2021-05-19: There is No (Real) Systems Engineering Without Systems Thinking (Scott)
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Presentation: Mr. Zane Scott explains that there must be good, sound engineering paired with solid, intentional systems thinking for us to have a solid foundation for what we do as Systems Engineers. Too many times we take systems engineering to be a process - a checklist of activities we can do that will aggregate to “systems engineering.” Throw in “models” and we get “model-based systems engineering.” Without the understanding and application of fundamental first principles we can walk through the steps of the Systems Engineering processes and miss the real rewards. Mr. Scott explores the first principles of the systems thinking leg of systems engineering.
Speaker: Zane Scott is the VP for Professional Services at Vitech Corporation.
Here are a list of Books Mr. Scott suggests to learn more about Systems Thinking
Also consider:
Mindwalk (1990) - Philosophical conversations between a poet, politician, and scientist. No one is psychotic or out for revenge.
From Mechanistic to Systemic thinking - Russell Ackoff's talk presented at the Systems Thinking in Action conference - November, 1993.
Watch the video of the Lecture
Some of the Attendees for May 2021 INCOSE-CC Online Lecture