diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea4f9c4ba88d5ebf96e2a7e90057bb6f09b68ab8..cfee8f658bdfe1901a246e2543ee456ee7432470 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Makefile.example
 # Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/intellij+iml,phpunit,git,vim,visualstudiocode,phpstorm,go,intellij+all,netbeans,dbeaver,node,yarn
 # Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=intellij+iml,phpunit,git,vim,visualstudiocode,phpstorm,go,intellij+all,netbeans,dbeaver,node,yarn
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7ce8147cd30dd43d56d58f4755177b31bd988276..8b9cf8661a608f865f47eb73483c8359002e6fc9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #############################################################################################
 #############################################################################################
 
-COMPONENT_NAME        := Monster
+COMPONENT_NAME        := Conan
 
 #############################################################################################
 #############################################################################################
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ THIS_MAKEFILE_PATH:=$(word $(words $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),$(MAKEFILE_LIST))
 PROJECT_ROOT:=$(shell cd $(dir $(THIS_MAKEFILE_PATH));pwd)/
 THIS_MAKEFILE:=$(PROJECT_ROOT)$(THIS_MAKEFILE_PATH)
 
-
+# include project.mk only if it exists
 -include $(PROJECT_ROOT)project.mk
 
 
-## Define the location of Makefiles
+# Define the location of Makefiles
 MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH?=$(PROJECT_ROOT)makefiles/
+
+# include project.mk only if it exists
 -include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)project.mk
 
 #############################################################################################
@@ -41,30 +43,41 @@ include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)directories-standard.mk
 #include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)jsdoc.mk
 include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)output.mk
 include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)placeholder.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)s3.mk
+#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)s3.mk
+#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)licenses.mk
 #include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)license-agpl3.mk
+#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)license-unlicensed.mk
+#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)license-all-rights-reserved.mk
 #include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)jsdoc-json.mk
 include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)go.mk
+include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)changelog.mk
+include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)docman.mk
+#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)reqman.mk
+include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)git.mk
 include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)gitignore.mk
 include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)color.mk
 include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)version.mk
+#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)docker.mk
 #include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)node.mk
 include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)terminal.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-go-fetch-licenses.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-deploy-tool.mk
+#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-go-fetch-licenses.mk
+#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-add-licenses.mk
+#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-deploy-tool.mk
 #include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-jsdoc-build.mk
 #include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-jekyll.mk
 #include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-minerva.mk
 #include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-docman.mk
 #include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-node-build.mk
 #include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-caddy.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-conan.mk
+#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-conan.mk
 include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-update-makefiles.mk
 include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-help.mk
 include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-go-build.mk
 #include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-node-test.mk
 #include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-npm-publish.mk
 include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-git.mk
+include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-init-standard.mk
+include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-version.mk
 include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-variable.mk	
 include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)terminal-check.mk
 
