Defining a strategy for development of systems capability in the workforce

Davidz, Heidi L.; Martin, James N.

doi:10.1002/sys.20167

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“…Standardizing the use of SE within an organization can build consistent practice and scalability however, developing SE capability with its corresponding process improvement will likely require significant time ( 33 ). Prior to broad application, new processes need to be carefully planned and introduced to ensure their success, while also considering stakeholder needs, feedback, and lessons learned.…”

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Opportunities to apply systems engineering to healthcare interprofessional education

Ferreira,

Phelps,

Abolmaali

et al. 2023

Front. Med.

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In medical settings, interprofessional education (IPE) plays an important role by bringing students from multiple disciplines together to learn how to collaborate effectively and coordinate safe patient care. Yet developing effective IPE is complex, considering that stakeholders from different schools and programs are involved, each with varying curriculum requirements and interests. Given its critical importance and inherent complexity, innovative approaches to address these challenges are needed to effectively develop and sustain effective IPE programs. Systems engineering (SE) combines a lifecycle perspective with established interdisciplinary processes to develop and sustain large complex systems. The need for SE approaches to manage healthcare complexity has been recognized, but the application of SE to IPE programs has been limited. We believe that there is a significant opportunity for IPE programs to benefit from the application of SE. The common themes running through SE and IPE led us to ask if SE can be used to address IPE complexity and achieve desired IPE outcomes. We believe that SE could facilitate further development and sustainability of a recently developed healthcare curriculum. We also propose to use SE to accelerate and manage future IPE curriculum development, while better understanding the states of vital IPE-related components. We discuss a framework that considers transitions of key IPE elements. We believe that use of interdisciplinary SE processes and holistic perspectives and methods such as system thinking will improve the management of system challenges while addressing IPE’s inherent complexity and leading to better patient outcomes and more effective interprofessional collaboration.

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Opportunities to apply systems engineering to healthcare interprofessional education

Ferreira,

Phelps,

Abolmaali

et al. 2023

Front. Med.

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9.3.2 The need to tailor competency models – with a use case from Rolls‐Royce

Beasley

2013

INCOSE International Symp

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The definition of competency for Systems Engineering is an important aspect of the implementation and application of Systems Engineering into an organization. This paper outlines why the understanding of competency is important, and focuses on why it is absolutely necessary to tailor the competency model to a particular situation. Tailoring will handle variation both in the nature of the Systems Engineering that the organization does, and the nature of the existing organization in which Systems Engineering is performed. A specific and detailed example of how the Systems Engineering competency model was tailored in Rolls-Royce (by the author) is presented. The conclusion from this case study is that the understanding of the organizations purpose for the competency model is vital in understanding how to develop it. Rather than attempting (and arguing endlessly) to create the single, definitive competency model INCOSE (through its Competency Working Group) should build a guide on how to create a bespoke model, drawing on a range of case studies that explore the range of purposes for which a competency model is needed. The need for a competency modeland the challengesPeople carry out processes, use the tools and perform the activities required. Therefore the definition of the relevant competencies for these people is essential. The UK Engineering Council defines professional competency as integrating knowledge, understanding, skills and engineering (UK Eng Council, 2011). This definition goes further to state that "professional competence goes beyond the ability to perform specific tasks", and so demonstration of competency includes demonstration of the application of skill, not simply the completion of tasks. This is critical, and therefore it is important to have a means of defining the competencies engineers in an organization need, and develop ways of effectively developing them.

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Social Science Solutions for the Systems Engineer: What's Needed

Dunford

Beasley

Palmer

2021

INCOSE International Symp

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There have been many calls for systems engineering to bring the social sciences into systems engineering practice and research, as systems engineers have a host of issues in their practice that could benefit from engaging in a number of social science disciplines. With an organizational case study, this paper describes the problems in systems engineering practices stemming from social systems. Need statements collected from participants highlight what is needed for a social systems primer. The needs can be categorized into three broad themes: (1) A better understanding how social systems are different from technological systems; (2) How, therefore, social science theories and methods can improve our tailoring of systems engineering to different circumstances ; and finally (3) how the findings from the social sciences can help engineers, as individuals, be more effective in their work. We discuss these need statements in relation to the development of the Social Systems Primer.

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Defining a strategy for development of systems capability in the workforce

Cited by 7 publications

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Opportunities to apply systems engineering to healthcare interprofessional education

Opportunities to apply systems engineering to healthcare interprofessional education

9.3.2 The need to tailor competency models – with a use case from Rolls‐Royce

Social Science Solutions for the Systems Engineer: What's Needed

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