Hard Facts and Soft Touch - Challenges of Projects in Manufacturing & Industry

Development in the Manufacturing & Industry sector is hardware-oriented and driven by industrial standards. Engineers are usually responsible and there are quality management specifications.

However, the proportion of software development has increased in recent years in the Manufacturing & Industry. In addition, the requirements of digitalization / Industry 4.0 are creating new requirements in the industrial environment. The automation pyramid is being “broken up” and technologies such as MQTT, REST or OPCUA are accessing data in order to supply use cases such as IIoT, BI or artificial intelligence with information.

This creates new challenges for collaboration in modern manufacturing and industry projects. In this talk, I would like to present these challenges and possible solutions for software developers and engineers to work better together.