Business as (Un)usual – Feature-based Development

In the course of the rapidly changing automotive markets, the demand for innovative and high-performance vehicle system solutions is increasing considerably. In this context, a cross-domain development methodology focused on customer needs (UX) via so-called features (vehicle functions that can be experienced) is also becoming increasingly important.

The feature-based development approach is a cross-domain development methodology that is consistently oriented towards customer needs (UX). In order to master the complexity of a complete vehicle development including all interactions between the individual subsystems, the feature-based development approach focuses strongly on methods and tools from model-based system engineering (MBSE). This enables the holistic development of individual vehicle features along their functional and physical chains of effect and takes into account all interfaces and interactions on individual subsystems as well as components. This makes it possible to derive concrete requirements for the subsystems and components of an entire vehicle based on “high-level vehicle use cases” and to generate functional component specifications from them. In the further course of vehicle development, individual components and subsystems up to complete module groups and rolling chassis are developed in such a way that they represent an integrated and coordinated overall solution in the vehicle network.

With feature-based development, Bosch Engineering is able to offer high-performance vehicle system solutions that are consistently aligned with customer requirements.