TY - JOUR
T1 - The Terminology of Automotive Product-Structuring Concepts
T2 - A Systematic Mapping Study
AU - Zellmer, Philipp
AU - Holsten, Lennart
AU - Krüger, Jacob
AU - Leich, Thomas
PY - 2024/9/25
Y1 - 2024/9/25
N2 - The automotive industry is undergoing a significant transformation, with vehicles evolving into complex, interconnected cyber-physical systems. This transformation is caused by new customer demands, legal standards, and technological innovations, which lead to an increasing amount of electronic control units, software, and features. To address the consequent software-related challenges, automotive manufacturers are adopting methodologies like software product-line engineering, electrics/electronics platforms, and product generation engineering. However, each of these methodologies relies on an own vocabulary, necessitating a unification of the divergent understandings and interpretations of key terms and definitions. In this article, we investigate and discuss a terminological framework that provides a common ground for specifying a unified product-structuring concept. For this purpose, we conducted a systematic mapping study to develop a framework of existing terms and definitions used to describe product-structuring concepts in software, electrics/electronics, as well as mechanical engineering. We discuss the differences and commonalities of the terminologies to help practitioners in integrating and applying product-structuring concepts as well as to guide future research.
AB - The automotive industry is undergoing a significant transformation, with vehicles evolving into complex, interconnected cyber-physical systems. This transformation is caused by new customer demands, legal standards, and technological innovations, which lead to an increasing amount of electronic control units, software, and features. To address the consequent software-related challenges, automotive manufacturers are adopting methodologies like software product-line engineering, electrics/electronics platforms, and product generation engineering. However, each of these methodologies relies on an own vocabulary, necessitating a unification of the divergent understandings and interpretations of key terms and definitions. In this article, we investigate and discuss a terminological framework that provides a common ground for specifying a unified product-structuring concept. For this purpose, we conducted a systematic mapping study to develop a framework of existing terms and definitions used to describe product-structuring concepts in software, electrics/electronics, as well as mechanical engineering. We discuss the differences and commonalities of the terminologies to help practitioners in integrating and applying product-structuring concepts as well as to guide future research.
KW - Automotive
KW - Electrics/electronics
KW - Product line
KW - Life-cycle management
KW - Cyber-physical system
KW - Product-structuring concept
KW - product line
KW - cyber-physical system
KW - electrics/electronics
KW - life-cycle management
KW - product-structuring concept
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85204946891&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TEM.2024.3463179
DO - 10.1109/TEM.2024.3463179
M3 - Article
SN - 0018-9391
VL - 71
SP - 14974
EP - 14990
JO - IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
JF - IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
M1 - 10694796
ER -