Platform and architecture: Why BYD is faster than VW
With the right platform and architecture, BYD develops new vehicles in just 18 months, much faster than VW and others.
Satya Nadella and the future of software architecture: the end of SaaS?
GenAI is disruptive and requires a change in architecture, according to Satya Nadella. He expects agents to make SaaS obsolete.
When is it time for a new architecture?
Companies should regularly improve the design, but only improve the architecture if there is a business case.
Case study: How Bosch managed to drastically reduce FMEA workload with AbRA
Florian Beer from Bosch has developed the AbRA approach, which brings FuSi to life in architecture and makes FMEA workshops unnecessary.
The error in thinking about the software-defined vehicle
Everyone is talking about the software-defined vehicle. However, system thinking and the importance of architecture are often forgotten.
Embedded World: Little MBSE, lots of AI
Edge AI was the dominant topic at Embedded World 2024. The topic of systems engineering was of little importance.
System context: meaning, modeling and practical applications
Every development project has a system context. We should record this explicitly, with or without modeling.
Scaling with service-oriented architectures (SOA)
In today's fast-paced world of software development, flexibility, scalability and reusability are of the utmost importance. This is where service-oriented architecture (SOA) comes into play. SOA allows us to provide encapsulated services with clearly defined, "RESTful" interfaces. SOA has many features that enable scalability and robustness. One of the best-known minds of SOA in Germany was Stefan Tilkov,...
5 methods for quality with high complexity
Increasing complexity places high demands on quality management. This is particularly the case when quality is concerned with (functional) safety. Embedded systems belong to the class of products where this is a major challenge. One of the reasons for this is that software is one of the main drivers of complexity. A typical example would be...
5 articles on SysML in the INCOSE Special Issue
INCOSE has published a special on SysML, which can be read free of charge at Wiley until April 15, 2022. After that, it is subject to a charge or requires a membership.
The supply chain as part of systems engineering
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted many inefficiencies in supply chains. The shortage of toilet paper in spring 2020 is one example of this, but it can also be attributed to irrational consumer behavior in some cases. The current bottleneck in semiconductors is more interesting for systems engineering. As the supply chain is part of systems engineering according to ISO 15288, it is...
Cars need new architectures!
Traditional architectures for cars can no longer cope with this. Electric cars are a driver, Tesla shows a possible way forward.
