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Importance of Integration
individual performances above that of the opposing team. Building further
on the example of teams versus individuals, integration links related (and
often integral) objects into the same context to provide an overall management of effort that benefits the team through efficiencies of communication,
planning, organization, directing actions, controlling their positions, and
exhibiting structured teamwork. Integration supports seamless action
between objects that promotes scale-wise fast and effective action for a range
of EMMI. However, the process of integration is neither inexpensive nor
instantaneous. And the result of integration may have unintended consequences such as operations that are unsafe, change in failure rates due to
usage, and an overemphasis on one aspect of a decision or trade space to the
detriment of another aspect. A benefit of systems engineering integration is to
invest upfront to derive efficiency, economy of scale, or capability that would
otherwise be unobtainable. In essence, integration shows the manner and
means of putting objects to work in an efficient, collaborative environment.
Often, integration is the only means of doing what is otherwise not possible
by individual objects. As such, integration refers to the outcome—an outcome
that is observable by both demonstration and measurement. The simple
notion of being able to accomplish a task by the use of one object as opposed
to accomplishing that same task for less EMMI with an integration system
advocates for and stimulates an interest in integration. From the user’s perspective, integrated systems offer higher cost savings and efficiencies than
the outcome of what can be extracted from a set of unrelated products or services. Integration makes EMMI available to objects throughout the system, as
is appropriate to the movement of EMMI from object to object. Just the distribution process of information alone changes the meaning and context of the
information as EMMI moves from one object to another. Each object transforms the input EMMI into an output EMMI by the process of changing the
input through the actions of the object’s mechanism(s). Information integrity
is essential and integration can provide the requisite integrity by its structures and processes of building the whole by the synergistic combination of
its parts (i.e., the objects that comprise the system). Sometimes, distribution of
EMMI needs to occur quickly and integration can provide it. The transformation of EMMI from the initial set of input EMMI through a structured form of
distribution throughout the structure of objects is an economy of action fostered by the process of integration. In general, that economy of action is
unequaled by the actions of individual interacting objects.
Case Study Introduction
Oftentimes, lessons from previous projects (referred to as cases) can be
assembled and reviewed to glean lessons. In developing an appreciation for
how certain aspects of these projects seemed to affect or be affected, the
Importance of Integration
individual performances above that of the opposing team. Building further
on the example of teams versus individuals, integration links related (and
often integral) objects into the same context to provide an overall management of effort that benefits the team through efficiencies of communication,
planning, organization, directing actions, controlling their positions, and
exhibiting structured teamwork. Integration supports seamless action
between objects that promotes scale-wise fast and effective action for a range
of EMMI. However, the process of integration is neither inexpensive nor
instantaneous. And the result of integration may have unintended consequences such as operations that are unsafe, change in failure rates due to
usage, and an overemphasis on one aspect of a decision or trade space to the
detriment of another aspect. A benefit of systems engineering integration is to
invest upfront to derive efficiency, economy of scale, or capability that would
otherwise be unobtainable. In essence, integration shows the manner and
means of putting objects to work in an efficient, collaborative environment.
Often, integration is the only means of doing what is otherwise not possible
by individual objects. As such, integration refers to the outcome—an outcome
that is observable by both demonstration and measurement. The simple
notion of being able to accomplish a task by the use of one object as opposed
to accomplishing that same task for less EMMI with an integration system
advocates for and stimulates an interest in integration. From the user’s perspective, integrated systems offer higher cost savings and efficiencies than
the outcome of what can be extracted from a set of unrelated products or services. Integration makes EMMI available to objects throughout the system, as
is appropriate to the movement of EMMI from object to object. Just the distribution process of information alone changes the meaning and context of the
information as EMMI moves from one object to another. Each object transforms the input EMMI into an output EMMI by the process of changing the
input through the actions of the object’s mechanism(s). Information integrity
is essential and integration can provide the requisite integrity by its structures and processes of building the whole by the synergistic combination of
its parts (i.e., the objects that comprise the system). Sometimes, distribution of
EMMI needs to occur quickly and integration can provide it. The transformation of EMMI from the initial set of input EMMI through a structured form of
distribution throughout the structure of objects is an economy of action fostered by the process of integration. In general, that economy of action is
unequaled by the actions of individual interacting objects.
Case Study Introduction
Oftentimes, lessons from previous projects (referred to as cases) can be
assembled and reviewed to glean lessons. In developing an appreciation for
how certain aspects of these projects seemed to affect or be affected, the