Observability Strategy for IT Systems
The client for this assignment needed to gain a better insight into the health of the IT and OT systems upon which their operations are entirely dependent.
Automotive ASPICE Software Engineering Process Design
This assignment involved defining an ASPICE-compliant software development process (SWE3 and SWE4) intended to cover the needs of all in-vehicle software development teams.
Agile: The Emperor’s New Clothes?
The Waterfall project methodology tilted the software engineering process too far towards the needs of business managers. Agile tilts the balance too far towards the needs and risk-averse nature of engineers. What is needed is a better balance between the two.
Is Machine Learning just another hype?
The issues with Machine Learning mean that it is not a scalable technology -- a point of view that is supported by Gartner's Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence 2020. What's your point of view?
Industry 4.0 is a means to an end, not an end in itself
It is counterproductive to define Industry 4.0 through the technologies that make it possible, argues Robert Howe. It is much more useful to define it in terms of the practical benefit it delivers.
Industry 4.0 is a means to an end, not an end in itself
Software is the medium of digitalisation. If you don’t understand software, you have no hope of coming up with a decent digitalisation strategy.
Executives don’t understand software and that’s a problem
Software is the medium of digitalisation. If you don’t understand software, you have no hope of coming up with a decent digitalisation strategy.
Market consolidation: opportunity or threat?
In the light of a market consolidation, the CEO of a Dutch software company wanted to understand the changing market dynamic and competitive landscape. He engaged Lakana to develop a business plan to map out the future of his business.
Bits & Chips Opinion Article June 2020
Attempting to use business cases to justify industrial digital transformation (Industry 4.0) was always a time consuming work of fiction. During the corona crisis there is no time for fiction. The fact is that industrial digitalisation breeds its own success. Therefore, business cases should be the consequence of industrial digitalisation and not a justification for it.
Industry 4.0 is key to surviving the corona crisis
At a time when business managers typically retreat from pursuing new initiatives, the benefits of Industry 4.0 have moved from “nice to have” to “essential for survival”.