Systems engineering is fundamentally about seeing the big picture – leveraging multiple viewpoints and bringing together a diverse team to explore the problem from many perspectives, elicit diverse insights, understand the true problem, and deliver the right solution to meet the customer’s needs. Systems engineering is technical and communication. Systems …

Systems engineering is not solely about technical engineering matters regarding a system or product.  Successful systems engineering alters the way an organization works and impacts the state of mind of the individuals within the organization towards systems engineering.  If handled incorrectly the introduction of systems engineering can place a number …

The critically acclaimed Ridley Scott film The Martian depicts Matt Damon as botanist/astronaut Mark Watney who is stranded on Mars after he is carried off by a storm during an emergency liftoff sequence. His fellow crew members presume that he is dead, and in the face of the potential loss …

Last year I shared with you Layer 1 of planning a holiday feast using a systems approach. We defined our requirements, considers concerns, identified risks, and even started thinking about our architecture at a high level. Let’s quickly review. Here’s what my requirements looked like: After considering concerns and risks, …