Systems of Systems Engineering
in the Enterprise Context: A Unifying Framework for Dynamics
May 2006
Leonard A. Wojcik, The MITRE Corporation
Kenneth C. Hoffman, The MITRE Corporation
ABSTRACT
Systems of systems engineering (SoSE) takes
place in the broader context of an enterprise, which we
define very generally as a purposeful or industrious
undertaking. Enterprises of greatest interest for SoSE are
typically complex, multi-agent organizations or sets of
organizations exhibiting the characteristics of Complex
Adaptive Systems, including evolutionary and emergent
behaviors at multiple scales. The most fundamental of
enterprise purposes are manifest in enterprise operations,
in which the enterprise interacts with the larger world
external to itself, and this aspect of enterprise dynamics is
modeled. SoSE is but one aspect of an enterprise's
activities, and the whole set of enterprise activities is
predominantly oriented towards accomplishing and
supporting the enterprise's mission in operations. This
paper proposes a unifying framework for understanding
and modeling the organizational, technical, and system
complexities of enterprise dynamics across a range of
enterprise types as major acquisition program initiatives
are undertaken to provide improved operational
capabilities.
Additional Search Keywords
Systems of systems engineering, SoSE,
complex adaptive systems, enterprise architecture,
dynamics, operations, highly optimized tolerance, HOT,
game theory
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