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[[File:Engprocess-6.png|alt=|thumb|500x500px|Figure 1  Features of an 'engineered' process]]             
             




<br>  <br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br>An engineered outcome results from the use of a range of strategies that are appropriate in situations of complex uncertainty. These strategies have universal application in complex problem solving. While professional engineers will engineer the design and development of an aircraft It is not only engineers who use the strategies: scientists 'engineer' the development of a drug; businesses are 'engineered' (or 're-engineered').   
<br>  <br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br>An engineered outcome results from the use of a range of strategies that are appropriate in situations of complex uncertainty. These strategies have universal application in complex problem solving. While professional engineers will engineer the design and development of an aircraft It is not only engineers who use the strategies: scientists 'engineer' the development of a drug; businesses are 'engineered' (or 're-engineered').   


The strategies form the basis of a 'engineered process' that is used to control the risk of unsatisfactory outcomes.
The strategies form the basis of [https://eit.engineers.scot/index.php?title=Main_Page#System_planning system planning] that is used to manage complex uncertainty.
[[File:Engprocess-6.png|alt=|thumb|500x500px|Figure 1  Features of system plannging ]]


Figure 1 shows some features of an engineered process.
Figure 1 shows some features of system planning.


Key issues are ''competence'', i.e. the skills of those inolved and ''[[governance]]'',  i.e. how responsibility, authority and accountabiliy are allocated.
Key issues are ''competence'', i.e. the skills of those inolved and ''[[governance]]'',  i.e. how responsibility, authority and accountabiliy are allocated.