MATERIALS, PROCESSES & FINISHES
• Represents the human resources, including engineers, designers and stakeholders.
• Emphasises the importance of skilled individuals in the engineering process.
Three pillars of systems engineering
• Refers to the engineering design tools and software used in the process.
• Highlights the role of advanced tools like MBSE in enhancing design capabilities.
• Denotes the methodologies and frameworks applied in product development.
• Stresses the need for structured processes to achieve effi cient and effective outcomes.
The three pillars of systems engineering
REWORK CAUSES CHALLENGES Simplistically, the key aim of an engineering design project is to get from ‘A’ to ‘B’ as quickly and eff iciently as possible, with ‘A’ being the emergence of a need, and ‘B’ being a functional product used eff ectively to fulfi l this need. Rework is the biggest challenge as iterations cost time and money. With almost two decades of
experience in product development, Hallmark Engineering Group has seen fi rst-hand the true cost of
rework, with incorrect or incomplete product defi nition being the biggest contributor. If engineers do not understand completely what problem the product is trying to solve, this will inevitably result in a product that does not completely resolve the problem. This involves all stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of the product to understand its requirements and how they interact with others, understand how a product can and should fail, and documenting this accurately in a way that can be verifi ed. It is far more eff icient to
The fundamental three pillars of
systems engineering – people, tools, and processes – remain constant.
make the eff ort to do this robustly than to have a complete redesign later down the line. One challenge with this approach
is the tendency to over-polish the requirement set and not progress to the design and development phase. It is important to maintain project governance and an understanding of risk to enable a pragmatic approach and maintain the desired outcome. Balancing all three pillars is the key to success, and a pragmatic approach in applications with a growth mindset is the only way to achieve it.
Spencer Thomas is the CEO of Hallmark Engineering Group and Managing Director of EES Solutions. www.
hallmarkengineeringgroup.co.uk
www.engineerlive.com 31
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48
