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A Case Study of Systems Engineering Implementation in Designing Electronic Blast Systems
Author(s) -
Whyte Aldaine,
Erasmus Louwrence
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2017.00435.x
Subject(s) - plan (archaeology) , maturity (psychological) , process (computing) , systems engineering , computer science , electronic systems , system of systems engineering , capability maturity model , systems design , risk analysis (engineering) , reliability engineering , engineering , engineering management , software , business , operating system , psychology , developmental psychology , archaeology , electronic engineering , history
It is not known if a lack of formal system engineering processes being used in the design and development of new and existing systems, lead to high risk of failure in the implementation of electronic blast systems. In mining, more specifically electronic blast systems, minimal research exists on the application of system engineering principles and practices to deliver better systems faster, and more cost‐effectively compared to that of ad‐hoc, non‐systemic approaches. The main objective of the research was to determine how well system engineering processes are applied in electronic blast systems implementation. The investigations showed results of the measurement through the SECM models and revealed that the company is on maturity level of 2 with aspects of level 3 in all three focus‐area categories, namely technical, management and environment. The activities performed indicate that SECM outputs are managed to a plan, and there are some defined organisation processes used to plan and execute activities. System engineering processes do exist but are informal, and most are not measured, and this prevents process improvement, and hence an increase SECM maturity level.