A System Architecture Approach to Risks Prioritization in Multi-disciplinary Engineering Projects

Complex engineering projects are usually developed by alliances. An alliance is a form of system of systems with at least one common goal. However, there are more risks in alliance than conventional thinking acknowledges. As the project progresses, these risks become visible and hard to eliminate. This paper presents a new system of systems architecture that assists in identifying these risks. Risks are identified from conflicting interactions between systems. Furthermore, the new architecture framework provides a quantified method to prioritise across interaction types so that appropriate resources can be applied to mitigate the most critical risks.