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The development of embedded systems often fails due to overdrawing the project duration or financial constraints. Regarding this problem, two reports - one for the British (2009) and one for the German (2014) Armed forces - have been examined in order to find possible fields of action that can be tackled in order to cope with this grievance. Four of those fields, i.e., integration/preparation of heterogeneous data, impartial comparability of standards, tailoring of complex processes and increased risk management, are targeted by this work. Therefore, we developed a methodology and an appropriate data model. The methodology is based on situational method engineering and product line engineering. Concepts taken from MIL-STD-881 and 498 provide the basis for our data model. For validation, our methodology was applied to the development of a “SET-FREQUENCY” function of a radio in a fictional rescue helicopter.