I enjoyed today's System Engineering class, it wasn't as boring as the previous one. The materials that we needed to read before today's class were interesting and in some way help me to affirm the purpose of the SDM program and my reason for being in the program.

In today’s lecture, Prof. Clausing introduced the RCI (Requirements, Concepts, and Improvements) framework, which states that the concepts selection phase can only be performed after the requirements definition phase. So here’s my question: What about companies that develop products strictly out of concepts without going through a rigorous phase of requirements definition? Wouldn’t the requirements selection phase of the RCI framework stifle innovation? The design and development of complex products or services have the most benefit from the disciplined approach of System Engineering. However, in today’s competitive business environment, product development is no longer a left-brain driven discipline. In most cases, it is right brain thinking, not simulations and analysis, that brings about breakthrough products. In fact, in a recent Business Week article (I’ll look for the link later), companies are beginning to value right brain employees more than left brain employees for creativity.

6/21/2005 11:46:02 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

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