MBSE is one of the latest buzzwords to hit the development community. The main idea was to transform the systems engineering approach from “document-centric” to “model-centric.” Hence, the systems engineer would develop models of the system instead of documents. But why? What does that buy us? Switching to a model-based approach helps: 1) coordinate system […]
I recently attended the first Andrew P. Sage Senior Design Capstone Competition at George Mason University. This conference included student papers and presentations from GMU, West Point, University of Pennsylvania, US Naval Academy, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Virginia Tech. The conference is named for Andy Sage, who was the first Dean of Engineering at […]
Often people will ask me: “Who is your major competitor?” My usual response is “Microsoft Office.” I don’t say this because MS Office is a bad tool … it is not. It is a very good tool for publishing information. I use it often and have become quite the expert in using it to write […]
We often say that the job of a systems engineer is to “optimize the system’s cost, schedule, and performance, while mitigating risks in each of these areas.” Note that this is essentially the same thing that the program manager does for the program, hence the close relationship between the two disciplines. Everyone is talking about […]
