This case study presents how an effective joint systems engineering team can bring together disparate but mutually dependant acquisition organizations to improve enterprise acquisitions and technical integrity. The organization providing software applications and associated hardware may not be the same organization providing the host network and server infrastructure. The result can be incompatibilities between system needs and infrastructure capacity, stovepipe capabilities, and flawed acquisitions. A joint systems engineering forum with expanded responsibilities is mitigating these problems by improving collaboration and communication between the two organizations. Their concept of operation reflects how a team spanning application and infrastructure acquisitions can work together in minimizing redundant engineering functions and create a more cost effective and technically sound operational enterprise. Findings presented further show that joint systems engineering will help infrastructure providers and the applications developers successfully establish a more productive and cost efficient relationship.
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