Designing Digital Twins
A Problem First Approach to Bridging the Real and Virtual Worlds
Designing Digital Twins shows you how to work backwards from the problems that matter – using connected technology, AI, and smart design to enable change that’s measurable, repeatable, and worth the effort.
Whether you're leading a project, managing operations, or building new capabilities, this book gives you a way to structure your thinking, connect data to outcomes, and make smarter decisions with confidence.
Inside the Book
Explore frameworks, examples and strategies for:
Defining real-world problems worth solving
Mapping actions, decisions, capabilities and data
Building twins that measure their own success
Designing for adoption and sustained change
Linking technical design to business outcomes
Includes the full Digital Twin Design Process (DTDP) – a clear, repeatable method to increase ROI, reduce complexity, and drive meaningful results.
Why This Book?
Tired of buzzwords and vague frameworks? This is a book built for people who want to get things done.
Break through silos by working from the real world up
Make change measurable and systems manageable
Avoid wasted investment by focusing on real value
Build digital twins that do something – and prove it
About the author
Rob Foster
Rob is an engineer, advisor, and CEO of Geminum, where he helps organisations connect people, processes and data through digital twins and applied AI. Known for making complex ideas clear and practical, Rob brings two decades of real-world experience solving operational challenges – and turning good ideas into impact.