Steven Dam

Dr. Dam is the President and Founder of Systems and Proposal Engineering Company (SPEC Innovations). He has been involved with structure analysis, software development, and systems engineering for over 30 years. He participated in the development of C4ISR Architecture Framework and DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF), the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office (DARO) Vision Architecture, the Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA), and Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) architecture. He currently is applying system engineering techniques to various DoD projects. Dr. Dam has a BS degree in Physics from George Mason University and a PhD. in Physics from the University of South Carolina. He has also been a long term member of INCOSE and was formerly the President of the San Diego Chapter before relocating to the Washington Metropolitan Area. Dr. Dam has presented numerous papers and seminars to the WMA Chapter. He is currently President-Elect of the WMA Chapter of INCOSE.

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Plan Verification & Validation Early in the Lifecycle

Steven Dam: 8/7/24 2:20 PM

After watching the movie “Deepwater Horizon” [Deepwater], I observed the catastrophic consequences when critical testing is skipped. The film illustrates how skipping routine and critical tests led to disaster, a situation reflected in many...

Verification and Validation

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7 Ways Innoslate Improves Systems Engineering

Steven Dam: 7/29/24 6:06 PM

Many engineers outside of systems engineering often regard the field as “less rigorous” than their fields, since systems engineers usually don’t deal...

Requirements Management Model-Based Systems Engineering Program Management

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Drawing ≠ Models: What Is Real MBSE (Model-Based Systems Engineering)

Steven Dam: 7/16/24 11:41 AM

Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) has become a prominent term in the engineering world. The concepts of “modeling” and “simulation” are...

Model-Based Systems Engineering

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How to Write Good Requirements: 10 Tips and Examples

Steven Dam: 6/13/24 11:01 AM

Writing good requirements is essential for the success of any project. Clear, concise, and well-defined requirements set the foundation for a...

Requirements Management

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How to Perform a Model-Based Review (MBR) - A Digital Transformation

Steven Dam: 5/30/24 3:22 PM

Model-Based Systems Engineering Digital Transformation

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MBSE: Alive & Well

Steven Dam: 4/5/24 4:35 PM

This blog is in response to a Reddit post by Rhedogian, “Change My View: Model-Based Systems Engineering in 2024 is at best overhyped, or is at worst...

Model-Based Systems Engineering