02 September 2026 11:00AM-12:00PM EDT
Abstract: Eight strategies have been identified as fundamental core aspects for systems engineering agility: Attentive Situational Awareness, Common-Misson Teaming, Shared-Knowledge Management, Iterative Incremental Development, Adaptable Modular Architectures, Attentive Decision Making, Continual Integration & Test, and Being Agile. These aspects are described as a collection of individual concepts in an INCOSE Primer, the SEBoK, and an ISO/IEC/IEEE standard. But operational agility is not evident in any one aspect. Agility emerges as an effect of harmonious collective behavior. As an emergent phenomenon in an evolving dynamic uncertain environment there is a need to foster and sustain agility-positive emergence. This discussion will explore the vulnerability and nurturing of emergent agility.
Bio: Rick Dove is an unaffiliated researcher and systems engineer focused in the systems agility and systems security areas. He is an INCOSE Fellow and chairs the working groups for Agile Systems and Systems Engineering and for Systems Security Engineering. He leads the Agility and Security project areas for INCOSE’s Future of Systems Engineering (FuSE) initiative.