System engineering from buzzwords to megatrends: the real design issues of the next decade

The author discusses major trends for the years ahead and identifies the following major issues: (1) improving the achievements of knowledge workers in organizations by designing systems that support takes where they are performed; (2) designing flexible information architectures that provide effective coordination of processes; (3) designing information infrastructures between organizations to get and keep a competitive advantage; and (4) directing methodologies, tools and professionals to the solution of these design questions