The future of software engineering is centered around three main developments: Speed, Data and Ecosystems. The talk addresses these three main developments, provides numerous examples from the Nordic and international industry and outlines the next steps that industry and academia need to engage in to remain competitive.
Target Audience: Managers, decision makers, architects
Prerequisites: none
Level: Practicing
Extended Abstract
The future of software engineering is centered around three main developments: Speed, Data and Ecosystems. The focus on speed is concerned with the constantly increasing rate of deploying new software in the field. This continuous integration and deployment is no longer only the purview of internet companies but is also increasingly deployed in embedded systems. Second, data is concerned with the vast amounts of information collected from systems deployed in the field and the behavior of the users of these systems. The software-intensive systems industry needs to significantly improve its ability to exploit the value present in that data. Finally, ecosystems are concerned with the transition in many companies from doing everything in-house to strategic use of innovation partners and commodity providing partners. The keynote addresses these three main developments, provides numerous examples from the Nordic and international industry and outlines the next steps that industry and academia need to engage in to remain competitive.