Defining a strategy for development of systems capability in the workforce

  • Authors:
  • Heidi L. Davidz;James N. Martin

  • Affiliations:
  • Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, MC RRM-07, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529;Systems Engineering and Ground Division, The Aerospace Corporation, 15049 Conference Center Drive, CH1-430, Chantilly, VA 20151

  • Venue:
  • Systems Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

As systems increase in complexity, many organizations face an increasing need to improve the systems capability of their workforce. Systems engineering, systems integration, and system architecting skills are needed, yet many organizations struggle with designing an effective strategy for developing these organizational capabilities. This paper discusses how an organization might define a strategy to more efficiently develop systems capability in its workforce. In addition to listing considerations in defining a development strategy, existing methods used for developing systems capability are compared. With a more thorough understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of various systems capability development methods, organizations can customize a better development strategy for their unique systems capability needs. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Syst Eng 14: 141–153, 2011 © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.