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Digital Lifecycle Management is

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where we test new software

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but it’s not for new hardware.

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It’s the development

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and validation

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of new software

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for already existing vehicles.

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My name is Sophia and yours?

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I’m also Sophia.

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No way.

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I’m looking forward to your Tech Journey.

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What do you do at Audi?

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I’m part of the DLCM test house,

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Digital Lifecycle Management.

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One part we’re currently working on

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is over-the-air updates.

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That means the car communicates

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with the backend

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and the backend replies:

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I have an update for you.

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Via the air interface,

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the backend then sends the software

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package to the car,

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and the car updates itself.

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That means you actually

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 work on these updates?

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Our task is to look at the car

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from the customer’s perspective,

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to drive the cars and test

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whether this new software works on

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an already existing car.

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And this is actually

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the big challenge we’re facing:

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the more vehicles we have

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with customers in the field,

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the greater the variance,

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and the more diverse

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hardware configurations we’ll encounter.

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Coming back to your everyday work.

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The biggest part is

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all the preparations.

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And then when it comes to the

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actual test phase,

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validating the vehicle.

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What does a test drive look like?

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For a test drive,

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the driver gets a tablet

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with clearly defined test cases,

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which they must follow bit by bit

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in order to test the vehicle.

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It was a very, very exciting 

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Tech Journey with you.

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Thank you, it was a lot of fun.