Those that treat it as an engineering exercise will arrive with something that actually regulates the Raimund Laqua, P.Eng., PMP, is founder of Lean Compliance, where his work includes engineering assurance Through E4P (Engineers for the Profession) and OSPE, he is working to define digital engineering as a recognized engineering discipline and professional practice, and advocates for federal licensure of digital engineers.

There was a time when safety was engineered into the business, the plant, and the operations. It required qualified engineers to ensure harm was avoided, and that risks, when they occurred, were Laqua, P.Eng., PMP, is the founder of Lean Compliance and one of Ontario's first licensed software engineers He is a long-standing advocate for professional digital engineering and the accountable adoption of AI

Engineering establishes that a system is safe, reliable, and capable of delivering benefits before it We chose adoption, and the engineering phase was declared unnecessary rather than skipped. Whether an application demands engineering is a decision to make before procurement, not after an incident The engineering, the regulation, the organization's own knowledge, and the accountability cannot. He writes about compliance, engineering, and AI at leancompliance.ca.

This is where engineering truly comes into its own. The specialized engineering practices become standardized procedures. As AI moves beyond pure research, distinct engineering domains are starting to crystallize. spectrum of digital engineering disciplines. group on AI in Engineering, where he helps shape the future of professional engineering practice in

past the prescriptive rule, and now asks its management systems to govern something that was never engineered What it does not have is an engineered security system — an integrated arrangement of people, process This is engineering work. Engineering work belongs to engineers. The Professional Digital Engineering discussion underway in Canada and elsewhere is not separate from It moved from prescriptive codes to engineered protective systems with management systems above them,

What looks like "assembling" pre-built AI components actually requires substantial custom engineering Invest in AI Engineering : Develop systematic design capabilities specifically for adaptive systems, Skipping the engineering stage to accelerate AI adoption is not only unwise, it's a failure to exercise spectrum of digital engineering disciplines. group on AI in Engineering, where he helps shape the future of professional engineering practice in

Ray is one of the first licensed software and computer engineers in Canada and has practised digital engineering for more than 40 years. He chairs the Digital Engineering Committee for Engineers for the Profession (E4P), serves on OSPE’s AI in Engineering Task Force, and advocates nationally for Professional Digital Engineering (PD.Eng.)

Re-engineering a business to use new technology carries real risk, and more so when the benefits aren't He is one of Ontario's first licensed software engineers, chairs the Digital Engineering Committee for Engineers for the Profession, and advocates for professional digital engineering licensure in Canada He writes on AI governance, engineering assurance, and why technology should be adapted to the business

By Raimund Laqua, Lean Compliance Engineer Mistakes aren't failures—they’re lessons. Because when compliance engineers make mistakes, people die. The connection is engineered to work every time. Now apply this to compliance. Engineering Reliable Delivery Build obligation fulfillment into the process.   Engineer commitment keeping.  Your car won't start without a seatbelt.

Every automated step was deliberately engineered into a known path. The system of record isn't part of that path unless someone engineered it to be. Nobody has engineered it to keep yours. Can Agents Follow Governance Policy? If the constraint was well-engineered, the behaviour looks like compliance. , serves on OSPE's AI in Engineering committee, and advocates for federal Digital Engineering licensing

Ray is one of the first licensed software/digital engineers in Canada. He chairs the Digital Engineering Committee for Engineers for the Profession (E4P), serves on OSPE's AI in Engineering Task Force, and advocates nationally for Professional Digital Engineering licensure

Not as a futurist making predictions, but as a computer engineer with over thirty years in heavily regulated Engineering Discipline in a Post-Code World I’m a computer engineer by training. That is an engineering question, not a programming question. the AI Committee for Engineers for the Profession, where we’re advocating for professional engineering for Engineers for the Profession (E4P), advocating for professional engineering standards in digital