Management, Compliance, MedTech Reading time: 10 min Engineering organisations love SDLC because it ends at release. Regulators do not. PDLC carries the artefact through governance and post-market — and that is exactly where most software fails its audit. --- ## AI Hallucinations in Regulated Software: A Compliance Leader's Playbook URL: https://auditee.site/blog/ai-hallucinations-in-regulated-software-playbook Date: 2026-02-24 Author: Auditee Research Tags: AI, LLM, Compliance, EU AI Act, Governance Reading time: 11 min An LLM that confidently cites a non-existent requirement is more dangerous than no LLM at all. Here is the architecture and operating model that makes AI usable in a regulated environment. --- ## 5G Network Compliance: A Practical 3GPP + ETSI + NIST Mapping URL: https://auditee.site/blog/5g-network-compliance-3gpp-etsi-mapping Date: 2026-02-15 Author: Auditee Research Tags: Telecom, 5G, 3GPP, ETSI, NIST CSF, Compliance Reading time: 12 min Launching a 5G core means satisfying half a dozen overlapping standards bodies. The teams who survive build a single requirement graph and let the mappings derive from it. --- ## EU AI Act 2026: A Software Team Checklist for High-Risk Systems URL: https://auditee.site/blog/eu-ai-act-2026-software-team-checklist Date: 2026-02-06 Author: Auditee Research Tags: EU AI Act, AI Governance, Compliance, Risk Management Reading time: 12 min If your product reaches an EU user and contains an AI system, the EU AI Act applies. Here's the practical 2026 checklist — by role, by stage, by deliverable. --- ## From Jira Tickets to Compliant Requirements: A Working Conversion Guide URL: https://auditee.site/blog/from-jira-tickets-to-compliant-requirements Date: 2026-01-28 Author: Auditee Research Tags: Requirements, Jira, ALM, ISO/IEC 29148, DevOps Reading time: 10 min Engineering organisations love Jira because it ships work. Auditors hate Jira because it does not specify it. Here is how to bridge the two without slowing the team down.