diff --git a/Makefile.example b/Makefile.example
deleted file mode 100644
index ffbe88952ded52768d8e13635f0787be61926057..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Makefile.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#############################################################################################
-#############################################################################################
-##
-## PROJECT-DEFINITIONS
-##
-#############################################################################################
-#############################################################################################
-
-COMPONENT_NAME        := Monster
-
-#############################################################################################
-#############################################################################################
-##
-## MORE GENERAL BLOCK WITH STANDARD DEFINITIONS
-##
-#############################################################################################
-#############################################################################################
-
-# get Makefile directory name: http://stackoverflow.com/a/5982798/376773
-THIS_MAKEFILE_PATH:=$(word $(words $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),$(MAKEFILE_LIST))
-PROJECT_ROOT:=$(shell cd $(dir $(THIS_MAKEFILE_PATH));pwd)/
-THIS_MAKEFILE:=$(PROJECT_ROOT)$(THIS_MAKEFILE_PATH)
-
-
--include $(PROJECT_ROOT)project.mk
-
-
-## Define the location of Makefiles
-MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH?=$(PROJECT_ROOT)makefiles/
--include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)project.mk
-
-#############################################################################################
-#############################################################################################
-##
-## INCLUSION OF VARIOUS STANDARD RULES
-##
-#############################################################################################
-#############################################################################################
-
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)directories-standard.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)jsdoc.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)output.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)placeholder.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)s3.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)license-agpl3.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)jsdoc-json.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)go.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)gitignore.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)color.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)version.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)node.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)terminal.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-go-fetch-licenses.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-deploy-tool.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-jsdoc-build.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-jekyll.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-minerva.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-docman.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-node-build.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-caddy.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-conan.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-update-makefiles.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-help.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-go-build.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-node-test.mk
-#include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-npm-publish.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-git.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-init-standard.mk
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)target-variable.mk	
-include $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)terminal-check.mk
-
-
-#############################################################################################
diff --git a/development/makefile/changelog.mk b/development/makefile/changelog.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..02f1563e9a4f851493fd64abe232a2c64ce8dd51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/makefile/changelog.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+##
+## CHANGELOG
+##
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+
+
+GIT_CHGLOG_BIN := $(shell command -v git-chglog 2> /dev/null)
+
+ifeq ($(GO),)
+  $(error $(ERRORMARKER) GO is not defined)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(GIT_CHGLOG_BIN),)
+  $(shell $(GO) install github.com/git-chglog/git-chglog/cmd/git-chglog@latest)
+endif     
+
+## location of CHANGELOG.md file
+CHANGELOG_FILE ?= $(PROJECT_ROOT)CHANGELOG.md
+EXECUTABLES = $(EXECUTABLES:-) $(GIT_CHGLOG_BIN)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/development/makefile/docker.mk b/development/makefile/docker.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4bc7f6c984beb519d1fbc767d0480920bc72f49a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/makefile/docker.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+##
+## DOCKER
+##
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+
+DOCKER		 ?= docker
+EXECUTABLES = $(EXECUTABLES:-) $(DOCKER); 
+
diff --git a/development/makefile/docman.mk b/development/makefile/docman.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cc61cff5ba99d12818613002164e4aaf3353b7ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/makefile/docman.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+##
+## DOCMAN 
+##
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+
+
+DOCMAN_BIN            ?= $(VENDOR_PATH)docman
diff --git a/development/makefile/git.mk b/development/makefile/git.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5521077229d9fa29ad53cb945b872db978996347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/makefile/git.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+##
+## GIT 
+##
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+
+GIT              ?= git
+UUIDGEN		     ?= uuidgen
+
+EXECUTABLES = $(EXECUTABLES:-) $(UUIDGEN) $(GIT)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/development/makefile/gitignore.mk b/development/makefile/gitignore.mk
index 4131f64a25d954c6a461a624798e67c174d8c701..283b8f721442de93d2f8e05f8ebf12d6348e83a9 100644
--- a/development/makefile/gitignore.mk
+++ b/development/makefile/gitignore.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #############################################################################################
 
 define GITIGNOREDS
+
+Makefile.example
+
 # Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/intellij+iml,phpunit,git,vim,visualstudiocode,phpstorm,go,intellij+all,netbeans,dbeaver,node,yarn
 # Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=intellij+iml,phpunit,git,vim,visualstudiocode,phpstorm,go,intellij+all,netbeans,dbeaver,node,yarn
 
diff --git a/development/makefile/go.mk b/development/makefile/go.mk
index 29955369f69ad15bb22c2cd1c77bdd127977aaf9..00ff9478e3e0d69e4370abb88dcaca5f88185437 100644
--- a/development/makefile/go.mk
+++ b/development/makefile/go.mk
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@
 GO               := go
 
 EXECUTABLES = $(EXECUTABLES:-) $(GO); 
+
+ifeq ($(shell command -v $(GO) 2> /dev/null),)
+  $(error "go is not installed. Please install go <https://go.dev/doc/install>")
+endif
diff --git a/development/makefile/license-agpl3.mk b/development/makefile/license-agpl3.mk
index ebb06a7123fe3efbd7f1f8d5bc70608a76c84674..6c3e73e274536102d475d8bbf2a035df39a92453 100644
--- a/development/makefile/license-agpl3.mk
+++ b/development/makefile/license-agpl3.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #############################################################################################
 #############################################################################################
 ##
-## COLORS
+## AGPL 3.0 LICENSE
 ##
 #############################################################################################
 #############################################################################################
@@ -9,5 +9,11 @@
 ## License used in the project
 LICENSE_TEXT    ?= AGPL 3.0
 
