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Today, I have had the privilege of working in the Digital Engineering space for the last five years. And what I am constantly hearing is that we need digital engineering, but that there is frustration about the benefits not being realized quickly. So why is this? | Today, I have had the privilege of working in the Digital Engineering space for the last five years. And what I am constantly hearing is that we need digital engineering, but that there is frustration about the benefits not being realized quickly. So why is this? | ||
| − | Historically, Wymore laid the foundations for MBSE in his 1993 book. | + | Historically, Wymore laid the foundations for MBSE in his 1993 book. From this foundation, it took 10 years for Systems Modeling Language (SysML) to be established. It took a further four years before INCOSE established an MBSE initiative. So by the time I was first hearing about MBSE in 2008, the concept had actually been percolating through the field for 15 years. As I learned more about it, I began to understand just how far the reality of systems engineering practice was from the vision of MBSE. |
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| + | The term "digital engineering" gained traction in the mid-2010's, with a firm anchor established in 2018 with the US Department of Defense's ''Digital Engineering Strategy''. This strategy defined digital engineering as " | ||
Sincerely, | Sincerely, | ||
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==Citations== | ==Citations== | ||
| − | Wymore, W. 1993. ''Model-Based Systems Engineering.'' | + | Wymore, W. 1993. ''Model-Based Systems Engineering.'' CRC Press. |
| + | DoD. 2018. ''Digital Engineering Strategy.'' Arlington, VA: US Department of Defense. | ||
Revision as of 03:43, 5 May 2024
What's the holdup with Digital Engineering?
In 2008, I attended my first International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). I was near completing my master's in systems engineering and was excited to learn more from the broader community. At that Symposium, I attended a number of talks about something called "model-based systems engineering" (MBSE). I was dazzled by the vision presented: a hyper-networked set of tools that would allow information to flow seamlessly throughout the lifecycle. The tenor of the presentations - and all of the conversations - was that this evolutionary way of working was just around the corner.
Today, I have had the privilege of working in the Digital Engineering space for the last five years. And what I am constantly hearing is that we need digital engineering, but that there is frustration about the benefits not being realized quickly. So why is this?
Historically, Wymore laid the foundations for MBSE in his 1993 book. From this foundation, it took 10 years for Systems Modeling Language (SysML) to be established. It took a further four years before INCOSE established an MBSE initiative. So by the time I was first hearing about MBSE in 2008, the concept had actually been percolating through the field for 15 years. As I learned more about it, I began to understand just how far the reality of systems engineering practice was from the vision of MBSE.
The term "digital engineering" gained traction in the mid-2010's, with a firm anchor established in 2018 with the US Department of Defense's Digital Engineering Strategy. This strategy defined digital engineering as "
Sincerely,
Citations
Wymore, W. 1993. Model-Based Systems Engineering. CRC Press. DoD. 2018. Digital Engineering Strategy. Arlington, VA: US Department of Defense.