Abstract

• Title: Paul Nelson, Chief Technical Strategist, Northrop Grumman

• Bio: Paul leads technical strategy for Integrated Digital Product Development and Services (IDPDS) as chief technical strategist at Northrop Grumman. He is promoting the proper processes and tools to significantly reduce development time and costs while meeting all customer requirements. Paul has BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering. He is INCOSE CSEP certified, holds a graduate certificate in Systems Engineering, and is CM2-Professional certified.

• Presentation Title: Partner to Achieve Your Mission

• Abstract: Complex missions require partnerships to reduce risk and help ensure success. Delivering robust Enterprise-level Integrated Process Excellence (IpX) is a complex mission. Organizations typically partner together to increase the likelihood of each achieving their mission and to amplify their reach. Partnering strategies as well as recent Northrop Grumman Innovation System successes enabled by partnering shall be shared.

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Partner to Achieve Your Mission

IpX ConX18, Chicago

Paul NelsonChief Technical Strategist, iDPDS

Outline: Why are partners required?

What makes a good partner?

When do partnerships succeed?

Partnering Examples

Conclusions and Recommendations

3Partnership starts with a foundation of Trust and Culture

Why Are Partners Required?

Complexity Drives Partnerships

What Makes a Good Partner? Physics: Source and Sink

What Makes a Good Partner?Games: Fixed-Pie and Pie-Building

• Distributive negotiations – divide the pie– There is only so much to go around

– Competitive– Win / lose

– Adversarial– Claiming value

• Integrative negotiations – enlarge the pie– Everybody wins something (usually)

– Cooperative– Win / win

– Problem-solving– Creating value

• What type of pie do you deal in?

When Do Partnerships Succeed?

Treat Partnerships as Equals

Partners are required to Deliver the Digital Thread

PhysicalEngineering Manufacturing

MCAD

ECAD

Software

Structure

MBOM

BOP

As-tested

As-built

As-maintained

Requirements

Customer

Regulatory

Design

Build

Program Plan and Execution

SOW

Work Pkg.

Schedule

Cost

Systems Engineering

Functions

Logical

Architecture

Verification

Program Management, EVMSChange, Issue, and Configuration Management

Integrated Reliability, System Safety, Maintainability, and Risk ManagementTraceability and Accountability

Behavioral Simulation, Design Trade off, Test, and ValidationEnterprise Reuse and Knowledge Management

Material and Processing

Appreciate Partnerships with the Extended Enterprise

When Do Partnerships Succeed?

Diversity Drives Creativity

Internal PartnersVertical Integration Within Flight Systems Group

Internal PartnersVertical Integration Within Space Systems Group

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When Do Partnerships Succeed?

Respect fosters collaboration, communication, and innovation

IpX Partnering Examples

• IpX Training has provided a common foundation/language for NGIS alignment

• IpX / CM2 holistically integrates process, tools, people, methods with priority on foundational elements to achieve integrated process excellence

• Aim high (e.g. 100% data integrity)

• Global Congress value (e.g. Industry 4.0 and PLM Certification subcommittees)

• IpX listens and responds; a strong partner

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Situation 1 Situation 2 Situation 3 Situation 4

Datasets & Requirements

Clear, Conciseand Valid

Clear, Conciseand Valid

Subject To Interpretation

Subject to Interpretation

Verification Measurements

Easily Applied and Concise

Subject to Interpretation

Easily Applied and Concise

Subject to Interpretation

Results Consistent Conformance Intermittent Errors Intermittent Errors

Work Harder to Maintain Status

Quo (Chaos)

Reason for Changes

Continual Improvement Corrective Action

Conclusions and Recommendations

For the Harvest to Come

A Seed Must be Planted

Conclusions and Recommendations

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