User Names in CORE Server

Occasionally, I get a “classic” support case and last week just that happened. A CORE™ user told me that he imported a data file and it appeared to work, but produced a conflict file. Then he couldn’t see the project. He imported again and again with the same result. Not …

A Systems Perspective on Diversity

Solving complex problems is the main course on the systems engineering menu. No longer reserved as a delicacy to be consumed by a few adventurous diners, complex problems are daily fare for the working engineer. It is the easy-to-solve, simplistic problem that has become rare. This situation has a wide …

The Systems View and Framing the Problem

The first task in any problem-solving effort is that of framing the problem. This is sometimes simplistically labeled “stating” the problem but that invites a limited view of what is involved up front. What is needed at the beginning is anything but limited. It is hard to overstate the importance …