+## The spdx license identifier
+SPDX_LICENSE_ID ?= AGPL-3.0
+
 ## Copyright holder of the project
-COPYRIGHT_TEXT  ?= © schukai GmbH, Released under the $(LICENSE_TEXT) License.
\ No newline at end of file
+COPYRIGHT_TEXT  ?= © schukai GmbH, Released under the $(LICENSE_TEXT) License.
+
+## The owner of the project
+COPYRIGHT_OWNER ?= schukai GmbH
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/development/makefile/license-all-rights-reserved.mk b/development/makefile/license-all-rights-reserved.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c5f61f224a51b8461ecd0a42a887989de30a5aaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/makefile/license-all-rights-reserved.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+##
+## AGPL 3.0 LICENSE
+##
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+
+## License used in the project
+LICENSE_TEXT    ?= All rights reserved
+
+## The spdx license identifier
+SPDX_LICENSE_ID ?= 
+
+## Copyright holder of the project
+COPYRIGHT_TEXT  ?= © schukai GmbH, $(LICENSE_TEXT).
+
+## The owner of the project
+COPYRIGHT_OWNER ?= schukai GmbH
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/development/makefile/license-unlicensed.mk b/development/makefile/license-unlicensed.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..42443e1fcdcfc8d00fee53b7ae1206a24548ba47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/makefile/license-unlicensed.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+##
+## UNLICENSED
+##
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+
+## License used in the project
+LICENSE_TEXT    ?= UNLICENSED
+
+## The spdx license identifier
+SPDX_LICENSE_ID ?= 
+
+## Copyright holder of the project
+COPYRIGHT_TEXT  ?= © schukai GmbH, $(LICENSE_TEXT).
+
+## The owner of the project
+COPYRIGHT_OWNER ?= schukai GmbH
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/development/makefile/licenses.mk b/development/makefile/licenses.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3de604d2e760527cfa488909352aacb9d4e93027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/makefile/licenses.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+##
+## LICENSE
+##
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+
+## Files wich should be checked for license headers
+LICENSE_FILE_PATTERN ?= ./*(.go|js|php)
+
+# https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/SPDX-license-list/
+ADDLICENSE_BIN ?= addlicense
+ifeq ($(shell command -v $(ADDLICENSE_BIN) 2> /dev/null),)
+  $(shell $(GO) install github.com/google/addlicense@latest)
+  EXECUTABLES = $(EXECUTABLES:-) $(ADDLICENSE_BIN);
+endif
+
+EXECUTABLES = $(EXECUTABLES:-) $(ADDLICENSE_BIN)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/development/makefile/node.mk b/development/makefile/node.mk
index 346fe3bec228435cb40e41c83f6b95ac36bc75ce..dc9001f840f222adb45030db5ca6a90578415de1 100644
--- a/development/makefile/node.mk
+++ b/development/makefile/node.mk
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ NODEJS            ?= node
 NODE              ?= node
 NPM               ?= pnpm
 
-EXECUTABLES = $(EXECUTABLES:-) $(PNPM); 
+EXECUTABLES = $(EXECUTABLES:-) $(NPM); 
 
 NODE_PACKAGES := $(shell find $(PROJECT_ROOT) -type f -name 'package.json' -not -path '*/node_modules/*')
 NODE_MODULES := $(shell find $(PROJECT_ROOT) -type d -name 'node_modules' -prune)
-NODE_MODULES_MODIFIED := $(shell find $(PROJECT_ROOT) -type d -name 'node_modules' -prune -exec echo {}/.modified \;  )
+
+NODE_MODULES_MODIFIED := $(shell find . -type f -name 'package.json' -not -path '*/node_modules/*' -exec sh -c 'F=$$(dirname {}); echo $${F}/node_modules/.modified'   \;)
 
