Agile SE Enablers and Quantification
Systems Engineering and Systems Management Transformation Dr. Richard Turner
Co-Principal Investigators:
Dr. Alice Smith
Objectives:
The purpose of this project is to identify, describe, and evaluate possible methods, practices or tools (enablers) that could improve the ability of systems engineering to adapt to changing development environments. In order to efficiently make use of scarce research resources, the first research task has established a triage process for identifying and then rapidly evaluating the probability of effectiveness of candidate enablers as they are identified.
The ultimate result of the process is an evaluation white paper supporting one of three decisions:
- not likely to be effective,
- possibly suitable but more research is needed, or
- definitely suitable and expedited transition is recommended.
Approach:
The overall process, as illustrated above, leverages nearly a decade of research into practice description, evaluation and dissemination represented by the DoD Acquisition Best Practices Clearinghouse (BPCh)..1 [1, 2, 3] The process itself can operate concurrently for a number of enablers, and the actual cadence can be adjusted by the number of enablers under consideration and the number and availability of evaluators.