Why The Right Systems Engineering Process Is So Important

Success in complex engineering isn't just about technical skill — it's about having the right process to focus the team, create a shared understanding of work and priorities, adapt to the mission, and move the work forward. 

While technical skill is a key ingredient to success in complex engineering projects, technical skill alone does not guarantee mission success. Of the many ingredients required to succeed, a system engineering process that enables, rather than impedes, the work, is an important part of building complex systems. The more complex the system is, both technically and organizationally, the more critical a good system engineering process becomes. 

People and teams tend to resist overly rigid processes, and often rightly so. Cumbersome processes impede rather than empower. The Serenity solution is to design a system engineering process tailored to your company needs – processes that support your work, processes that your engineers will come to look upon as a help, not a hindrance. 

Space systems engineering, done right, is about creating the specifications necessary to design, build, integrate, test, deploy, and operate space systems. The system engineering plan must consider the complexity of the system, the organizational structure, the risk posture and the contract structures. A fully in-house team needs a different system engineering process than a system built across organizations.