 $(NODE_MODULES_MODIFIED): $(NODE_PACKAGES)
 	$(ECHOMARKER) "Updating node modules..."
diff --git a/development/makefile/reqman.mk b/development/makefile/reqman.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..64f4e1ab165dd831659cd207b5c8935f52d31f71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/makefile/reqman.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+##
+## REQMAN 
+##
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+
+
+REQMAN_BIN            ?= $(VENDOR_PATH)reqman
diff --git a/development/makefile/target-add-licenses.mk b/development/makefile/target-add-licenses.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..05de8221faa39c25ad59221825ede95c0846fdc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/makefile/target-add-licenses.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+##
+## ADD SPDX LICENSES
+##
+## For commercial projects, it is not necessary to add the SPDX license identifier.
+## The license header in each file is only for open-source projects, for example under 
+## the AGPL 3.0 license.
+##
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+
+ifeq ($(ADDLICENSE_BIN),) 
+  $(error "addlicense is not installed. Please check your makefile and include the licenses.mk")
+endif
+
+.PHONY: add-licenses
+## Add license headers to all go files
+add-licenses:
+	$(ECHOMARKER) "Add license headers to all go files"
+ifndef SPDX_LICENSE_ID 
+	$(error "SPDX_LICENSE_ID is not defined. Please check your makefile and include the licenses.mk")
+endif
+	$(QUIET) $(ADDLICENSE_BIN) -c "$(COPYRIGHT_OWNER)" -s -l "$(SPDX_LICENSE_ID)" $(LICENSE_FILE_PATTERN)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/development/makefile/target-conan.mk b/development/makefile/target-conan.mk
index 3f50af7c3ebe69bb62418dd9725749bdd54d3dc5..06f3182b47b763334c8c4a0313fbfdd7d6fdc101 100644
--- a/development/makefile/target-conan.mk
+++ b/development/makefile/target-conan.mk
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ $(CONAN_BIN):
 .PHONY: run-conan
 ## run conan webserver
 run-conan: $(CONAN_BIN) 
-	$(QUIET) $(CONAN_BIN) server serve --config $(CONAN_CONFIG)
+	$(QUIET) $(CONAN_BIN) server serve -config $(CONAN_CONFIG)
 
diff --git a/development/makefile/target-docman.mk b/development/makefile/target-docman.mk
index e5c836ed8f11e2c3d627aa7761503781e772f746..050374042edb1b317f88df55b763df189bf0d25c 100644
--- a/development/makefile/target-docman.mk
+++ b/development/makefile/target-docman.mk
@@ -7,13 +7,20 @@
 #############################################################################################
 #############################################################################################
 
+ifeq ($(DOCMAN_BIN),) 
+  $(error "$(DOCMAN_BIN) is not installed. Please check your makefile and include the docman.mk")
+endif
 
+$(DOCMAN_BIN):
+	$(QUIET) $(MKDIR) -p $(VENDOR_PATH)
+	$(QUIET) $(WGET) -O $(DOCMAN_BIN) http://download.schukai.com/tools/docman/docman-$(shell uname -s | tr [:upper:] [:lower:])-$(shell echo `uname -m | sed s/aarch64/arm64/ | sed s/x86_64/amd64/`)
+	$(QUIET) $(CHMOD) u+x $(DOCMAN_BIN)
 
-$(PROJECT_ROOT)deployment/build/manual.html: ~/.local/bin/docman
-	docman document html --config $(PROJECT_ROOT)documentation/config.yaml
+$(PROJECT_ROOT)deployment/build/manual.html: $(DOCMAN_BIN)
+	$(DOCMAN_BIN) document html --config $(PROJECT_ROOT)documentation/config.yaml
 
-$(PROJECT_ROOT)deployment/build/manual.pdf: ~/.local/bin/docman
-	docman document pdf --config $(PROJECT_ROOT)documentation/config.yaml
+$(PROJECT_ROOT)deployment/build/manual.pdf: $(DOCMAN_BIN)
+	$(DOCMAN_BIN) document pdf --config $(PROJECT_ROOT)documentation/config.yaml
 
 .PHONY: build-doc-pdf
 ## creating the documentation in pdf format
@@ -29,11 +36,3 @@ build-doc-html: $(PROJECT_ROOT)deployment/build/manual.html
 build-doc: build-doc-pdf build-doc-html
 
 
-~/.local/bin/docman:
-	wget -O ~/.local/bin/docman https://download.schukai.com/tools/docman/docman-linux-amd64
-	chmod u+x ~/.local/bin/docman
-
-
-.PHONY: install-docman
-install-docman: ~/.local/bin/docman
-
diff --git a/development/makefile/target-git.mk b/development/makefile/target-git.mk
index 7453d893b2488fd027e1c4a05095f5d613ff0279..d4ac20d62ba4489b6ab175b615c2324b5674272b 100644
--- a/development/makefile/target-git.mk
+++ b/development/makefile/target-git.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 #############################################################################################
 #############################################################################################
 
-EXECUTABLES = $(EXECUTABLES:-) uuidgen
+ifeq ($(GIT),)
+  $(error $(ERRORMARKER) Git is not defined, check your Makefile if git.mk is included)
+endif
 
