PSS-CAD: An Approach to the Integrated Product and Service Development

IPS2 consist of interacting product and service elements, which need to be developed simultaneously and jointly under permanent consideration of their interdependencies. The increased complexity of the integrated, multi-domain development requires methods and tools to support the IPS2 developer. The presented methodical approach is based on modelling and visualizing the interdependencies between the IPS2 elements. The PSS-CAD support system provides the authoring tool for creating, visualizing and maintaining this model during the integrated IPS2 drafting stage. As a software module within the IPS2 assistance system, the PSS-CAD support system completes the IT support tool-chain for the entire IPS2 planning and development process.