Training and educating Systems Engineers is a key activity for any organization developing complex heterogeneous systems. Ideally, the regional/national academic community will provide courses and education programs facilitating for the needs of industry and society. However, Systems Engineering is not a traditional academic subject and despite the growing academic interest in the subject there are many regions with no dedicated academic courses and programs in the subject. This paper presents experience from introducing Systems Engineering via a capstone project course in a mechatronics master's program at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden. System engineers from industry give an industry‐developed Systems Engineering course, as part of a capstone course. We believe that the approach is novel and can serve as a mechanism for introducing Systems Engineering to both students and lecturers in the academic world, who have no previous exposure to the subject. Moreover, student feedback indicate that having lecturers with industrial experience was highly appreciated, making the activity a worthwhile branding investment for industry as well.

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a key capability for any organization developing and/or maintaining complex systems. This paper presents a modular architectural pattern for realizing a federated PLM capability from integrating multiple engineering discipline specific development environments. This opens the possibility for replacement of individual environments, while maintaining the overall development system landscape. Thus, providing a desired flexibility in adapting to future organizational challenges at comparatively low cost.

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a key capability for any organization developing and/or maintaining complex systems. This paper presents a modular architectural pattern for realizing a federated PLM capability from integrating multiple engineering discipline specific development environments. This open the possibility for replacement of individual environments, while maintaining the overall development system landscape. Thus, providing a desired flexibility in adapting to future organizational challenges at comparatively low cost.