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Defining Enterprise and Transformation Challenges
Published in Kenneth C. Hoffman, Christopher G. Glazner, William J. Bunting, Leonard A. Wojcik, Anne Cady, Enterprise Dynamics Sourcebook, 2013
Kenneth C. Hoffman, William J. Bunting, Anne Cady
Government agencies and commercial entities are constantly evolving and transforming to respond to public demands, exploit opportunities, meet new market challenges, and adapt to a changing world. The networking of global supply chains for physical goods and information systems for financial services and operations management is based on new system technologies and business models that drive a high level of performance and operational excellence. Planning, acquiring, and implementing these integrated systems in organized processes require the application of systems engineering methods at the enterprise level: enterprise systems engineering (ESE).
Bridging Joint Operations and Engineering Management through an Operational Mission Architecture Framework
Published in Engineering Management Journal, 2022
Paul Beery, Thomas Irwin, Eugene Paulo, Anthony Pollman, Wayne Porter, Stephen Gillespie
Currently, the DoD relies on human beings to apply human-centered processes to subjectively identify the systems and integration requirements necessary to deliver an operational capability (in a manner that cannot be repeated episodically). Application of the OMAF creates an opportunity to utilize formal engineering and management methods specifically designed to objectively identify the system and integration requirements necessary to deliver an operational capability (in a manner that can be repeated episodically). The OMAF accepts the output of existing operational capability process (such as the Joint Force Development Life Cycle) and existing enterprise systems engineering management processes (JCIDS, DAS, etc.) and integrates them to facilitate direct communication between the end user (operations) and the engineers and engineering managers.
The Complexity Register: A Collaborative Tool for System Complexity Evaluation
Published in Engineering Management Journal, 2022
Matthew Potts, David Harvey, Angus Johnson, Seth Bullock
Here, we briefly introduce two system complexity assessment tools available to engineering managers in academic literature which serve as examples that challenges in system complexity evaluation remain to be addressed. The first tool is Steven’s Enterprise Systems Engineering Profiler (Stevens, 2008) which categorizes system complexity into four contexts, each with three levels of complexity; system context (the behavior of the system and the desired outcome of the implementation of the SoI), implementation context (the scale of effort and acquisition environment), stakeholder context (stakeholder holder relationships and environment) and strategic context (the mission environment and scope of effort). It is argued in this approach that systems engineering and program management strategies can be tailored according to the level of difficulty, or complexity, evaluated by the organization.