SPEC Innovations’ webinars are back! The “How to MBSE” is meant for those ready to leave behind a document-based approach or experienced MBSE users who want to learn more. This series will provide you with the fundamentals of MBSE and acquire new skills. This series goes through the lifecycle of a product or system starting […]
Risk analysis and management are vital to the success of any project. As contractors who work a myriad of projects, we see firsthand that different customers have different approaches towards risk. Here at SPEC Innovations, we seek to equip you with the tools to pursue your approach. Let’s take a look at some of the […]
11 July 2021. 45,000 feet above sea level, the VSS Unity 22 detached from its mothership and began its incline into the heavens. David Mackay was the pilot, on his third spaceflight with Virgin Galactic, assisted by Michael Masucci as co-pilot, and accompanied by four passengers. Among them was Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic’s founder, […]
We often think of systems engineers and software developers as two separate roles. However, a relationship between the two is key. As the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge says, “Software engineering and systems engineering are not merely related disciplines; they are intimately intertwined.” Good software requires synergy between the systems engineering team and the software development team. Let’s look […]
Happy Fourth of July everyone! With Fourth of July less than a week away, we at SPEC Innovations want to celebrate the birth of our nation with a tribute to some of its greatest achievements in systems engineering. The United States has been a leading technological innovator for hundreds of years, as the first country […]
In the “History of Systems Engineering”, we talked about the sweep of engineering history, how as technology evolved, so too did the challenges. Engineers needed holistic, systematic solutions to address these challenges, and through practices and principles tested for success, systems engineering provided those solutions. However, the world continues to grow more complex, and the […]
In an earlier blog I talked about optimization of cost, schedule and performance for the systems as the primary reason for modeling, but I realized that there was another, perhaps simpler way to look at modeling. But before we get to that we have to define the type of modeling we are discussing. Engineers develop […]
Everyone is talking about “Model-Based Systems Engineering” or MBSE, but why are we modeling? What are we supposed to be getting out of these models? To answer these questions, we have to go back to basics and talk about what we are doing as systems engineers. We often say that the job of a systems […]
