The second trap has to do with what constitutes a model. As we say on page 65 of Vitech’s Primer for Systems Engineering, “There are major advantages arising from using models as the basis of systems engineering. Models thoroughly consider the entire engineering problem, use a consistent language to describe …

    The critical aim of the service-oriented architecture is to bring services to the business enterprise. In the world of enterprise architecture, the service is defined as a unit of functionality packaged for convenient and consistent use. While this definition is accurate as far as it goes, it leaves …

We could continue to chase our car purchase analogy to a conclusion. Our point, however, is probably made. Even the basic life decisions we make are susceptible to the benefits of the SE process. As we considered the replacement for my aging Camry we have seen several principles at work. …

Given our analysis to this point, air travel at $30K+ per year is clearly uneconomical. Had the gross analysis indicated that it was in the $10K to $15K range we might have continued our analysis because its performance against other requirements might have made it a viable choice. But its …