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We all know what systems engineering is, right?

Well, perhaps. We all know how important it is, but project success depends on having the right balance of system engineers. Of the soft, abstract type, for requirements capture and the formulation of underlying architectural concepts. Of the hard type - the traditional designer - for realisation of this requirement through the synthesis and interconnection of functions. And of the administrative type, to control the design process framework. Too often, however, projects are unaware that they lack many of the softer skills. Detailed processes can become an end in themselves and obscure this deficiency. And given a poor or incorrect target to aim at, even the best designers can not succeed.

What to do?

The mindset that makes a good detail designer is the ability at any given time to work with and manipulate a few, tightly-coupled entities. In contrast, the abstract designer is comfortable in manipulating many but loosely-coupled entities. It may be that one person is capable of both, but no amount of training can bestow soft-systems capability. The biggest difficulty may be in recognising that a deficiency exists. After all, most everyone feels able to identify and characterise problems. And it may not be in anyone's interest to rock the boat.

We suggest you look for typical warning signs: the same difficulties beset project after project; there are design ruts; there is too much reinvention of the wheel; too much time is spent patching emerging problems rather than in solving them once and for all. And then consider bringing in outside help to assist you.

But all you consultants are the same, aren't you?

It is true that many so-called consultants are no more than hourly-rate contract staff that fill positions on a project and make up the headcount for little added value. It is also true that many consultants have deservedly earned the contempt best illustrated in Dilbert strips, but this stems largely from the big consulting firms. Unlike them, we are small and independent. With no divided loyalties or cross-selling pressures, we offer the objectivity that most can not. And in our specialist field of communications information security, our positioning is unique and powerful. Why not give us a call?