The current status and the expectations in the Dutch TWINS consortium

The TWINS project addresses co-design problems of product development consisting of integrated hardand software development that within industry. In search for a multidisciplinary modelling solution, knowledge is required about current practice of multidisciplinary development within industry. By analysing user-requirements, use-cases, and the applied tools and techniques of six industrial partners, this paper presents the current status of multidisciplinary development within the Dutch consortium. The analysis is used to improve a successful collaboration between the industrial partners, while it also identifies the challenging topics that need to be explored within a multidisciplinary environment.