Systems Engineers and Managers Can No Longer Ignore These 6 Areas of Change

The engineering of large, complex systems is an ever-evolving, nonlinear challenge (recall Metcalfe’s Law). Engineers and managers alike must understand how today’s realities are transforming the application of systems engineering, driven by technological advances, shifting resource availability, significantly increasing data volumes, new design and implementation strategies, and more.

The impacts of new and modified processes, methodologies, and tools must be evaluated against existing systems engineering management practices to identify areas for improvement.

Chief among these impacted areas of change are the following topics: 
1) Supply Chain Dynamics
2) Modeling Trends (MBSE, AI, and Digital Twins)
3) Data-Driven Decision Making (DDDM)
4) Environmental And Sustainability
5) Resilient (Reliable) Systems
6) Preparing SE and Managers – Educational Changes

This presentation will decompose megatrends from INCOSE, IEEE, and other sources to support a focus on the above six areas. Relevance will be demonstrated through examples and a path forward for managing complex systems.