Systems Engineering Management in Research and Development Valley of Death

IF 1 4区 工程技术 Q4 INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION
Insight Pub Date : 2023-09-27 DOI:10.1002/inst.12451
Michael DiMario PhD, Ann Hodges
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Abstract

A failure of a great many early research and development programs is the result of encountering the traditional valley of death that shadows early research and technology development. The elements that create the valley of death leads to research and technology development high risk and poor return on investment for a great many research and development organizations. This leads eventually to avoiding research and technology development all together because the organizations cannot viably manage the outcome of their early-stage research and development (ESR&D) efforts. Unfortunately, there are few established frameworks and processes for enabling smooth transitions to avoid failure and manage risk across fundamental research, applied research, development, and productization. Many leaders, program managers, and scientists are unwilling to involve systems engineering because of the perception that systems engineering is heavily process oriented, adds unnecessary costs, and should be applied only to mature technologies. The value of systems engineering as applied to ESR&D is unclear to these key individuals. The unfortunate result is that systems engineering is not applied to ESR&D. This article discusses the potential of application of systems engineering to ESR&D to improve return on investment and decrease risk.

死亡之谷的系统工程管理
许多早期研究和开发项目的失败是遇到传统的死亡之谷的结果,这种死亡之谷遮蔽了早期研究和技术开发。造成死亡之谷的因素导致研究和技术开发风险高,许多研究和开发组织的投资回报率低。这最终导致了避免将研究和技术开发放在一起,因为这些组织无法有效地管理其早期研究和开发(ESR&;D)工作的结果。不幸的是,在基础研究、应用研究、开发和产品化过程中,几乎没有现成的框架和流程来实现平稳过渡,以避免失败并管理风险。许多领导者、项目经理和科学家不愿意参与系统工程,因为他们认为系统工程在很大程度上是以过程为导向的,增加了不必要的成本,并且应该只应用于成熟的技术。系统工程在ESR&;这些关键人物不清楚D。不幸的结果是,系统工程没有应用于ESR&;D.本文讨论了系统工程在ESR&;D以提高投资回报率并降低风险。
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Insight
Insight 工程技术-材料科学:表征与测试
CiteScore
1.50
自引率
9.10%
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0
审稿时长
2.8 months
期刊介绍: Official Journal of The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing - includes original research and devlopment papers, technical and scientific reviews and case studies in the fields of NDT and CM.
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