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Project Integration in HW/SW Codesign Projects
Hardware/Software-Codesign projects are projects dealing with the concurrent development of a software system and the respective hardware platform. These projects are common in embedded systems design where the hardware platform is a dedicated design for the respective task and where the software is designed for this specific hardware. Thus, HW/SW Codesign projects are interdisciplinary by default and usually such projects are quite large. The involved engineering domains follow different development paradigms. This causes a high integration effort and projects tend to fail or to be delayed if the project integration is not handled properly. Our paper describes the specific characteristics of HW/SW Codesign projects and explains solutions based on an example project. Both engineering and soft skill aspects are addressed. This contribution was generated within a master course on HW/SW Codesign.