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6.7.2 Innovation and Soft Systems Engineering
Author(s) -
Stajnko Frank,
Doukas* Louis
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2001.tb02421.x
Subject(s) - futures studies , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , scope (computer science) , software deployment , risk analysis (engineering) , resource (disambiguation) , computer science , business , process management , knowledge management , artificial intelligence , computer network , programming language , operating system
Innovation is the way that a business system turns its vision and foresight into reality. Unfortunately it can also be complex and limitless in its application and scope. This means that there is a great risk that you can charge off in the wrong direction, hence wasting considerable resources on the way and quite possibly causing significant and terminal failure. Strategy making and Soft Systems Engineering are critical in helping to aim the innovation effort in the right direction, such that resource deployment is optimised and the chances of success greatly improved. It must be noted that effective strategy making depends on the accurate forecasting and anticipation of change, which is difficult at the best of times. Be that as it may, it still remains the only way to tackle long range, significant and radical innovation. Tactical approaches are really only appropriate for minor and incremental innovation.