System Engineering Planning and Enterprise Identity

Abstract

There are so many models to follow in framing an effective systems engineering process that one should hesitate to introduce another. But we are currently failing to make a powerful connection between our enterprise's identity and our customer's needs that will slow our approach to excellence. In this paper we will explore a way to connect a definition of our enterprise in the form of our practices and generic planning to customer needs in a seamless planning process that flows from the proposal period through contract award. This paper was motivated by the U.S. Air Force management initiative called the integrated management system and research accomplished by the author in writing a book by the same title as this paper.

Multi Modes of Intervention at the Macro Level

“…Newer professional writings that reflect this mode include Beer (1975), Branch (1998), Grady, (1995, Rechtin and Maier (1997). In the field of social work, Kahn (1969) has been identified with a highly systematic planning approach.…”

A road map for implementing systems engineering

“…The following information should be recorded for each identified risk: name, description, type, origin, probability, severity, identification number, identification date, identification on the work breakdown structure, risk mitigation plan responsible team, needed resolution date, principal engineer, current status, date, and signature of team leader. Forms useful in identifying and mitigating risk are given in chapter 17 of Kerzner (1995), section 4.10 of Grady (1995), and the DSMC Risk Management Guide.…”

1.2.3 The Systems Engineering Approach to Warship Signatures Management

“…Several design processes constitute the overall topside process (Manzini, 2004) which can be considered a "process of processes"; the signatures design process is one of these. In the following a SE approach (Grady, 1995) applied to signatures design is described. The "Signatures System" "A system is a set of interrelated components which interact with one another in an organized fashion toward a common purpose" (NASA, 1995).…”