This requires a little bit of explanation, particularly since the site is focused on Laboratory Systems Engineering (LSE). The original article was written in 2006. At that point we were focused and introducing automation into the laboratory and basically getting things to work. Integrated systems was a gleam in our eyes but distant in its realization. Some projects worked a lot didn’t.
It’s now 2024 (2025 in a few days), and things have changed. Our field of view has broadened to include multiple systems and multi-departmental inter-connects. As a result the narrow focus of 2006 had to become more encompassing, hence the shift to LSE. Most of what the article says still applies, the differences are in the level of skills and education needed. We need people that can straddle the lab and IT spaces, and provide useful insights into inter-system and inter-departmental design and implementation.
The article can be accessed through this link to LIMSwiki.
Laboratory Systems Engineering 