SETup automotive: a Method for Systems Engineering Transformation in automotive industry
The increasing prevalence of embedded software in today’s vehicles is leading to growing complexity, which can only be managed effectively through the use of reliable interdisciplinary engineering processes. With this in mind, systems engineering (SE) is currently being introduced on a large scale i...
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| description | The increasing prevalence of embedded software in today’s vehicles is leading to growing complexity, which can only be managed effectively through the use of reliable interdisciplinary engineering processes. With this in mind, systems engineering (SE) is currently being introduced on a large scale into the automotive industry. Pilot projects have demonstrated the potential for implementing changes, but these have not yet been accompanied by viable implementation concepts for SE. In the context of the proposed application-based research, the SETup automotive method (Systems Engineering Transformation under piloting in the automotive industry) is presented, which comprises a step-by-step procedure of introducing SE into large automotive companies. By introducing SE by pilot projects first, both an in-process tailoring of all processes, methods, tools and structures (PMTS) required for the introduction and an in-process validation of the pilot scheme elaborated by the pilot projects are achieved. The presented method builds upon fundamental approaches to change management, which have been developed over many years in both research and practice. It has been validated by the industrial practice of SE transformation at German car manufacturers and suppliers. As a result, decision-makers, transformation managers and systems engineers are provided with a scientifically based and field-tested set of steps for the introduction of SE in their own company. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-26876df3704d4dfe85e48bb2588b51e02025-08-20T03:19:53ZengCambridge University PressDesign Science2053-47012025-01-011110.1017/dsj.2025.10SETup automotive: a Method for Systems Engineering Transformation in automotive industryIris Graessler0Benedikt Grewe1https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5742-8270https://ror.org/058kzsd48Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germanyhttps://ror.org/058kzsd48Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Paderborn, GermanyThe increasing prevalence of embedded software in today’s vehicles is leading to growing complexity, which can only be managed effectively through the use of reliable interdisciplinary engineering processes. With this in mind, systems engineering (SE) is currently being introduced on a large scale into the automotive industry. Pilot projects have demonstrated the potential for implementing changes, but these have not yet been accompanied by viable implementation concepts for SE. In the context of the proposed application-based research, the SETup automotive method (Systems Engineering Transformation under piloting in the automotive industry) is presented, which comprises a step-by-step procedure of introducing SE into large automotive companies. By introducing SE by pilot projects first, both an in-process tailoring of all processes, methods, tools and structures (PMTS) required for the introduction and an in-process validation of the pilot scheme elaborated by the pilot projects are achieved. The presented method builds upon fundamental approaches to change management, which have been developed over many years in both research and practice. It has been validated by the industrial practice of SE transformation at German car manufacturers and suppliers. As a result, decision-makers, transformation managers and systems engineers are provided with a scientifically based and field-tested set of steps for the introduction of SE in their own company.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2053470125000101/type/journal_articleSystems EngineeringSystems Engineering implementationAutomotiveTransformationChange managementPiloting |
| spellingShingle | Iris Graessler Benedikt Grewe SETup automotive: a Method for Systems Engineering Transformation in automotive industry Design Science Systems Engineering Systems Engineering implementation Automotive Transformation Change management Piloting |
| title | SETup automotive: a Method for Systems Engineering Transformation in automotive industry |
| title_full | SETup automotive: a Method for Systems Engineering Transformation in automotive industry |
| title_fullStr | SETup automotive: a Method for Systems Engineering Transformation in automotive industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | SETup automotive: a Method for Systems Engineering Transformation in automotive industry |
| title_short | SETup automotive: a Method for Systems Engineering Transformation in automotive industry |
| title_sort | setup automotive a method for systems engineering transformation in automotive industry |
| topic | Systems Engineering Systems Engineering implementation Automotive Transformation Change management Piloting |
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