There has been a lot of discussion on the value and relevance of Systems Engineering. Just for the record, just because I mentioned that axiomatic design
is a quack doesn't reflect that the fact that I find other design
methods like lean thinking, and Fred Brook's essence and accidental
concepts interesting. I am not vehemently oppose to Systems
Engineering like Yoav does nor blissfully in love with Systems Engineering like Matti
is. My current mood to Systems Engineering is ambivalence (with a
slight tendency to dislike). I do confess that I was really bored with
the discussion on axiomatic design in the last lecture. Contrary to my
earlier fear, I find that the professor seems to value our disagreement
on some of the frameworks that were taught in class. This is good.
After all this is academia, it is okay to disagree especially in
subjective topics like Systems Engineering.