Murphy’s Law isn’t about putting your fate in the hands of the universe, it’s about defensive and robust design. Reliability engineering and the technique of Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) have their roots in this concept.
“Digital transformation” means re-imagining the way businesses operate in the digital age, including how we engineer systems. Understand the possibilities that digital engineering unlocks.
Requirements are a poor way to acquire a system. They’re great in theory, but frequently fail in practice. Agile contracting offers an alternative.
Agile reduces reliance on requirements and emphasizes understanding and meeting stakeholder needs. What does that look like?
Agile is a relatively new approach to software development based on the Agile Manifesto and Agile Principles. This overview prepares us to dive into how we can apply this approach to systems engineering.
You’re probably familiar with the ConOps, learn about its little brother, the OpsCon. An OpsCon is a valuable SE artifact that can contribute to the success of your system development effort.
“Agile” is the latest buzzword in systems engineering. It has a fair share of both adherents and detractors, not to mention a long list of companies offering to sell tools, training, and coaching. Dive into a thoughtful, reasoned discussion about when and how agile can work for systems engineering projects.
The US Department of Defense is overhauling it’s acquisition policy from a stale, process-driven approach to a new, outcome-driven approach. The new concept is called the Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF). Its goal is to remove bureaucracy and give government program managers more flexibility to adapt to the needs of their particular acquisition.
he problem with being too busy to read is that you learn by experience… i.e. the hard way. By reading, you learn through others’ experiences, generally a better way to do business…
General James Mattis
Pro basketball player Kawhi Leonard found his niche as “The Board Man”. What’s your niche?