by Philip Boxer CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, has published an article on the Modeling and Analysis of Interoperability Risk in Systems of Systems Environments in its November 2008 Issue. The abstract is…
Title:Changing the value equation in engineering and acquisition to align systems of systems with dynamic mission needs: The Value Stairs Authors: Boxer, P. Garcia, S. Anderson, W. Kirwan, P. Category: Published Where published: 12th NDIA…
by Philip Boxer This paper was presented in conjunction with Suzanne Garcia, Bill Anderson and Pat Kirwan at the 11th NDIA Systems Engineering Conference in San Diego. The abstract was as follows: New kinds of…
by Philip Boxer The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) has released a Systems Engineering Guide for Systems of Systems. It “addresses SE considerations to meet capability needs through integrating independently useful systems into…
Title: Four Premises Underlying Collaborative SoS Author: Philip Boxer Category: Published Where published: SEI Special Report For many large-scale, systems-intensive organizations, the tempo of operations using software-intensive systems is different from that of their acquisition,…
by Philip Boxer This article by Bill Anderson and Philip Boxer on Requisite Agility argues that the socio-technical processes required to respond to changing demand can be described (modeled) and better equipped to handle change…
Title: Asymmetric Leadership: supporting a CEO’s response to turbulence Authors: Philip Boxer and Dr Carole Eigen Category: Published Where published: Karnac BooksTwentieth century approaches to enterprise assumed that leadership had to be exercised ultimately from…
Title: The Double Challenge: working through the tension between meaning and motivation in a large system Author: Boxer, P.J. Category: Published Where published: ISPSO Conference proceedings An enterprise is made up of a number of…
by Philip Boxer SEI has published a Technical Report on its context-based approach to system-of-systems challenges. This begins to introduce the methods of projective analysis and asymmetric design into their practices.
Title: The Double Challenge: working through the tension between meaning and motivation in a large system Author: Philip Boxer Category: Working Paper An enterprise is made up of a number of systems of practice within…