 ## Current Branch-GIT_TAG
 GIT_TAG := -
@@ -17,7 +19,6 @@ GIT_MESSAGE := current status
 .PHONY: git-branch
 ## create new branch (use GIT_TAG-Variable)
 git-branch:
-
 	$(QUIET) export BRANCH="b$(GIT_TAG)/$(shell uuidgen --random)" ; \
 	$(QUIET) $(GIT) checkout -b $${BRANCH} && \
 	RESULT=$$($(GIT) push origin $$BRANCH 2>&1) && \
@@ -45,3 +46,13 @@ git-push: git-branch git-push-to-server
 ## git create version tag
 git-tag:
 	$(QUIET) $(GIT) tag -a "$(COMPONENT_VERSION)" -m "release $(COMPONENT_VERSION)"
+
+.PHONY: git-prune-remote
+## removes your local remote tracking branches where the branch no longer exists on the remote
+git-prune-remote:
+	$(QUIET) $(GIT) remote prune origin
+
+.PHONY: git-prune-local
+## deletes local merged branches except the master branch
+git-prune-local:
+	$(QUIET) $(GIT) branch --merged master | grep -v '^[ *]*master$$' | xargs git branch -d
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/development/makefile/target-go-build.mk b/development/makefile/target-go-build.mk
index ec473abe64a85259e232f24ffebac3102f42e7c4..23139cdceb1f8f01d2a8d52d9308c38a751989e4 100644
--- a/development/makefile/target-go-build.mk
+++ b/development/makefile/target-go-build.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 #############################################################################################
 #############################################################################################
 
+ifeq ($(GO),)
+  $(error $(ERRORMARKER) Go is not defined, check your Makefile if go.mk is included)
+endif
+
 GO_RELEASE_PACKAGE_NAME ?= main
 
 .PHONY: compile
diff --git a/development/makefile/target-go-fetch-licenses.mk b/development/makefile/target-go-fetch-licenses.mk
index 4bd753cb137214c430e7bf306ff66a031a447df4..242f3d346950f04bdc2ae8bb3d465b0ba9b7ebda 100644
--- a/development/makefile/target-go-fetch-licenses.mk
+++ b/development/makefile/target-go-fetch-licenses.mk
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@
 #############################################################################################
 #############################################################################################
 
+ifeq ($(GO),)
+  $(error $(ERRORMARKER) Go is not defined, check your Makefile if go.mk is included)
+endif
+
 GO_MOD_FILE := $(SOURCE_PATH)go.mod
 
 ifeq ($(shell test -e $(GO_MOD_FILE) && echo -n yes),yes)
-    GO_CURRENT_MODULE := $(shell cat $(GO_MOD_FILE) | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f2)
-	# go install github.com/google/go-licenses@latest
-	EXECUTABLES = $(EXECUTABLES:-) go-licenses;    
+  GO_CURRENT_MODULE := $(shell cat $(GO_MOD_FILE) | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f2)
+  # go install github.com/google/go-licenses@latest
+  EXECUTABLES = $(EXECUTABLES:-) go-licenses;    
 endif
 
 .PHONY: go-fetch-licenses
@@ -21,6 +25,6 @@ ifeq ($(GO_CURRENT_MODULE),)
 	$(QUIET) $(ECHOERRORMARKER) "no go.mod file found, skipping fetching licenses"
 else
 	$(ECHOMARKER) "Fetch licenses"
-	$(QUIET) cd $(SOURCE_PATH); go-licenses save $(GO_CURRENT_MODULE) $(GO_LICENSES_IGNORE_PACKAGES) --force --save_path $(DOCUMENTATION_PATH)licenses/ ; cd -
+	$(QUIET) cd $(SOURCE_PATH); $(GO_LICENSES_BIN) save $(GO_CURRENT_MODULE) $(GO_LICENSES_IGNORE_PACKAGES) --force --save_path $(DOCUMENTATION_PATH)licenses/ ; cd -
 endif
 
diff --git a/development/makefile/target-node-build.mk b/development/makefile/target-node-build.mk
index 9dde98e8358b74a2330a2ea083256e46dec629a3..0ee3a09e799f8a6ec873a61f35e220031322a19a 100644
--- a/development/makefile/target-node-build.mk
+++ b/development/makefile/target-node-build.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ node-build: $(NODE_MODULES_MODIFIED) $(NODE_PACKAGES)
 	$(QUIET) for p in $(NODE_PACKAGES); do \
 			$(JQ) '.version = "$(PROJECT_VERSION)"' $${p} | $(SPONGE) $${p}; \
 		done ; \
-	$(QUIET) $(NPM) --prefix $(NODE_ROOT_DIR) run build  
+	$(NPM) --prefix $(NODE_ROOT_DIR) run build  
 		
