Draft:Success Assured
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| Success Assured | |
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| Developer | Targeted Convergence |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Decision-making software |
| Website | targetedconvergence |
Success Assured is a software platform developed by Targeted Convergence for decision-making, problem-solving, and trade studies analysis.[1] It applies visual knowledge models to support product development.[2][3]
History
[edit]Success Assured was developed by Targeted Converegence to support the company's workshops and training programs in "Learning-First Product Development."[4][5] The software implements set-based concurrent engineering (SBCE) practices derived from the Toyota Production System.[6]
The software provides a visual, non-spreadsheet interface for modelling and trade studies. Main applications include systems engineering, product and process development, multidisciplinary design optimization, risk management, and failure mode and effects analysis.[2]
In December 2025, NASA awarded Targeted Convergence a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to explore potential applications of the software in mission design modeling for aerospace engineering.[1]
Sandia National Laboratories has used Success Assured in the development of thermal battery design models.[6] The work was presented at the 49th Power Sources Conference in 2023.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Seeley, David (2025-12-03). "Irving's Targeted Convergence Corp. Gets NASA SBIR Contract to Advance Mission Design Modeling". Dallas Innovates. Retrieved 2026-02-13.
- 1 2 "Success Assured". Targeted Convergence Engineering. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ↑ Kennedy, Brian M.; Kennedy, Michael N.; Cloft, Penny W. "Success is Assured: Satisfy Your Customers On Time and On Budget by Optimizing Decisions Collaboratively Using Reusable Visual Models". Skillsoft. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
- ↑ Cloft, Penny W.; Kennedy, Michael N.; Kennedy, Brian M. (2018). Success is Assured: Satisfy Your Customers On Time and On Budget by Optimizing Decisions Collaboratively Using Reusable Visual Models. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-85110-7.
- ↑ Hardenbrook, Donovan R. (2009). "Ready, Set, Dominate: Implement Toyota's Set-Based Learning for Developing Products and Nobody Can Catch You! by Michael Kennedy, Kent Harmon, and Ed Minnock". Journal of Product Innovation Management. 26 (6): 687–689. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5885.2009.00693_1.x.
- 1 2 3 Padilla, Henry A.; Jacobs, Laura D.; Piekos, Edward; Roberts, Scott; Apblett, Christopher; Barney, Ian (2023-06-27). Accelerating Thermal Battery Design with Set-Based Concurrent Engineering (PDF). 49th Power Sources Conference. Fort Washington, MD. pp. 13–5.
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