Even though modern systems engineering (SE) practices came from the West, there are other countries with success stories in SE implementation. China is the best example of that. Since the 1960s, the Chinese scientists -mainly Qian Xuesen - were tailoring the Western SE to fit their case. They had the right combination between Qian's experience in US aerospace and defense industry, the Marxist theories, actual China needs at that time, and the ancient Chinese philosophies.
During the last INCOSE IS and IW, several papers and presentations were touching the cultural aspects of SE in one way or another. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) are implemented in the future of SE (FUSE). The need of multi-cultural side of SE is visible there. The Japanese experience in Society 5.0 and in Quality Management shown in IS21 and IW22 showed an example of successful tailoring of SE approaches in the far East. The heuristics research (e.g., Chinese Heuristics) showed a chance for another perspective of heuristics to deal with complexity. Several presentations elaborated the challenges of “values” in Western SE, and the suggested solutions includes unifying the world towards UN SDGs, building environment similar to Apollo program, improving the transdisciplinary approach with social views and personal views, and learning from Zero Defect Attitude.
This success story of SE implementation in China, and the emerging challenges and opportunities in SE raises a question, if looking to SE from an Islamic perspective would improve the practice of SE in Islamic countries and in all over the world.
The presentation would be related to the Systems Engineers participating/interesting in systems science, systems thinking, transdisciplinary SE, social SE, history of SE, UN SDGs, working in multi-cultural projects etc.
The audiences might takeaway a good collection of the latest literature about the cultural influences of SE, and a new ideas for better SE.
The presenter is Ahmad Alsudairi, from Saudi Arabia, CSEP since 2020, Obtained his BSc in Aerospace Engineering from King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia, MSc in Aerospace Vehicle Design from Cranfield University, United Kingdom, and doing a PhD in Aerospace Engineering at University Putra Malaysia, the PhD topic is cultural influences on systems engineering. Also he is working in aerospace industry in Saudi Arabia.