http://www.asymmetricdesign.com Design and Governance for Asymmetric Demand Mon, 03 May 2010 07:22:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Philip Boxer This paper was presented in collaboration with Dr Nicholas Whittall (formerly Strategy Director, Thales UK Aerospace Division) at the 12th Annual NDIA Systems Engineering Conference in San Diego with the following abstract: Recent studies into the operational use of a UAV system have shown that the variety of mission ... http://www.asymmetricdesign.com/archives/115 by Richard Veryard An independent review into the way the MOD buys equipment for Britain's Armed Forces was published yesterday, Thursday 15 October 2009. [Report, MoD News Article, BBC News]. Key finding. "The Ministry of Defence has a substantially overheated equipment programme, with too many types of equipment being ordered for too ... http://www.asymmetricdesign.com/archives/114 by Philip Boxer This paper and presentation were given at a RUSI Defence Programme Management Conference 29th to 30th September. It concludes as follows: Approaching Through-Life Capability Management from a demand-side perspective uncovers three tempos that drive enterprise success within dynamic demand environments. These tempos are themselves governed by the enterprise’s ability ... http://www.asymmetricdesign.com/archives/116 by Philip Boxer This presentation was given in collaboration with Suzanne Garcia at the Fifth SEI Architecture Technology User Network Conference on Architecture at all Scales, May 4-7 in Pittsburgh. Software architects are increasingly being asked to address how their architectural representations relate not only to those of systems (of systems) engineers, ... http://www.asymmetricdesign.com/archives/112 by Philip Boxer This paper was presented at the 3rd Annual IEEE Systems Conference in Vancouver March 23-26 with the following abstract: The tempo at which an enterprise creates new uses for its systems is different from that of its acquisition or systems development processes. The military continues to confront the issue ... http://www.asymmetricdesign.com/archives/111 by Philip Boxer This paper was presented in collaboration with Suzanne Garcia at the 3rd Annual IEEE Systems Conference in Vancouver March 23-26 with the following abstract: An enterprise architecture is an accepted, widely used means for an organization to capture the relationship of its business operations to the systems and data ... http://www.asymmetricdesign.com/archives/110 by Philip Boxer In February 2009, a joint article was published with Nicholas Whittall in the RUSI Journal: The Meaning of Value-for-Money The article argues that costing flexibility of design and valuing agility offer the grounds for new commercial transactions and an approach to the elusive notion of Value-for-Defence. http://www.asymmetricdesign.com/archives/108 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 as follows: This article describes the use of a set of modeling and analysis techniques in an ... http://www.asymmetricdesign.com/archives/106 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 threat and much wider varieties of demand on mission capabilities are requiring the military to achieve unprecedented ... http://www.asymmetricdesign.com/archives/109 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 a larger system that delivers unique capabilities - a system of systems (SoS) - within the ... http://www.asymmetricdesign.com/archives/107