Process Fellows presentation on Systems Engineering
April 19, 2024
This week, our two Fellows Alexander Feulner and Sebastian Keller gave a presentation on "Systems Engineering and the world of tomorrow" at MedConf 2024, the 17th conference on software and device development in medical technology.
The evolution of development
The era of development pioneers is over! In traditional development, a single person was usually made responsible for a component. This component often had a clearly defined function. The solution space was open and there was comparatively little financial pressure. There was continuous experimentation and new prototypes were created in order to make optimizations on the basis of tests.
In current development, highly complex systems are created from interconnected subsystems through to individual components consisting of integrated software and hardware. The development process is function-oriented and often extends across international locations. In contrast to earlier development, modern development faces considerable cost and time pressure.
Challenges now and in the future - what solutions are conceivable?
The current challenges in the organization, increasing complexity, technological progress and shortened development times require a discipline that can deal with all these problems. Systems engineering represents a promising solution to these challenges. It is an interdisciplinary and holistic approach that aims to successfully develop and implement systems. Particular attention is paid to the fulfillment of customer requirements and the required system functionality.
In the face of current global megatrends, including Smart Systems, Industry 4.0, Society 5.0, digital transformation, sustainability, automation and AI, modern systems engineering is faced with challenging tasks. These developments require continuous adaptation and further development of the interdisciplinary approach in order to meet the increasing requirements and dynamic changes in the technological landscape. INCOSE predicts a paradigm shift by 2035, which will increasingly rely on model-based approaches with AI support. This change will be driven by the management of enormous amounts of data and the simulation of systems to be developed, whereby the "digital twin" has already found its way into the field of systems engineering.
The evolution of development
The era of development pioneers is over! In traditional development, a single person was usually made responsible for a component. This component often had a clearly defined function. The solution space was open and there was comparatively little financial pressure. There was continuous experimentation and new prototypes were created in order to make optimizations on the basis of tests.
In current development, highly complex systems are created from interconnected subsystems through to individual components consisting of integrated software and hardware. The development process is function-oriented and often extends across international locations. In contrast to earlier development, modern development faces considerable cost and time pressure.
Challenges now and in the future - what solutions are conceivable?
The current challenges in the organization, increasing complexity, technological progress and shortened development times require a discipline that can deal with all these problems. Systems engineering represents a promising solution to these challenges. It is an interdisciplinary and holistic approach that aims to successfully develop and implement systems. Particular attention is paid to the fulfillment of customer requirements and the required system functionality.
In the face of current global megatrends, including Smart Systems, Industry 4.0, Society 5.0, digital transformation, sustainability, automation and AI, modern systems engineering is faced with challenging tasks. These developments require continuous adaptation and further development of the interdisciplinary approach in order to meet the increasing requirements and dynamic changes in the technological landscape. INCOSE predicts a paradigm shift by 2035, which will increasingly rely on model-based approaches with AI support. This change will be driven by the management of enormous amounts of data and the simulation of systems to be developed, whereby the "digital twin" has already found its way into the field of systems engineering.

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