The Phoenix Project in Orbit: Kessler Seven
„Kessler Seven“ is a science fiction story that tells how Product Velocity saves ten thousand lives.
Review Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping for Systems Engineering
How the value stream analysis for the factory floor from „Learning to See“ can be transferred to systems engineering.
The 175 flow principles: Why product development is often slower than necessary
Reinertsen's 175 flow principles are laws that can drastically accelerate product velocity.
Why I write Product Velocity
My book Product Velocity is the playbook for Industrial DevOps: Developing physical products at software speed.
Review Industrial DevOps: Developing better products faster
Industrial DevOps finally brings speed to product development. This fits in with my own book Product Velocity.
Review: Agile Systems Engineering - The Modern Handbook (Volume 1)
Pari Singh's Modern Handbook on Agile Systems Engineering describes how modern products are developed in an agile way.
Don't Panic! SysML v2 Book Review
Even though SysML v2 is not yet an official standard, there is already at least one book on it: The authors Tim Weilkiens and Christian Muggeo, known from the MBSE podcast, have recently published the book "Don't Panic! - The Absolute Beginners Guide to SysML v2". Here is the review of the book. Is the book worth reading? I will...
Beach reading for systems engineers
Summer is in the air. People in the northern hemisphere are starting to discuss vacation plans and make bold and questionable outfit choices.... Recommendations for beach reads come from everywhere. But the strangest of these lists are those aimed at the working professional. Even though "Systems Engineering with SysML/UML" by Tim...
Goodies for Systems Engineers for the festive season
Now that Corona has ruined the whole year for us, I would like to wish all our readers a peaceful festive season and, of course, good health. The presents under the Christmas tree certainly can't make up for the ruined year, but they can at least cheer us up a little. And if the presents aren't enough, then here's a collection of goodies that you can look forward to...
Review: IREB handbook on agile requirements management (RE@Agile)
Summary: Even though English is now the lingua franca in engineering, it can be more pleasant to read technical literature in German. In this respect, many readers will be pleased that the recently published IREB handbook on agile requirements management is available in both languages.
Review: The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age
The Alliance is a book that also has relevance for Systems Engineers as it takes into account the human aspect.
Review: A Primer for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Summary: If you are expecting a SysML modeling guide, this book is not for you. Instead, the MBSE primer deals with the basic principles of model-based system development. The book does not expect any special prior knowledge. Instead, it uses a concrete example to show how the basic principles manifest themselves in reality. To this end, it explains step by step what systems, system development, modeling, and...
