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Is Systems Engineering applicable in an applied research environment?

Posted October 3, 2022

Yes, systems engineering, well defined and implemented, is applicable in applied research without modification. Though its focus is on value adding, the differences are in the decisions made in a research application, not in the principles of making those decisions, nor in the tool.

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