ABSTRACT
Engineering enterprise systems is an emerging discipline that encompasses and extends “traditional” systems engineering to create and evolve “webs” of systems and systems of systems. In engineering an enterprise system, risk identification needs to consider supplier risks. Supplier risks include unrealistic schedule demands placed on them by portfolio needs or placed by suppliers on their vendors. Risks that trace to “suppliers” are a major source of risk to the portfolio’s ability to deliver capability to the enterprise. In engineering a traditional system, an assessment is made of the consequence each risk event could have on the engineering system project. From a high-level perspective, the process for analyzing and managing risk in engineering enterprise systems is similar to that in engineering traditional systems. Risks that trace to “suppliers” are a major source of risk to the portfolio’s ability to deliver capability to the enterprise. However, it is important to recognize that suppliers are not the only source of risk.
