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A Complexity Primer for Systems Engineers

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MoAvaAon: The ImplicaAons of <strong>Complexity</strong> <br />

• <strong>Systems</strong> engineering has evolved to improve our ability to <br />

deal with scale and interdependency though the life cycle of <br />

engineered systems <br />

• <strong>Systems</strong> are becoming increasingly dynamic and <br />

interdependent, with growing emphasis on adapAveness <br />

Source: Sarah Sheard, <strong>Complexity</strong> and<br />

<strong>Systems</strong> Engineering, 2011<br />

Source: Monica Farah-Stapleton, IEEE SOS conference, 2006<br />

• BUT, complexity places new demands on systems engineers <br />

that require more than extensions of “classical” SE pracAce <br />

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