Title: Why is Systems Integration understood so poorly? Reflections on 3 decades of unforeseen failures.
Abstract: Nearly all systems developments run into problems in the late project phases, where unforeseen surprises disrupt careful planning. We will discuss a framework for systems development and integration and use a number of examples to explore what happens during systems integration.
We assert that the entire project plan should be designed in reverse order, taking systems integration as driving concern.
Biography: Gerrit Muller, originally from the Netherlands, received his Master’s degree in physics from the University of Amsterdam in 1979. He worked from 1980 until 1997 at Philips Medical Systems as a system architect, followed by two years at ASML as a manager of systems engineering, returning to Philips (Research) in 1999. Since 2003 he has worked as a senior research fellow at the Embedded Systems Institute in Eindhoven, focusing on developing system architecture methods and the education of new system architects, receiving his doctorate in 2004. In January 2008, he became a full professor of systems engineering at Buskerud University College in Kongsberg, Norway. He continues to work as a senior research fellow at the Embedded Systems Innovations by TNO in Eindhoven in a part-time position.
All information (System Architecture articles, course material, curriculum vitae) can be found at: Gaudí systems architecting
