ABSTRACT

This pioneering book is the first-ever practical guide to developing and communicating technology and engineering strategies.

It presents a unique step-by-step method for creating robust, evidence-based strategy, known as the Five Dimensions Process (or 5DP). The book also introduces a host of original insights, including a new theory of technology, a novel approach to product innovation, and groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of technological risk. It describes many easy-to-use tools, both new and established, for supporting activities such as solution design, system monitoring, risk identification, project management, the development of personnel, and ethical decision making. The book brims with strategic and tactical advice on such topics as university collaboration, technical compatibility, data utilisation, product design, project cancellations, outsourcing, knowledge management, and risk mitigation.

It is essential reading for technologists and engineers across all disciplines, technology and engineering leaders, and professional strategy consultants.

part I|219 pages

Definitions, scoping, and challenges

chapter 1|25 pages

The formalities

How organisations communicate strategies

chapter 2|26 pages

Key components

The parts that make the whole

chapter 3|33 pages

Scoping the subject

What should we expect from a strategy?

chapter 4|37 pages

The unexpected

In the realm where uncertainty is King

chapter 5|36 pages

A shadow of doubt

Why light rarely shines on the future

chapter 6|23 pages

The origins of uncertainty

Eighteen sources of shock and surprise

chapter 7|37 pages

Strategy in mind

How our thoughts shape decisions

part II|140 pages

Strategy in practice

chapter 8|38 pages

A stake in the strategy

Understanding the parties that matter

chapter 9|29 pages

Do it right!

Conflicting values in a complex world

chapter 10|37 pages

What's new?

Succeed by innovating and by not innovating

chapter 11|34 pages

Navigating uncertainty

Getting to where we want to go

part III|49 pages

Something to take away

chapter 12|34 pages

A strategy blueprint

The five dimensions process

chapter 13|13 pages

Inputs and outputs

Lessons learned and how to apply them