The Executable Digital Twin is a technology jump enabling new and disruptive ways of creating complex mechatronic products. Digital Twins are models of physical systems found in the real world. They exhibit the same behavior in amplitude and time than the physical systems they represent. In the Engineering domain, Digital Twins have long been used for computer-aided design during the product creation process for cars, aircrafts, machinery and many more systems.

The Executable Digital Twin brings a new level of interactivity to Digital Twins by focusing on their connectivity to the real world. As a consequence, the development of engineering solutions enabling the Executable Digital Twin has become increasingly complex. This is largely due to the wider range of technologies required to create such engineering solutions and to the large variety of use-cases. Mastering this complexity is paramount to enable the Executable Digital Twin to bring its benefits to many industries. This is where DevOps comes in.