Description

The engineering of products faces an increasingly complex and dynamic environ-ment. Megatrends like the Internet of Things (IoT) and the industrial internet re-spectively Industry 4.0 change the rules on the field. They require a new kind of engineering and thinking. Only companies that can adapt themselves to the fre-quent and partially disruptive changes in the complex and dynamic markets are successful in the long term.

The book describes the first three industrial revolutions and their consequences and concludes with the predicted fourth industrial revolution. In the light of the fourth industrial revolution, the second chapter depicts the need for a new kind of engineering. The third chapter provides valuable principles, patterns, methods, and tools for engineering organizations to be successful on the new engineering playfield.

The book closes the gap between high-level reflections about the challenges of product engineering and daily engineering methods and tools.