A holistic Methodology for the Development of Cybertronic Systems in the Context of the Internet of Things

The internal and external complexity of today's systems is continuously increasing. These smart cybertronic systems consist of more and more components, are subject to a higher number of variants, and the distribution of disciplines is also subject to the increasing dominance of the system software. Besides, these systems temporarily connect to other systems or devices to fulfill one or more objectives, using the rising digitalization possibilities. To make this increasing complexity manageable and understandable for developers and end-users, the development approaches of today's systems have to change in parallel to the change of the systems themselves. Concepts and aspects from Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Closed-loop Engineering (CLE) can provide positive input in this context The thesis "A holistic Methodology for the Development of Cybertronic Systems in the Context of the Internet of Things," written by Thomas Dickopf, pursues the goal of integrating development processes, methods, and tools under intensive consideration of system usage and the possibilities of system optimization. Current trends in digitalization, as well as well-established procedures for the development and management of products, form the basis of a two-step development approach. This approach consists of a macro-methodology (VPESystemDevelopmentMethodology) for the entire development process and a micro-methodology (VPEmecPro²methodology) which is proposed for the early phase of system analysis and conceptual system design. The whole procedure is supplemented by a loop-based improvement concept, which supports the optimization of the system under development, the system during its operational use, as well as subsequent product generations.