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Creating Value through Interaction Management
The ability to define, visualize and manage the interactions associated with any product or systems is growing in importance. Mastering Interaction Management tools such as the N-Squared Diagram can create new value for your organization. But where should you apply … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Architecture, Decision Driven Product Development, Use Cases or Applications
Tagged business architecture, business model, decision interactions, FMEA, house of quality, interactions, interface, N-Squared diagram, product architecture, product development, state model, system architecture, systems engineering
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Early Adopters Whitepaper
I was recently asked to summarize the business results associated with delivering Decision Driven® Solutions (methods, tools, patterns and processes) to the early adopters at a leading global telecommunications company. It took a weekend to think through my 12 years … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Driven Architecture, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy, Use Cases or Applications
Tagged architecture, common architecture, platform engineering, product development, product roadmap, product-market fit, strategy, strategy roadmap, technology roadmap, user experience, value proposition
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Functional decomposition is a decision
Systems engineers do a task that is commonly known as functional decomposition. This task starts at the very top of the definition of a system and breaks down all the functions required to support the product’s mission (use cases) into … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Architecture, Decision Driven Product Development
Tagged architecture decision, criteria, criteria pattern, decisions, design, functional decomposition, functional model, logical architecture, logical design, MBSE, model-based systems engineering, systems engineering
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Interpreting roadmaps
Yesterday I explained the difference between a roadmap and a project plan; both display bars on a timeline, but the meaning of the bars is radically different. Roadmaps display the time-availability and evolution of the alternatives for a set of … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Architecture, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Life, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged alternative, commitment level, decideness, decision execution, implementation risk, implementation status, product roadmap, project plan, roadmap, roadmap methodology, strategic alignment, technology roadmap
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Decisions and continuous risk management
Although there is a well-established “standalone” discipline of risk management, I strongly advocate that risks are best identified and understood in the context of the decisions that “create” them. Every risk that will ever be faced (in a business strategy, … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Architecture, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged alternative, batch process, continuous process, decision, decision management, decision network, decision pattern, failure mode, risk, risk management, risk mitigation
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Models inform decisions
I often repeat the claim that decisions provide the context (superstructure, framework, skeleton, glue) for all other future-focused information. Decisions create the future and anything that exists (as far as humans can reach) flows from conscious or unconscious decisions on … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Architecture, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged alternative, criteria, decisions, decisions create requirements, derived requirement, model-based systems engineering, model-driven design, models, requirement, tunnel vision
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Decision summary reports
The Decision Driven® Solutions Framework (DDSF) report generator provides users with the ability to publish 2 types of reports for their decisions: Summary Table – An Excel spreadsheet that captures all the decisions within the Decision Breakdown Structure (DBS) or … Continue reading
Criteria: Functional Model
In my previous post, I said that “Functional design is not just adding up the list of functions …, but rather organizing them into a lean, mean performing machine.” Functional design is a fairly abstract process, so it’s quite helpful … Continue reading
Decision: Functional Model
Form – Fit – FUNCTION. I’ve always wondered why this little design ditty isn’t inverted; the heart of any product design lies in its Functional Model. This decision determines which capabilities the product will deliver to the end user; a … Continue reading
Decision: Solution Architecture
Within the Solution Concept branch of the Decision Driven® Product Design pattern, there’s a rich set of design decisions that address Solution Architecture. These are the engineering decisions that balance how the product will be realized between hardware, software and … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Driven Architecture, Decision Patterns
Tagged allocation, automation, automation boundary, block diagram, decision, decision network, decision priority, design, DFX, engineering, hardware, ilities, layer model, product architecture, product design, software, specialty engineering, state model, systems engineering
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