SYSTEM ENGINEERING ACROSS THE LIFECYCLE

Our expertise can reduce costs, add value and manage risks early in a project's lifecycle. The earlier systems engineering techniques and tools are employed the quicker savings can be realised.

An error identified at the requirements stage would cost x1 to fix whereas in-service this could be x250 greater. The earlier you engage our expertise the earlier we can help save you money.

WHERE WE CAN HELP

Depending on your industry and background a multitude of strategies and terms are used to manage value in complex systems. Grasp Consulting can apply its expertise to a diverse range of situations:

• ASSET MANAGEMENT: A key approach in the infrastructure industry, Grasp Consulting are able to help you understand the value of your assets. We would recommend our requirements definition and open architecture design expertise to help you maintain, replace and develop your assets as efficiently as possible.
• RESILIENCE: The ability for your business to continue to operate in adversity is becoming more important in an increasingly volatile world. Whether that is understanding your single point of failure through analysis of your business architecture or defining robust systems engineering approaches.
• EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION: If you are an engineering company looking to acquire a new piece of equipment or a defence organisation looking for compliant systems engineering documentation - employ our requirements gathering and integration and test services to manage and demonstrate return on your investment.
• BUSINESS CHANGE: Taking the plunge by moving to an agile and innovate design approach? or articulating how to grow your business sustainably? Our systems engineering process support and architecture design services can certainly help.
• DESIGN ASSURANCE: Put MBSE at the centre of your design assurance work, we have found having a central and integrated model of a system's design data can provide powerful analysis of system development and integration. Utilising the right application of software modelling tools can support intelligent interrogation and increase confidence that the capability your business desires will actually be realised. 
• INTERFACES & ASSUMPTIONS: Complex systems not only rely on good internal design but also depend on third parties to interface and support their operation to meet your requirement. Understand capability structure and how lines of development (training, logistics, equipment, organisation, personnel, information and infrastructure) can best come together at the right time.
• GAP & IMPACT ANALYSIS: Everything can have an impact on everything else, visually explore these relationships to understand the impact of design changes on system performance. Understand a gap in your capability with well composed requirements and fill that gap easily with an insight into your systems structure.

WHY GRASP CONSULTING?

We can provide:

• Independent and trusted advice.
• Cross industry experience and best practice.
• Qualified and knowledgeable Chartered Engineers affiliated with the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET).
• Forward thinking staff presenting and publishing the latest system engineering thinking at the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Annual International Symposium Conference.

Chart Data Source:  “Error Cost Escalation Through the Project Life Cycle”, Haskins et al, Proceedings of INCOSE International Symposium 2004