Workshop-Key-Contributors and Moderators

Innovations

The innovations workshop addresses new forthcoming topics which can become a full day workshop in future. This year 2 major thematic topics are addressed. Products, systems, software and services are changing and this will require new methods to be applied.

Part 1 - Innovation in Test Methods (Morning)

The Double-Decker Tilting Long-Distance Multiple Unit Trainset (D²TLDMUTS) serves as an example to explain the new concepts in this workshop. D²TLDMUTS is pronounced “Double-Tidelmutzz”, with a sharp “zz” hiss at the end. It refers to a large Intercity trainset, ordered by a railway operator, which is being commissioned since more than a year, by now. Normally, commissioning a train takes three months or less. After the first year of commissioning, the number of bugs found, and problems encountered, piled higher than ever. Suppliers and train service operator realized that they are only half-way through before letting the D²TLDMUTS run operational services. Such kind of failure is common not only with train operators; several similar cases occurred in the last few years in aircraft industry as well and is likely to happen with autonomous cars.
The problems encountered with the D²TLDMUTS are basic: it is virtually impossible for humans to create complete test suites for such a complex, software-intense system. Consequently, commissioning such a train set takes very long, much longer than ever planned. Defects touching across the various systems are detected in this trial period only. This is very late, because every modification of train software requires an extra re-certification and a new admission procedure. Key of testing complex systems is understanding the needs (or values) of the train operator, in our case, or the needs of the customer, in general. The needs of the train operator are the key means for distinguishing relevant test cases from unnecessary tests, allowing test automation and finally Autonomous Real-time Testing (ART). In the workshop, we’ll set up the test case generators that are needed to test the various aspects of the D²TLDMUTS.

Part 2 - New Service Innovation Models (Afternoon)

Implementing e-mobility, intelligent infrastructures and industrial processes, Internet of things based solutions, etc. will require new strategies for innovation coming up with new service models, new business models, new stakeholder networking strategies, new innovation roadmapping concepts,  etc.

Key Contributors

The goal of this workshop community is to deal with new forthcoming topics, to develop ideas for the future and to share best practices about how to manage the future challenges in business, engineering, and testing.

Join this workshop and discuss your experiences.

Interactive Workshop Approach

Focus of interest and main questions discussed during the workshop will be:

• Best practices concerning new test methods dealing with new aspects such as artificial intelligence, cloud, privacy protection, risk managment, security
• Best practices concerning new service and business models needed to develop the future visions
• etc.

Each presentation will be discussed towards these main topics of interest. A panel discussion at the end shall come up with a summary of the solutions presented and with new research topics to focus on to solve this integrated approach (work for next year to meet at next EuroAsiaSPI² and share again).