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10 Ways to Improve Systems Engineering

Most SE failures aren't caused by wrong tools — they're caused by wrong practices. Dr. David Akehurst distills years of field experience into ten concrete, actionable improvements that transform how engineering teams specify, model and deliver complex systems.

  • Ten concrete, actionable SE improvements — immediately applicable
  • Covers people, process and tooling in equal measure
  • Grounded in real project experience across Automotive, Aerospace and Defence
  • Practical guidance on when and how to adopt model-based approaches

What to expect

  1. Way 1: Employ the right people — hiring and team composition for SE success
  2. Way 2: Only requirements — discipline around what a requirement actually is
  3. Way 3: Behaviour is king — why behavioural modelling outperforms structural diagrams
  4. Way 4: Correct tools — choosing and integrating tools that serve the work
  5. Way 5: Automate metrics — measuring SE quality without manual effort
  6. Way 6: Consistent terminology — shared ontologies across disciplines
  7. Way 7: Requirements analysis — decomposition, conflict detection and validation
  8. Way 8: Model, don't narrate — replacing prose with formal, executable models
  9. Way 9: Embrace refactoring — managing model and requirements evolution
  10. Way 10: Educate and communicate — growing SE capability across the organisation
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