Improving Systems Engineering Competency and Capability in an Organization

Abstract

AbstractHow do you improve the capability of an organization to practice a valuable, disciplined form of engineering that is rarely taught in academic engineering programs and often misunderstood in the workplace? This paper is based upon a multi‐year effort to improve the skills and capabilities of the Systems Engineering (SE) workforce at a Naval Research and Development center. Specific topics to be addressed will include: identifying the systems engineering workforce in an organization, facilitating the development of capabilities of this workforce, motivating and inspiring the workforce to continue improving their skills, and assessing the level of competence developed. Lessons learned from the effort will provide important insights to those pursuing a similar goal.