Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) is introduced as a critical methodology for managing complexity in safety-relevant industries like automotive, aerospace, and defense.
Volkswagen's approach aligns company organization, system architecture, processes, and tools to create a unified backbone for development across the enterprise.
Unmanaged software complexity leads to architecture decay over time, resulting in higher costs for refactoring and testing while slowing down innovation.
The traditional document-centric approach is replaced by model-based engineering, where the system is represented as a machine-readable data graph rather than static diagrams.
Adopting software engineering workflows like GitFlow enables optimistic version control and feature branching for models, which is essential for managing variants and agile collaboration.
Standard text-based tools cannot merge model graphs, so specialized three-way diff and merge tools are required to resolve conflicts and support code review-style workflows.
The next evolution in MBSE involves adopting DevOps practices like CI/CD, automated merge requests, and creating repositories of reusable model components similar to Maven or NuGet.
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