Challenges and Successes in Migrating Legacy Software Modeling to a Simulation-Based Product Development System

To meet the demands of the modern on-highway market, engineering teams are moving towards agile development with a continuous integration and delivery development methodology. To adopt this new methodology, sometimes evolutionary changes in product and process aren’t enough and a revolutionary approach must be embraced, including knowing which parts of 100 years of development are integral to the company and which parts are holding it back from growth. Cummins has been reshaping its product and process to meet these challenges, targeting more effort on simulation and architecture with an initiative called simulation-based product development. MathWorks products and services are a strategic part of that vision. We will discuss how key enablers like executive sponsorship and vision, AUTOSAR, CICD, and “simulate everything” are helping to cement change and surmount challenges in culture, legacy technical debt, and skill sets.