Why This Crisis Won’t Go Away (Soon)
Why do most theorems in maths start by saying “let f(x) be a continuous differentiable function…”? Why do so manyContinue Reading
Category: Engineering
Project Management: Why Cost Overruns and Late Delivery?
Why over 90% of projects finish late? There is plenty of literature on the subject. This is a good example.Continue Reading
Why highly complex systems usually operate in failure mode
The complexity of modern products, as well as the associated manufacturing processes, have been increasing over the past fewContinue Reading
Correlation is Charlatanism.
“…correlation is charlatanism” Photo: AP photo/Richard Drew “Anything that relies on correlation is charlatanism” is a great article. But isContinue Reading
How to Distinguish Innovation from Fragmentation?
Innovation is the result of R&D which is something that requires vision, strategy, leadership, will-power, money, persistence, continuity. Vision requiresContinue Reading
Car electronics: how much more complexity can we handle?
As we know, excessive complexity is a formidable source of fragility. If you want to make something fragile, make itContinue Reading
Building a “Complexity Management Device”
Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for anyone making interactive projects,Continue Reading
Using Complexity to Measure Images
Recently revealed analysis of NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) data has delivered images of unseen quality. The images ofContinue Reading
Manage Design Complexity in Engineering
The commentary on complexity management by J.Marczyk has been published on December 1-st, 2014 in Desktop Engineering. See original articleContinue Reading
The F35 – Too Complex To Succeed?
A recent article on the troubles and tribulations of the F 35 fighter claims that: “… this flying supercomputer …..isContinue Reading
Artificial Intuition 