Aspire Blog
What’s in a name? Data Science vs Operational Research
“The sexiest job of the 21st Century” is the phrase that has defined the rise of data science. What is the difference between Data Science and Operational Research? Does it even matter?
Operational Research? Never heard of it…
Back to Blog home Earlier this month, I spent some time in London where I attended a conference organised by the Operational Research Society. It was, in short, an eye opening and refreshing experience; it was great to see how analytics and scientific thinking are...
Too Soon… Too Soon… Too Late…
Back to Blog home Update: the recording of this webinar is now available online here. A Support Engineer, trying to do the right thing, attempting to conduct support analyses, to carry out Through Life Cost predictions, in the earlier stages of a system’s life...
Supportability without Analytics?
Back to Blog home Recently, we've been talking a lot about how Supportability Engineering has failed to deliver on its promises. Is the subject flawed, or are the techniques and capabilities required to deliver real support only just coming to light? Our Chief...
“My boss should come on this course…”
Back to Blog home People say some good things about Aspire's courses, but the commonest response that Aspire gets on the critique forms after an LSA course is the observation that "My boss should come on this course". Last week was no exception, but the fact that our...
What is ILS?
Download this article as a PDF What is ILS? “ILS is a construct made up by consultants, to spend the available budget, to generate employment and to confuse senior executives, it is the last refuge of the charlatan”. …Or so it has been described… and given some of the...