The above image shows Chris Bouch in his home city of Bristol—rated one of the most livable cities in the UK—with Bristol Harbour and the cathedral in the background. By 2050, according to the United Nations, two thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. Lucky for us, someone …

There is one tool in the system engineer’s toolkit that wields a great deal of power. Principal Systems Engineer Jeff Sili explains, in his latest blog post. From the post: One of the crucial skills an engineer needs to acquire is the ability to succinctly communicate a design. In the early …

I speak with people in the systems engineering community all the time. When I hear systems engineers say, “Yeah, I’m doin’ SysML,” it makes me cringe. I’m not bashing SysML views in any way, shape, or form. I think SysML 1.5 diagrams are a great communications tool. But they don’t …

All too often we think of systems engineering as a technique that is used to perform just the initial design of a system. We don’t appreciate the value of a system in later stages of the product lifecycle except as a means to inform the design of the replacement system. …