 		
 	
diff --git a/development/makefile/target-reqman.mk b/development/makefile/target-reqman.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..37db2ecad810f1ef0137cfe3bb4bb22bd025148b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/makefile/target-reqman.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+##
+## REQMAN-TARGETS
+##
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+
+
+# @TODO not working, check if this is a bug in this definition!!!
+
+ifeq ($(REQMAN_BIN),) 
+  $(error "$(REQMAN_BIN) is not installed. Please check your makefile and include the reqman.mk")
+endif
+
+$(REQMAN_BIN):
+	$(QUIET) $(MKDIR) -p $(VENDOR_PATH)
+	$(QUIET) $(WGET) -O $(REQMAN_BIN) http://download.schukai.com/tools/reqman/reqman-$(shell uname -s | tr [:upper:] [:lower:])-$(shell echo `uname -m | sed s/aarch64/arm64/ | sed s/x86_64/amd64/`)
+	$(QUIET) $(CHMOD) u+x $(REQMAN_BIN)
+
+$(PROJECT_ROOT)deployment/build/manual.html: $(DOCMAN_BIN)
+	$(REQMAN_BIN) print html --config $(PROJECT_ROOT)requirement/config.yaml
+
+$(PROJECT_ROOT)deployment/build/manual.pdf: $(DOCMAN_BIN)
+	$(REQMAN_BIN) print pdf --config $(PROJECT_ROOT)requirement/config.yaml
+
+.PHONY: build-req-pdf
+## creating the requirement in pdf format
+build-req-pdf: $(PROJECT_ROOT)deployment/build/requirement.pdf
+
+.PHONY: build-req-html
+## creating the requirement in html format
+build-req-html: $(PROJECT_ROOT)deployment/build/requirement.html
+
+
+.PHONY: build-req
+## creating the requirement in pdf and html format
+build-req: build-req-pdf build-req-html
+
+
diff --git a/development/makefile/target-update-makefiles.mk b/development/makefile/target-update-makefiles.mk
index 5a1c40877e308f0ee6aee25ae7f50f6da8f24209..284df847df3b474d9d040de2a4fc424bbcff9b85 100644
--- a/development/makefile/target-update-makefiles.mk
+++ b/development/makefile/target-update-makefiles.mk
@@ -6,15 +6,24 @@
 #############################################################################################
 #############################################################################################
 
+ifeq ($(GIT),)
+  $(error $(ERRORMARKER) Git is not defined, check your Makefile if git.mk is included)
+endif
+
 # @see .PHONY https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Phony-Targets.html#Phony-Targets
 .PHONY: update-makefiles
 
+ifeq ($(QUIET),)
+  _COPYVERBOSE = -v
+endif
+
 ## update standard makefiles
 update-makefiles:
+	$(ECHOMARKER) "update standard makefiles"
 	$(QUIET) $(eval TEMPD := $(shell mktemp -d))
-	$(QUIET) $(GIT) clone --depth=1  https://gitlab.schukai.com/schukai/utilities/makefile.git/ "$(TEMPD)" > /dev/null
-	$(QUIET) $(CP) -rv $(TEMPD)/makefiles/* $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)
-	$(QUIET) $(CP) -rv $(TEMPD)/Makefile $(PROJECT_ROOT)Makefile.example
+	$(QUIET) $(GIT) clone --quiet --depth=1  https://gitlab.schukai.com/schukai/utilities/makefile.git/ "$(TEMPD)" 
+	$(QUIET) $(CP) -r $(_COPYVERBOSE) $(TEMPD)/makefiles/* $(MAKEFILE_IMPORT_PATH)
+	$(QUIET) $(CP) -r $(_COPYVERBOSE) $(TEMPD)/Makefile $(PROJECT_ROOT)Makefile.example
 	$(QUIET) $(RM) -rf $(TEMPD)
 
