Decision Analysis Data Model for Digital Engineering Decision Management
Decision management is the systems engineering life cycle process for making program/system decisions. The purpose of the decision management process is: “…to provide a structured, analytical framework for objectively identifying, characterizing and evaluating a set of alternatives for a decision at...
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| author | Gregory S. Parnell C. Robert Kenley Devon Clark Jared Smith Frank Salvatore Chiemeke Nwobodo Sheena Davis |
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| description | Decision management is the systems engineering life cycle process for making program/system decisions. The purpose of the decision management process is: “…to provide a structured, analytical framework for objectively identifying, characterizing and evaluating a set of alternatives for a decision at any point in the life cycle and select the most beneficial course of action”. Systems engineers and systems analysts need to inform decisions in a digital engineering environment. This paper describes a Decision Analysis Data Model (DADM) developed in model-based systems engineering software to provide the process, methods, models, and data to support decision management. DADM can support digital engineering for waterfall, spiral, and agile development processes. This paper describes the decision management processes and provides the definition of the data elements. DADM is based on ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, the INCOSE SE Handbook, the SE Body of Knowledge, the Data Management Body of Knowledge, systems engineering textbooks, and journal articles. The DADM was developed to establish a decision management process and data definitions that organizations and programs can tailor for their system life cycles and processes. The DADM can also be used to assess organizational processes and decision quality. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-212628ebfa5842f9b3726d963fb7b7b02025-08-20T03:08:06ZengMDPI AGSystems2079-89542025-07-0113759610.3390/systems13070596Decision Analysis Data Model for Digital Engineering Decision ManagementGregory S. Parnell0C. Robert Kenley1Devon Clark2Jared Smith3Frank Salvatore4Chiemeke Nwobodo5Sheena Davis6Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USAEdwardson School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USADeloitte Consulting LLP, Fredericksburg, VA 22408, USADeloitte Consulting LLP, Tullahoma, TN 37388, USASAIC, Stockholm, NJ 07460, USADeloitte Consulting LLP, Miami, FL 33133, USADeloitte Consulting LLP, Fairfax, VA 22031, USADecision management is the systems engineering life cycle process for making program/system decisions. The purpose of the decision management process is: “…to provide a structured, analytical framework for objectively identifying, characterizing and evaluating a set of alternatives for a decision at any point in the life cycle and select the most beneficial course of action”. Systems engineers and systems analysts need to inform decisions in a digital engineering environment. This paper describes a Decision Analysis Data Model (DADM) developed in model-based systems engineering software to provide the process, methods, models, and data to support decision management. DADM can support digital engineering for waterfall, spiral, and agile development processes. This paper describes the decision management processes and provides the definition of the data elements. DADM is based on ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, the INCOSE SE Handbook, the SE Body of Knowledge, the Data Management Body of Knowledge, systems engineering textbooks, and journal articles. The DADM was developed to establish a decision management process and data definitions that organizations and programs can tailor for their system life cycles and processes. The DADM can also be used to assess organizational processes and decision quality.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/13/7/596digital engineeringdecision managementdata modelinglogical data modelingmodel-based systems engineeringpatterns |
| spellingShingle | Gregory S. Parnell C. Robert Kenley Devon Clark Jared Smith Frank Salvatore Chiemeke Nwobodo Sheena Davis Decision Analysis Data Model for Digital Engineering Decision Management Systems digital engineering decision management data modeling logical data modeling model-based systems engineering patterns |
| title | Decision Analysis Data Model for Digital Engineering Decision Management |
| title_full | Decision Analysis Data Model for Digital Engineering Decision Management |
| title_fullStr | Decision Analysis Data Model for Digital Engineering Decision Management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decision Analysis Data Model for Digital Engineering Decision Management |
| title_short | Decision Analysis Data Model for Digital Engineering Decision Management |
| title_sort | decision analysis data model for digital engineering decision management |
| topic | digital engineering decision management data modeling logical data modeling model-based systems engineering patterns |
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