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Author: Terry Fitzgerald
Joint Concepts: A Framework to Bridge Strategy and Operations
Joint concepts, as outlined by the US DoD, guide military operations by addressing capability gaps through innovative solutions and new technologies. They encompass a taxonomy of concepts, an annual review process, and a structured outline for developing actionable capabilities. This framework also holds potential for civilian applications in strategic planning and risk management.
Unlocking Mission Engineering for Organizational Success
TL;DR: The Mission Engineering Guide outlines a structured analysis to identify needs, solutions, and operational concepts within military contexts, which can also benefit civilian enterprises. The guide’s core principles include defining specific mission purposes, identifying gaps in capabilities, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration across organizational functions. By employing quantitative methods and scenario planning, businesses can enhance…
The Power of Organizational Vision in Systems Engineering – part 3
Preamble: This is the 3rd post of a three-part series and applies the vision framework as laid out by Mark Lipton in ‘Guiding Growth’ (see the 2nd post for a book review) and culminates the investigation into the development and deployment of vision with an organization. You’re also welcome to check out the 1st post…
The Power of Organizational Vision in Systems Engineering – part 2
“Guiding Growth – How Vision Keeps Companies on Course” by Mark Lipton provides a systematic framework for developing an organizational vision. It highlights the significance of understanding an organization’s purpose, strategy, and values. Lipton emphasizes emotional engagement, collaboration, and the importance of supporting elements like culture and structure for successful vision deployment and sustained growth.
The Power of Organizational Vision in Systems Engineering – part 1
Prelude. This is the first post of a series of 3 on the topic of Vision. This post explores why vision, or more accurately effective organizational vision, is relevant to the Systems Engineering practitioner. The second post will be a review of Guiding Growth – How Vision Keeps Companies on Course by Mark Lipton and…
Checking for Conflict of a Set of Requirements
Use Mathematical Logic to evaluate absence of Conflict in a Requirement Set (3 of 3 part series). For a requirement set to be Consistent it needs to be Unique and without Conflict. This post explores a method to test for Conflict – see previous post for a test for Uniqueness. What does it mean for…
Checking Uniqueness of a Requirement Set
Use Mathematical Logic to evaluate Uniqueness of Requirement Set (2 of 3 part series) Last post I presented a method to test a requirement set for Completeness, now I present a method to test for Consistency. According to INCOSE’ Guideline to Writing Requirements, Consistency of a set include a number of different characteristics: requirements shall be…
Checking Completeness of a Requirement Set
Use Mathematical Logic to evaluate Completeness of Requirement Set (1 of 3 part series) 1 month ago You’ve checked that individual requirements are solid and follow best practice, now you want to check the set for Completeness. INCOSE’s Guide to Writing Requirements defines Completeness as “The […] requirement set for a given SOI should stand alone…