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Product Complexity, Product Development – And a Faster Car
Today is my car’s birthday. Since I brought it home, my little Honda has gone over 150,000 miles in seven years of service – much to the disbelief of friends who know my checkered past of vehicle...
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Software Engineers – Let’s Get Them in the Game!
Does anyone remember the day when software engineers were off in the corner working on their projects, isolated from other engineering groups? It doesn’t seem that long ago that the silos of...
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Holistic Systems Engineering Best Approach for Automotive
In the March edition of Automotive Engineering International, Bruce Morey addresses how advancing CAD, CAM and PLM technologies are changing the way engineers develop, simulate, and analyse car...
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Systems Engineering a Huge Force for Top-Tier Manufacturers
Just imagine your company could boast 86 percent achievement in meeting revenue targets and 88 percent met quality targets. What about a 12 percent decrease in development time or a 10 percent decrease...
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Implementing a Systems Engineering Approach
In part two of this three-part series on systems engineering and a recent Aberdeen report, we take a look at the key considerations when implementing a systems engineering approach, as well as some...
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Systems Engineering, 5 Key Takeaways
Part three of our systems engineering series concentrates on the key takeaways from a recent Aberdeen report. A systems engineering approach is best when companies deal in a multi-disciplinary...
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Systems Engineering, Cutting through the Hype
The industrial world is changing faster now than ever before. Gone are the days when products were simple and you only needed a few buttons to operate them. Innovation and product development evolves...
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Managing Complexity in Software-Intensive Products: A Systems Engineering...
The trend toward software-driven capabilities will likely continue and perhaps accelerate. The benefits are just too compelling, and traditional products will have a hard time competing against...
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Rapid Feedback, Why Your Software Team Needs It
Fresh from the ALM Forum in Seattle, Washington, I’m going to share with you the only metrics that matter. It feels a bit like cheating—like ordering apple pie for dinner, or eating shelled...
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How Company Culture Can Make or Break Performance
Steve Denning starts his Seattle ALM Forum presentation with the following disclaimer: “I want to make clear that I am not a developer or technology professional. I’ve spent my entire career in...
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Best Ways to Manage Software-Intensive Products
My mother used to write letters to her family in Italy to stay in touch, and when I was younger I used a LAN line to call my friends and talk the night away. Today my kids use iPhones to play games,...
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Integrating Systems Engineering Into PLM Practices
I recently sat on a CIMdata panel in Frankfurt, Germany. The discussion was geared toward industrial end users and focused on the integration of systems engineering into PLM practices. One of the...
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Manufacturers Reshape for Smart-Product Future
Software is changing the way we connect, interact and conduct business; and it’s changing on a global scale. Embedded software has existed for some time, but with the emergence of smart, connected...
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Software Critical to Smart-Products Manufacturing
In my previous post, Manufacturers Reshape for Smart-Product Future, I discussed how and why consumers are demanding smarter, connected products. It’s this demand that’s created an explosion of...
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Smarter Products: Finding Value for Manufacturers
Welcome to part three of this blog series on software–enabled innovation. In my previous blogs I touched on how technology in the manufacturing space has progressed and how the growth of software has...
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What Can We Learn From Systems Engineering Failures?
In the world of Silicon Valley startups, failure is a state which, if not cherished, is at least celebrated. “Fail early, fail often” is the startup mantra. There’s even an event where you can...
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