VALUE BASED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING THE VALUE ADDED PATH FORWARD Joseph Maley October 8, 2015

What is VBSE?  Value Based System Engineering approach responds to business process and organizational design needs of the enterprise.  solid, sustainable  incremental and agile,  scales in conformity with established management priorities.

VBSE’s Utility  Realizable path to a clear picture of enterprise processes that drive the management business objectives. establishing strategic priorities for meeting enterprise needs. VBSE drives that strategy.  VBSE is: scalable agile accountable.  VBSE allows measuring and monitoring progress achieving a solid and strategic resource allocation schema.

VBSE’s Utility  VBSE allows shifts in strategic direction and resource application  VBSE enables comprehensive and coherent governance of the enterprise’s capabilities.

What Needs Does VBSE Address?  Facilitates meeting organizational needs: Builds a smooth workflow across fragmented and dispersed processes Improves and streamlines data gathering and support processes Captures customer requirements. Captures enterprise business and mission requirements Promotes comprehensive data access across common tools Provides automated data capture processes for complete, accurate and current metrics

GOAL of VBSE  The goal is to move from an incomplete, indistinct (blurred) view of the enterprise business practices to a well defined (in focus) understanding of these practices.

RESULT Process owners can make informed decisions about strategic directions, process improvements and resource allocation.

RESULT  Facilitates the best use of resources to support business practices that are designed and attuned to the furtherance of the enterprise’s mission.

SCOPE  Understanding and integrating the current technology, business practices, business rules, procedures and workflow, and human capacity  Tool for real organizational transformation  Culturally positive “pull” pressure (versus a culturally negative “push” pressure) = successful implementation of organizational improvements.

SCOPE  Transform cultural change barriers into change enablers.

SCOPE  Transforms diversity into a means of enriching the enterprise.  Cultivates robust assessment, evaluation and technology planning.

METHOD Three phases: Iterative Analysis Model Based Systems Engineering for Value (Value Based) Implementation

METHOD: Phase 1  Iterative Analysis “SIPOC” (Suppliers, Inputs, Processes, Outputs and Customers) oriented interviews Models are made based on results of interviews Modeled processes are reviewed with the process owners and/or stakeholders

METHOD: Phase 2 Model Based Systems Engineering for Value (Value Based) Translate business practice reality into critical design models and requirement specifications. Accurately capture, analyze, and verify design integrity before problems embed themselves in the system.

Method: Phase 3 Implementation Improvements are grounded in reality, making them efficient and effective The requirements create an accurate picture of business practice needs. Business practice understanding results in a more focused capability development and acquisition. Requirements are directly traceable to the implemented solutions

Benefits  Incremental  Intentional  Accountable  Agile  Fast  Efficient

VBSE and Best Practice Models  Value Based Systems Engineering leverages the benefits of several best practice models.

VBSE and Best Practice Models Bi-directional traceability of requirements Managing risk with modeling and simulation People CMMI

VBSE and Best Practice Models VBSE arms the Six Sigma effort with just the information needed to attack the improvement problem. VBSE discipline and mode support and strengthen DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) VBSE utilizes Six Sigma tools and “best practices;” such as, owner involvement, aligning improvement efforts with strategic goals, SIPOC, modeling and simulation.

VBSE and Best Practice Models  VBSE and Agile Development stress a responsive, incremental and rapid process leading to flexible and increasing levels of end user (or customer) capability.  VBSE uses incremental spirals developed by knowledgeable implementers  VBSE process is culturally sensitive and uses the natural development of front end buy-in as its cultural strategy

Summary  VBSE is a sound, proven approach to improving the enterprise business practices.  VBSE begins at the level where the business practices “live” and garners cultural acceptance and grounding in business practice reality.  The picture that emerges is accurate and actionable.

Summary  Improvements are identified, made and implemented rapidly.  The process is scalable and provides for measurable accountability.  VBSE enlivens their creativity and fuels their will to innovate and change.  VBSE provides an efficient and effective path forward to a managed and continuously improving enterprise system.