Title: The Double Challenge in Engineering Complex Systems of Systems Authors: Philip Boxer, Edwin Morris, Dennis Smith & Bill Anderson Category: Published Where published: SEI Eye on Integration Traditional software engineering practices were defined when…
by Philip Boxer This article on the Double Challenge was published in SEI’s Eye-on-Integration in May 2007 to identify the main challenges that are being worked on within the ISIS team: the governance challenge of…
by Bernie Cohen
The field of modeling is rich in terminological confusion and misunderstanding, in which some of the terms have formal definitions that are radically different from their everyday usage. An eminent MIT Professor of Engineering used to introduce his students to the subtle concepts of precision, accuracy and significance with the following (non-PC) example.
- You ask a lady her age and she tells you she is 35. This statement has a precision of plus or minus 6 months, could be inaccurate by as much as 10 years and, if she is attractive, has no significance whatsoever.
What follows is an attempt to cast some light on the terminological confusion and misunderstanding.
Title: Working Reflexively: A Lacanian Perspective Authors: Philip Boxer & Dr Carole Eigen Where published: ISPSO Regional Meeting, London Download the full presentation
by Richard Veryard We can use the three asymmetries to appreciate different strategies for security and trust, such as deperimeterization. First we need some definitions: Boundary refers to a discontinuity in a physical system, Perimeter…
by Philip Boxer I have been a strategy consultant to organisations for over 20 years, supporting leadership teams across many different industry sectors, both public and private. My focus has been on the challenges organisations…
by Philip Boxer
By including the third asymmetry, stratification can no longer take the form of a universal hierarchy, but instead must be particular to the relationship to demand. It is this which presents the business with its double challenge.
by Philip Boxer
The need for Through-Life Capability Management (TLCM) represents a step-change in the relationship between purchaser and provider that involves both parties in the whole value cycle that requires systems to be understood as more than socio-technical, and makes it necessary to model the structure-determining as well as the structure-determined processes.
by Philip Boxer
Strategy-at-the-edge requires that a double challenge be met which balances internal changes with external opportunities. The effects ladder provides a way of agreeing what this means for both customer and supplier where the customer’s demands are necessarily asymmetric.
by Philip Boxer I have always found Kolb’s experiential learning cycle a useful way of approaching the place of reflection in learning, for example in reflective learning, learning as a subversive activity, or judging the…