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4 System Engineering for Faster, Cheaper, Better
Author(s) -
Forsberg Kevin,
CoPrincipals Harold Mooz
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1999.tb00258.x
Subject(s) - process (computing) , aerospace , procurement , computer science , banner , government (linguistics) , government procurement , risk analysis (engineering) , systems engineering , engineering management , manufacturing engineering , process management , engineering , business , marketing , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , history , aerospace engineering , operating system
The continued thrust to increase competitiveness and shorten time‐to‐market in industry, and the more recent effort to “reinvent” the procurement process in government, has created sustained pressure to adopt new paradigms for aerospace projects. The banner of “faster, cheaper, better” places emphasis on use of Commercial Off‐The‐Shelf (COTS) systems and components, Non‐Development Items (NDI) (previously developed products that are not commercially available), and advanced, lightweight components. To make the concept of “System Engineering: Sharing the Future” effective, we must learn from the past. This paper reviews two successful and two unsuccessful projects, examining the processes they followed compared to the “traditional” approach used from the 1960s through the 1990s. The results illustrate that, without a valid and comprehensive process, “faster and cheaper” does not automatically lead to “better,” and, conversely, that an intelligently tailored process can greatly improve the success rate for “faster, cheaper, better” projects.