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Decision‐Driven Product Development
Author(s) -
Hause Matthew,
Korff Andreas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
insight
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-4868
pISSN - 2156-485X
DOI - 10.1002/inst.12246
Subject(s) - business process reengineering , new product development , domain engineering , product (mathematics) , product engineering , product lifecycle , automotive industry , process (computing) , domain (mathematical analysis) , computer science , systems engineering , set (abstract data type) , software product line , product design specification , engineering , product design , manufacturing engineering , software , software development , component based software engineering , business , mathematical analysis , geometry , mathematics , operating system , marketing , lean manufacturing , programming language , aerospace engineering
Product line engineering (PLE) is the engineering and management of a group of related products using a shared set of assets and a means of design and manufacturing. PLE can include systems, software, and assets and involves all aspects of engineering including electrical, electronic, mechanical, and chemical, just to name a few. Engineers normally consider PLE after the product has evolved and complexity becomes too much to manage. Leveraging PLE from the very beginning will identify cost savings and commonality and provide a natural means for product evolution. Orthogonal variability modeling (OVM) provides a natural decision set allowing engineers to perform trade‐offs for specific customers and guide system development along the most effective route. Using automotive examples, this paper will describe model‐based product line engineering (MB‐PLE), the process for creating product lines, and the benefits of this approach as applicable to the military ground vehicle domain. Finally, it will show how the adoption of MB‐PLE early in the development life cycle provides more benefits without the potential disruption and reengineering that can occur when engineers adopt it later in the life cycle.