All Decisions Are Reconciliations of Inconsistencies: Preparing for the Digital Thread and Machine Learning

Decision-Making;Consistency Management;Digital Thread;Machine Learning;Innovation Ecosystem

This presentation characterizes, in an unconventional way, the diverse decisions that occur across system life cycles. The benefits of this framing are that it (1) unifies understanding of the life cycle, (2) enables the organization to gain from the digital thread, and (3) prepares for machine learning.