INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT MODULE AND METHOD FOR ENGINEERING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS IN AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT

摘要

Integrated development module (504) and method for engineering automation systems in an industrial automation environment are disclosed. The method comprising: determining at least one intermediate artifact (300) generated from at least one of an automation project (402, 523) executed by the automation software, runtime data and an industry standard associated with the industrial automation environment (510); determining skills for the automation project (402, 523) based on the intermediate artifact (300) using a skill model generated based on one or more dependencies in the industrial automation environment (510), wherein the dependencies are determined from a plurality of automation projects executed by the at least one automation software; and enabling engineering of the automation systems (512-516) based on the skills (450, 524) determined for the automation project (402, 523) .