 
diff --git a/development/makefile/target-variable.mk b/development/makefile/target-variable.mk
index 93f99c07fcc8ab3a8e000e865d7ddca2f2843220..3ad8267a765d377db7fa2d8e4037cfa7a4c6d698 100644
--- a/development/makefile/target-variable.mk
+++ b/development/makefile/target-variable.mk
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@
 .PHONY: variables
 ## Print all variables
 variables:
-	@$(foreach v, $(.VARIABLES), $(if $(filter file,$(origin $(v))), $(info $(INFO)$(v)$(RESET)=$($(v))$(RESET))))
\ No newline at end of file
+	$(ECHOMARKER) "print all variables"
+	$(QUIET) $(foreach v, $(.VARIABLES), $(if $(filter file,$(origin $(v))), $(info $(INFO)$(v)$(RESET)=$($(v))$(RESET))))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/development/makefile/target-version.mk b/development/makefile/target-version.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..63a3457fe6e194349fbefbaee3c14238c28f88b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/makefile/target-version.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+##
+## VARIABLES-TARGETS
+##
+#############################################################################################
+#############################################################################################
+
+ifeq ($(VERSION_BIN),) 
+  $(error "$(VERSION_BIN) is not installed. Please check your makefile and include the version.mk")
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(GIT),)
+  $(error $(ERRORMARKER) Git is not defined, check your Makefile if git.mk is included)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(GIT_CHGLOG_BIN),)
+  $(error $(ERRORMARKER) Chglog is not defined, check your Makefile if changelog.mk is included)
+endif
+
+$(VERSION_BIN):
+	$(QUIET) $(MKDIR) -p $(VENDOR_PATH)
+	$(QUIET) $(WGET) -O $(VERSION_BIN) http://download.schukai.com/tools/version/version-$(shell uname -s | tr [:upper:] [:lower:])-$(shell echo `uname -m | sed s/aarch64/arm64/ | sed s/x86_64/amd64/`)
+	$(QUIET) $(CHMOD) u+x $(VERSION_BIN)
+
+
+.PHONY: next-patch-version
+next-patch-version: check-clean-repo $(VERSION_BIN)
+	$(ECHOMARKER)  "Creating next version"
+	$(QUIET) $(VERSION_BIN) patch --path $(RELEASE_FILE) --selector "version"
+	$(QUIET) $(GIT) add $(RELEASE_FILE) && $(GIT) commit -m "Bump version to $$(cat $(RELEASE_FILE) | jq -r .version)"
+
+.PHONY: next-minor-version
+next-minor-version: check-clean-repo $(VERSION_BIN)
+	$(ECHOMARKER)   "Creating next minor version"
+	$(QUIET) $(VERSION_BIN) minor --path $(RELEASE_FILE) --selector "version"
+	$(QUIET) $(GIT) add $(RELEASE_FILE) && $(GIT) commit -m "Bump version to $$( cat $(RELEASE_FILE) | jq -r .version)"
+
+.PHONY: next-major-version
+next-major-version: check-clean-repo $(VERSION_BIN)
+	$(ECHOMARKER)  "Creating next minor version"
+	$(QUIET) $(VERSION_BIN) major --path $(RELEASE_FILE) --selector "version"
+	$(QUIET) $(GIT) add $(RELEASE_FILE) && $(GIT) commit -m "Bump version to $$(cat $(RELEASE_FILE) | jq -r .version)"
+
+.PHONY: check-clean-repo
+check-clean-repo:
+	$(QUIET) $(GIT) diff-index --quiet HEAD || (echo "There are uncommitted changes after running make. Please commit or stash them before running make."; exit 1)
+	
+## tag repository with next patch version
+tag-patch-version: next-patch-version 
+	$(ECHOMARKER)  "Tagging patch version"
+	$(eval PROJECT_VERSION := $(shell cat $(RELEASE_FILE) | jq -r .version))
+	$(GIT_CHGLOG_BIN) --next-tag v$(PROJECT_VERSION) -o $(CHANGELOG_FILE)
+	$(QUIET) $(GIT) add $(CHANGELOG_FILE) && $(GIT) commit -m "Update changelog"
+	$(QUIET) $(GIT) tag -a v$(PROJECT_VERSION) -m "Version $(PROJECT_VERSION)"
+
+## tag repository with next minor version
+tag-minor-version: next-minor-version 
+	$(ECHOMARKER)  "Tagging minor version"
+	$(eval PROJECT_VERSION := $(shell cat $(RELEASE_FILE) | jq -r .version))
+	$(GIT_CHGLOG_BIN) --next-tag v$(PROJECT_VERSION) -o $(CHANGELOG_FILE)
+	$(QUIET) $(GIT) add $(CHANGELOG_FILE) && $(GIT) commit -m "Update changelog"
+	$(QUIET) $(GIT) tag -a v$(PROJECT_VERSION) -m "Version $(PROJECT_VERSION)"
+
+## tag repository with next major version
+tag-major-version: next-major-version 
+	$(ECHOMARKER)  "Tagging major version"
+	$(eval PROJECT_VERSION := $(shell cat $(RELEASE_FILE) | jq -r .version))
+	$(GIT_CHGLOG_BIN) --next-tag v$(PROJECT_VERSION) -o $(CHANGELOG_FILE)
+	$(QUIET) $(GIT) add $(CHANGELOG_FILE) && $(GIT) commit -m "Update changelog"
+	$(QUIET) $(GIT) tag -a v$(PROJECT_VERSION) -m "Version $(PROJECT_VERSION)"
diff --git a/development/makefile/terminal.mk b/development/makefile/terminal.mk
index fa2fb145e4db8907ef758a6572246b0b9635e6f9..905b88a161ddcd5fe32958201df6aac8639c88ae 100644
--- a/development/makefile/terminal.mk
+++ b/development/makefile/terminal.mk
@@ -28,15 +28,13 @@ RSYNC            ?= rsync
 XARGS            ?= xargs
 GREP             ?= grep
 MAKE             ?= make
-GIT              ?= git
 LN               ?= ln
-TOUCH    	     ?= touch
+TOUCH    	 ?= touch
 TEST             ?= test
-JQ			     ?= jq
+JQ		 ?= jq
 
