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


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 18, 2024
- **Time:** 14:50–15:20 (30 min)
- **Room:** STAGE 8 (120)
- **Event:** World Congress 2024

## Description

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.

## Speaker

### [Kay Grebenstein](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@kay-grebenstein)

ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions, Testmanager / Agile QA Coach


## Related talks at this congress

- [Big Business, Big Barriers? Stress-Testing AI Initiatives.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/167-big-business-big) — Marin Niehues
- [Getting Quality Right](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/365-getting-quality) — Dr. Gernot Starke
- [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/417-modern-data) — Matthias Niehoff
- [How Can My Software Development Be 'Secure by Design'?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/295-how-can-my-software) — Christoph Niehoff