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


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


Competence is shown as having two main components:
Competence is shown as having two main components:
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Whereas 'what you know' might be described in term of disciplinary expertise, ethos is 'how you think'. Ethos is a crtical issue in engineered processes.
Whereas 'what you know' might be described in term of disciplinary expertise, ethos is 'how you think'. Ethos is a crtical issue in engineered processes.


[[Critical thinking]] may be the most important feature of an engineered process. Crticical thinkers identify and use guiding principles that lead to engineered outcomes.
[[Critical thinking]] may be the most important feature of an engineered process. Critical thinkers identify and use guiding principles that lead to engineered outcomes.


Deep collaboration within the project team with unswerviing commitment to the project goals are also a key features of an engineered process.
Deep collaboration within the project team with unswerviing commitment to the project goals are also a key features of an engineered process.
Closely related to commitment is the requirment that the process is underpinned by professional integrity at the highest level.