论文信息 - 3.3.2 Collaborative Systems Thinking: A response to the problems faced by Systems Engineering's “middle tier”

3.3.2 Collaborative Systems Thinking: A response to the problems faced by Systems Engineering's “middle tier”

Experienced systems engineers are adept at more than implementing systems engineering processes: they utilize systems thinking to solve complex engineering problems. Within the space industry demographics and economic pressures are reducing the number of experienced systems engineers that will be available in the future. Collaborative systems thinking within systems engineering teams is proposed as a way to integrate systems engineers of various experience levels to handle complex systems engineering challenges. This paper uses the GOES-R Program Systems Engineering team to illustrate the enablers and barriers to team level systems thinking and to identify ways in which performance could be improved. Ways NASA could expand its engineering training to promote team-level systems thinking are proposed.

Donna H. Rhodes | Barbara Pfarr | Caroline Twomey Lamb | Maria M. So

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