My first grad school paper was a pretty straightforward assignment with a three-page limit. There was so much to the topic1 that I wrote five pages without even thinking about it. I thought it would be easy to pare down but, try as I might, I could not get it below the limit without removing key points. I was a decent writer and had even worked professionally as a technical author, but I was really struggling.
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Materiel
Materiel, more commonly matériel in US English
Wikipedia entry on “Materiel”
Materiel comes from the French, hence the accented e (which, despite the dictionary definitions cited by Wikipedia, isn’t commonly used in practice). Do a something search for the term and you’ll get a googol1 of results comparing the definitions of materiel and material, but nothing to help the curious engineer or budding acquisition professional understand the practical usage of the term.
Read MoreHow the Department of Defense Influences Systems Engineering Practice
The title of this post is slightly misleading. The Department of Defense (DoD) doesn’t just influence systems engineering practice, it practically dictates it. And the reason is simple: The DoD acquires more types of systems and more complicated systems than any other organization in the world1 Read More