Category: Tips and Tricks

On Writing Well: Part 1 – The Systems Approach

All writing, especially expository writing, is about using a system design. In a pattern familiar to any systems engineer, the writing project begins with high level requirements that will decompose to lower level requirements, a functional map for meeting those requirements and a particular physical implementation. The effective author begins …

Leadership for Systems Engineers – Conflict Management

“ is valuable to the organization and its projects because it is the engine that drives positive change.”  The leaders of systems engineering projects must understand and manage conflict to the benefit of their projects and organizations. Our initial instinct, conditioned by cultural norms, is that conflict should be minimized …