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Steven Dam: 7/26/23 1:33 PM
Risk analysis and management are vital to the success of any project. As contractors who work on a myriad of projects, we see firsthand that different customers have different approaches towards risk. Here at SPEC Innovations, we seek to equip you...
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Steven Dam: 7/13/23 2:08 PM
What Is FMEA? FMEA is a proactive technique used to identify potential failure modes, their causes, and the effects of those failures on system...
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Steven Dam: 4/27/23 2:43 PM
The saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” means pictures are an efficient tool to convey information. In systems engineering, a Data...
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Steven Dam: 3/27/23 2:20 PM
Most of the community thinks the term “Agile” refers to Agile software development and the “Agile Manifesto.” The Agile Manifesto (Figure 1) is the...
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Steven Dam: 3/15/23 2:21 PM
SPEC Innovations has been a proponent of the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) for years before the term was even used. MOSA is a major initiative...
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Steven Dam: 1/16/23 2:23 PM
Before we jump into how project management is vital to the success, or unfortunately, the failure of a project, it is important to understand what...
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Steven Dam: 10/25/22 2:27 PM
A common problem in model-based systems engineering is that we often forget to include the impact of reliability, maintainability, availability, and...
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Steven Dam: 10/13/22 2:27 PM
Innoslate® provides a very secure platform for capturing, analyzing, and reporting your systems engineering and program management information. We...
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Steven Dam: 10/6/22 2:28 PM
Complexity is in systems engineering’s very nature. As systems engineers, we create solutions to complex problems. So, from time to time, we forget...
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Steven Dam: 9/27/22 2:29 PM
Risk Analysis is a part of every decision we make. Uncertainty, ambiguity, and variability are in constant flux as we move along in projects and try...
