Designing Software Intensive Products

This book guides the reader through a design process that was tested and optimized in companies and design bureaus. It not only smoothly integrates modern product development techniques, but also addresses, for each phase, issues related to the management of intangible assets. There are several books on the product design process, as well as on the development of innovative products in general. However, none of them addresses how to integrate the engineering techniques with the necessary aspects of Intellectual Property Management. With a focus on software intensive products in general, the book presents a meta-process that adapts to product design in any area where the software element is an important factor in product functionality and innovation.

Rogerio Atem de Carvalho is a Bachelor in Informatics, Master and Doctor in Production Engineering, and MBA in Innovation Management. He is a Professor of Informatics at the Instituto Federal Fluminense (Brazil), Director of Technological Innovation, and Consultant at TecCampos Incubator. He holds a National Council for Science and Technology (CNPq) fellowship in ICT Technological Development. He is a Mentor in the National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI) Mentorship Program. He was awarded by IFIP/Unesco in 2006 with the Academic Leadership Award and in 2011 with the Outstanding Service Award for his contributions to Informatics globally. His management ahead of the Innovation Hub was recognized by Unevoc/Unesco as a Promising Practice in 2019, and by ECLAC/UN as a case of the Big Push for Sustainability  in 2020 and 2021. He is a co-author of the book Beautiful Code, translated into several languages and Best Computing Book of 2007. Co-founder and researcher of the Centre for Embedded and Aerospace Systems, he was a member of the Critical Design Review Committee of the international space mission QB50, and editor of the book Nano-Satellites: Space and Ground Technologies, Operations and Economics. Member of the IEEE P1228 Standard for Software Safety Working Group. He works in an interdisciplinary way in Informatics applied to Engineering, having three patents granted and another twelve registered. He is a consultant for global companies in the areas of ICT, Sustainability, and Nanosatellites.