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Evaluating how system health assessment can trigger anticipatory action for resilience

Lowe, David; Oliver, Philip; Midgley, Gerald; Yearworth, Mike

Authors

David Lowe

Philip Oliver

Mike Yearworth



Contributors

Azad M. Madni
Editor

Barry Boehm
Editor

Roger G. Ghanem
Editor

Daniel Erwin
Editor

Marilee J. Wheaton
Editor

Abstract

© Springer International Publishing AG 2018. All rights are reserved. In 2014, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory developed and implemented a novel approach to assess the system by which the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence delivers infrastructure projects and services. This approach brought together existing methods to constitute a hybrid problem structuring method that offered the potential to trigger anticipatory intervention by focusing on the health as opposed to the performance of this system. This paper revisits the initial assessment to examine whether use of the method has led to increased system resilience, and in particular to understand what it was about the method that helped to deliver benefits. Insights with regard to the structures and processes necessary to enable anticipatory action for resilience are presented.

Citation

Lowe, D., Oliver, P., Midgley, G., & Yearworth, M. (2018). Evaluating how system health assessment can trigger anticipatory action for resilience. In A. M. Madni, B. Boehm, R. G. Ghanem, D. Erwin, & M. J. Wheaton (Eds.), Disciplinary Convergence in Systems Engineering Research (765-776). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62217-0_53

Online Publication Date Nov 26, 2017
Publication Date 2018
Deposit Date Apr 1, 2022
Publisher Springer
Pages 765-776
Book Title Disciplinary Convergence in Systems Engineering Research
ISBN 9783319622170
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62217-0_53
Keywords Systems thinking; Resilience; System health monitoring; Anticipatory systems
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3609083
Additional Information Papers presented at the Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), March 23-25, 2017 at Redondo Beach, CA.