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What Boeing’s Woes Can Teach Us About Systems Engineering Risk Practices

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What Boeing’s Woes Can Teach Us About Systems Engineering Risk Practices

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.

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Addressing the future with a better ConOp (or is it better humans we need?)

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Addressing the future with a better ConOp (or is it better humans we need?)

My daughter Stephanie graduated from MIT this year and I got to hear Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO and best-selling author, give the Commencement address. Her message was about the effects of Technology on the Society and the World, what I heard … We Need a Better ConOps!

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Solving Systems Engineering problems on the Back of a Napkin

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Solving Systems Engineering problems on the Back of a Napkin

The other day I was able to go to a lecture by Dan Roam, the author of the wildly popular book, "The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures."  His topic was, "What to do when words don't work" and his seemingly outrageous claim the, "You can solve any problem with pictures."



 

 

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Style vs Substance?

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Style vs Substance?

Is PowerPoint really EVIL? Edward Tufte thinks so. Is he right? or misinformed? Is there another explanation as to why Systems Engineers turn to PowerPoint to explain the “big picture” of the project or program they are working? Let’s explore this battle of “Style vs. Substance!”