Boeing’s recent safety issues highlight how small, accepted risks can accumulate into enterprise-level failure. This article explores what Boeing’s experience teaches systems engineers about risk aggregation, tolerance, culture, and governance—and why disciplined, integrated risk management is essential in complex systems.
How is Systems Science an oxymoron? It may come from the fact that studying Systems requires a holistic perspective whereas the fundamental concept of Science is looking at things in a reductionist manner. So how do you reconcile these two fundamentally different approaches into one discipline? Maybe the key is looking and seeing “systems’ everywhere.
Every year the INCOSE Chesapeake Chapter holds a Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) Gala to celebrate local INCOSE members who have gotten the INCOSE SEP Certification (ASEP, CSEP & ESEP). This is my report for the 2016 version. It’s fun to be in the company of friends, peers and colleagues of your chosen profession.