 
-
-EXECUTABLES = $(EXECUTABLES:-) $(JQ) $(AWK) $(CP) $(KILL) $(MV) $(SED) $(FIND) $(SORT) $(TOUCH) $(WGET) $(CHMOD) $(RSYNC) $(XARGS) $(GREP) $(MAKE) $(GIT)
+EXECUTABLES = $(EXECUTABLES:-) $(JQ) $(AWK) $(CP) $(KILL) $(MV) $(SED) $(FIND) $(SORT) $(TOUCH) $(WGET) $(CHMOD) $(RSYNC) $(XARGS) $(GREP) $(MAKE) $(LN)  
 
 
     
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/development/makefile/version.mk b/development/makefile/version.mk
index da81bea9a379dc08674bb3589a6d2fa02163212c..0f643ee2209221ea08cb31cb6ccd51bef825d8e8 100644
--- a/development/makefile/version.mk
+++ b/development/makefile/version.mk
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
 #############################################################################################
 #############################################################################################
 
-VERSION_BIN 	     := version
-EXECUTABLES = $(EXECUTABLES:-) $(VERSION_BIN)
-
-RELEASE_FILE ?= $(PROJECT_ROOT)release.json
+VERSION_BIN   ?= $(VENDOR_PATH)version
+RELEASE_FILE  ?= $(PROJECT_ROOT)release.json
  
 ifeq ("$(wildcard $(RELEASE_FILE))","")
   $(shell echo '{"version":"0.1.0"}' > $(RELEASE_FILE))
@@ -17,24 +15,3 @@ endif
 
 PROJECT_VERSION ?= $(shell cat $(RELEASE_FILE) | jq -r .version)
 PROJECT_BUILD_DATE ?= $(shell $(VERSION_BIN) date)
-
-.PHONY: next-patch-version
-## create next patch version
-next-patch-version:
-	$(ECHOMARKER) "Creating next version"
-	$(QUIET) $(VERSION_BIN) patch --path $(RELEASE_FILE) --selector "version"
-	$(QUIET) $(eval PROJECT_VERSION := $(shell cat $(RELEASE_FILE) | jq -r .version))
-
-.PHONY: next-minor-version
-## create next minor version
-next-minor-version:
-	$(ECHOMARKER) "Creating next minor version"
-	$(QUIET) $(VERSION_BIN) minor --path $(RELEASE_FILE) --selector "version"
-	$(QUIET) $(eval PROJECT_VERSION := $(shell cat $(RELEASE_FILE) | jq -r .version))
-
-.PHONY: next-major-version
-## create next major version
-next-major-version:
-	$(ECHOMARKER) "Creating next minor version"
-	$(QUIET) $(VERSION_BIN) major --path $(RELEASE_FILE) --selector "version"
-	$(QUIET) $(eval PROJECT_VERSION := $(shell cat $(RELEASE_FILE) | jq -r .version))