CONCEPT Concept of Next Design
～ Tool required for increasing large-scale system development ～
When developing across multiple companies and teams, the design tools used vary by development site and person in charge, resulting in scattered design information that cannot be consolidated.
In addition, inconsistencies in interfaces occur due to missed maintenance or gaps with changed designs.
When such inconsistencies occur, development is typically advanced by having people step in to coordinate among the parties involved, but
in large-scale system development, this involves multi-layered coordination ranging from manufacturers to software development companies, and discovering inconsistencies in the latter half of development results in major rework.
Therefore, for large-scale system development, there is a need for tools that "fit the front lines," enable "organization-wide sharing," and "accelerate coordination through automation."
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Fitting actual work process
Next Design uses "metamodels" that define the structure and relationships of design information, and "views" that define how design information is displayed. This allows you to faithfully express design methodologies specific to your development site, ranging from high-level overviews using diagrams to detailed specifications.
You can organize and toolify the design methods and processes unique to your development site, such as specifications and design documents previously expressed in Word/Excel or UML/SysML.
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Design data can be shared across organizations
By using a design tool tailored to your workflow, you can proceed with designs just as before, while design data is centralized and accumulated as standardized digital data based on meta-models—spanning from software to systems, and requirements to tests.
This centralized design data can be accessed whenever necessary. Centering your development around this design data makes it easy to standardize and share design data across teams, bridging companies, organizations, and departments. -
Automating and realizing toolchain
Because your design data is digitized, the tool allows you to handle design data more easily than ever before.
Developing extensions enables various forms of automation, such as design verification and integration with other tools.
It automates high-effort tasks like traceability and interface consistency checks, supporting faster development cycles.
