How will Configuration Management and Product Lifecycle Management evolve in a data-driven, model-based future?
In the digital engineering era, the enterprise ecosystem is rapidly changing. A data-centric infrastructure enables end-to-end connectivity across artifacts throughout the full product lifecycle, creating stronger alignment, traceability, and decision-making.
At the same time, models are becoming a central part of how products are designed, managed, and sustained, especially as concepts like the digital twin continue to mature.
This raises important questions:
- How do we evolve toward a model-centric enterprise?
- What changes are needed in configuration management practices?
- How should lifecycle management principles adapt to support this shift?
To explore these questions, we spoke with Jos Voskuil, widely known through his blog VirtualDutchman.com, who shared his perspective on the major changes shaping systems engineering today. From the digitalization of data and artifacts to the growing role of connected models, his insights highlight both the challenges and the opportunities ahead.