Practical Creativity and Innovation in Systems Engineering

Part VCreative and Innovative Case Study

“Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.”

Coco Chanel (1883–1971)

5.1 Introduction to Part V

The purpose of this part of the book is to tell the story of an exemplary creative and innovative case study. This case study is based on actual work undertaken by the author and a team of dedicated engineers and managers that started in 2003 and continued to 2016. Part V: Creative and Innovative Case Study.¹ is generally organized along chronological order as depicted in Figure 5.1.

Figure 5.1 Structure of Part V: A creative and innovative case study

• Chapter 5.1: Introduction to Part V. This chapter describes the contents and structure of Part V.
• Chapter 5.2: A problem seeking a solution. This chapter describes the problem at hand (i.e. designing adaptable systems for future unknown requirements) and its evolution in the minds of its creators. In addition, this chapter describes the early attempt to fund an initiative aiming at resolving this problem.
• Chapter 5.3: Gaining deeper insights. This chapter describes how understanding of the problem evolved over time and the emergence of a creative solution. In addition, this chapter encapsulates clear and measurable project objectives to be achieved, in light of the existing state‐of‐the‐art in the problem/solution domain.
• Chapter 5.4: Project planning. ...