Capability Engineering An Alternative to Systems Engineering: Swedish combat vehicle industry

Abstract: This thesis aims to look at ways capability engineering can be introduced to the Swedish combat vehicle industry, as well as to identify success factors for capability engineering. In this thesis, a case study methodology has been used. Where one case was BAE Systems Hägglunds selling new combat vehicles to Norway. While the other case researched was when the Swedish defense material administration purchased an upgrade from BAE Systems Hägglunds known as forward-mountedgrenade launchers. The two case studies, interviews, and document reviews were conducted to come up with success factors and recommendations on how capability engineering can be introduced. The main conclusion is that trust, complexity, knowledge base of the customer, and project size are the main success factors to work with. A series of recommendations on what to do in order for capability engineering to easier be implemented in the Swedish combat vehicle industry and four success factors for capability engineering are presented in the conclusions.