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Simplicity
Three events this week have me focused on the theme of simplicity. On Tuesday, I participated in a panel discussion hosted by the INCOSE Crossroads of America chapter in Indianapolis. We fielded multiple questions about the practice of Systems Engineering, … Continue reading
Reverse Engineer to go farther/faster
We all like the thought of continuous forward progress, accelerating onwards and upwards toward a strategic goal or outcome. But many times our march to the future is best served by a tactical pause in which we consolidate our gains, … Continue reading
Product Scoping Decisions
If you have been around Product Development or Systems Engineering long enough, you could write some horror stories describing how feature bloat killed a great product. Regardless of your product development methodology (waterfall, lean startup, agile, etc.), every product has … Continue reading
THINK-plan-DO-check
The human bias towards ACTION is very strong. But what distinguishes us from the beasts is our ability to THINK, i.e. envision a range of possible futures, evaluate competing alternatives and commit to a specific vision of the future before … Continue reading
Lean and Agile Thinking
It’s hard to escape the influence that the Lean and Agile movements have had on innovation-driven enterprises. They have grown from their manufacturing and software roots to converge in the new product development, innovation and start-up space. And done mostly … Continue reading
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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The Interaction Management Challenge
There is the potential for interaction(s) between every pair of components that comprise a product or system. These interactions are governed by the scientific principles/laws of our universe, i.e. any two components can and will interact in every way made … Continue reading
Be pivot-ready – Exploit the delay between decisions and outcomes
One of the realities of decision-making is that there is an inevitable implementation delay between the time when a decision is made and when the alternative that has been selected begins to create value. In a recent post on this … Continue reading
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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Requirements Analysis – Getting Started Guide
Even though Decision Driven® Solutions emphasizes the central role of decisions in the product development process, we fully support Requirements Management best practices within our Decision Driven® Solutions Framework (DDSF) tool suite. We recently published a Getting Started Guide for … Continue reading
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