A/B test driven Systems Engineering
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Volvo Personvagnar AB - Volvo Cars |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 4 781 620 |
| Project duration | October 2019 - October 2023 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | Electronics, software and communication - FFI |
| Call | Electronics, software and communication - FFI - 2019-06-11 |
Important results from the project
As software is becoming the main differentiator for automotive products, automotive companies are starting to adopt and adapt techniques from online experimentation to strengthen their software development process. This project systematically address challenges during the adoption of online experimentation. As main results we: (1) identify the main challenges (2) propose and architecture for conducting experiments in automotive systems, (3) propose several new analysis methods in the designed architecture to address the identified limitations.
Expected long term effects
This project had two main outcomes, one academic and one industrial. Academic: by conducting the innovative research on automotive online experiments we have placed the involved research groups as the leading experts in this interdisciplinary area. Industrial: with this research we have create a large awareness in the industrial partners of the need and importance to conduct online experiments. This awareness has led to multiple cases and applications that are improving the products and the competitive advantage of the Swedish automotive industry
Approach and implementation
The design of experiments in automotive systems faces several restrictions and limitations compared to pure online software, such as websites and mobile apps. New techniques (such as the ones provided in results) are need for a more realistic assessment. The need of successful pilot cases are essential to bring awareness and explore the possibilities and benefits experimentation can bring to automotive software development.