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Systems Engineeringfor Technology-Based Projects A course/workshop presented over five days |
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Introduction | Training Objective | Course Outline | Methods & Materials | Key Questions | Who Should Attend | About the Presenter | Course Schedule
| This course is certified by the Engineering Council of South Africa (40 hours) |  |
This course is recognised by Engineers Australia for CPD purposes (40 hours) |
Introduction
Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary approach encompassing the management and technical efforts to evolve and verify an integrated, holistic and life-cycle balanced system solution that satisfies requirements and maximises effectiveness according to the values of the stakeholders.
Stakeholder measures of effectiveness could include, for example and depending on the system "the system", measures of end use capability, ease of use, maintainability, safety, fashion appeal... and programmatic measures such as investment cost, unit cost of production, recurring cost, National Industry content, time to market..., as applicable.
Systems engineering is NOT a rulebook. It IS a set of principles, supported by methods, to deliver maximum benefits to stakeholders.
This course is Project Performance International's acclaimed 5-day public course in Systems Engineering. Since development in its original version in 1992, the course has been delivered to some 4000+ delegates worldwide.
Training Objective
This five day course addresses systems engineering as it is understood and practised by leading acquirer, developer and supplier organisations worldwide. This training provides an integrated approach to the set of management and technical disciplines which combine to optimise system effectiveness, enhance project success and reduce risk. Ways of achieving corporate objectives, eg. time to market, cost of goods sold, product quality, military objectives, are a constant theme throughout the course.
It is expected that, on completion of the course, participants will:
- understand the overall concepts which are characteristic of a systems approach to engineering
- understand the overall process elements, and their relationships, which collectively constitute the building blocks of systems engineering
- understand and be able to relate the roles of developer as supplier, developer as creator and developer as acquirer, and to place their own roles, and those of their customers (internal and external) and suppliers (internal and external) within this framework
- be able to perform the basics of some of the more important techniques of system requirements analysis, development of physical solution, development of logical solution, evaluation of solution alternatives (trade-off studies) and design iteration
- be familiar with the principles and major techniques of engineering management in a systems project context
- have some basic capability to tailor the application of the systems engineering principles and methods to different application scenarios; and
- be capable of extensive further learning in the field of systems engineering within a sound conceptual framework.
Systems Engineering Course Outline
0. Introduction - Why Systems Engineering?
1. The System Life Cycle and Solution Development
- defining the problem domain
- the solution domain: key concepts, relationships, and work products
- relationship between problem definition and stakeholder satisfaction
- waterfall, incremental, evolutionary and spiral developments
- summary of key concepts
2. Systems Engineering in Context
- definitions of systems engineering from standards
- top-down and bottom-up
- concurrent engineering
- standards and guidelines - pitfalls and pointers
- ISO 9001, IEEE 1220, EIA/IS-632, EIA 632, J-STD-016, ISO/IEC 15288
- engineering handbooks, texts
3. The Systems Engineering Process - Principles, Concepts and Elements
- workshop - SE principles
- systems concepts
- SE process
- requirements analysis
- development of physical solution description
- development of logical solution description
- effectiveness evaluation and decision
- description of system elements
- system integration
- verification and validation
- engineering management
- workshop - matching common activities to the basic SE elements
- work product attributes
- requirements traceability
- design traceability
- test traceability
4. Requirements Analysis
- what are requirements?
- types of requirements, and how they relate to analysis, specification & design
- requirements quality attributes
- requirements languages other than natural: operational, formal
- requirements analysis (RA) - how to do it
- workshop - context analysis
- workshop - design requirements analysis
- workshop - states and modes analysis
- workshop - parsing analysis
- requirements quality metrics
- workshop - functional analysis
- ERA analysis, rest-of scenario analysis, out-of-range analysis, other constraints search, value analysis
- the Operational Concept Description (OCD)
- managing RA
- requirements analysis and management software tools
- common pitfalls in performing RA
5. Development of the System Physical Solution Description (Synthesis) - Part 1
- technology and innovation in solution development
- configuration items
- criteria for selecting configuration items
6. Development of the System Logical Solution
- types of logical representation
- functional analysis in design - how to do it
- functional analysis/architecture process
- workshop - a simple physical and logical design
- workshop - physical and logical design
- performance threads
- SysML, UML V2.0
- n-squared charts, data flow diagrams, behavior modeling and other functional notations
- analysis and design software tools
- pitfalls in developing system functional solution
6. Development of the System Physical Solution Description (Synthesis) - Part 2
- use of design driver requirements
- the system physical architecture related to the functional architecture
- facilities, procedures and people
- the specification tree
- common pitfalls in developing system physical architecture
- workshop - integrated functional and physical design
- adding the detail to design
- interface engineering
- common interfacing pitfalls
- object oriented design
8. Effectiveness Evaluation and Decision Making
- design meetings
- approach to design optimisation
- the role of MOEs and goals
- constructing a system effectiveness model
- designing utility functions
- taking account of risk
- iterative optimisation of design
- working with budgets, targets and ceilings
- value engineering
- workshop - developing a system effectiveness model
- workshop - performing a trade-off study
- multiple stakeholders, multiple uses, event-based uncertainty
- handling, in design, conflict of interest between customers and suppliers
- pitfalls in effectiveness evaluation and decision (avoiding the smoke and mirrors)
9. Description of System Elements - Requirements Specification Development
- the eight requirement specification types and their uses
- public specification standards - the good, the bad, and the ugly
- specification structure principles
- use of FFBDs to structure a requirements specification
- good and poor terminology
- recommended DIDs and templates
- optional workshop - evaluation of two requirements specifications
- pitfalls in preparing requirements specifications
10. Engineering Specialty Integration (ESI)
- what makes an engineering specialty special?
- common engineering specialties
- a generic approach to ESI
- organisational issues of ESI
- pitfalls, and specialty engineering examples
11. System Integration
- design interaction with hardware and software production
- integration planning
- integration
- integration testing
- using incremental builds
- configuration audits
- qualification
- pitfalls and pointers in system integration
12. Verification and Validation
- technical reviews
- requirements reviews
- principles of design review
- architectural design review (ADR)
- detail design review (DDR)
- test readiness review (TRR)
- requirements satisfaction audits (FCAs)
- design description (BS-BS) audits (PCAs)
- technical reviews and incremental builds
- administration of technical reviews
- customer involvement in technical reviews
- pitfalls in conducting technical reviews
- test and evaluation
- other verification and validation methods and tools
13. Systems Engineering Management
13.1. Management Principles
- basic concepts
- organisation — functional, project, Integrated Product Teams
13.2. Engineering Planning
- scoping SE - the SEMP?
- why prepare a SEMP?
- how a SEMP may relate to other plans
- content of the SEMP
- how the SEMP relates to ISO 9001
- pitfalls in preparing a SEMP
- functional interfaces
13.3. Project Breakdown Structures
- types of PBS (WBS)
- why the PBS is a foundation of effective engineering management
- rules in preparing a PBS
- relationship of the PBS to cost accounts
- relationship of the PBS to work packages
- PBS (WBS) development pitfalls and pointers
- optional workshop - developing a PBS (WBS)
13.4. Configuration Management (CM)
- what is configuration?
- the concept and types of baseline
- CM standards - EIA, IEEE, etc
- the four fundamental CM activities
- pitfalls and pointers in CM
13.5. Technical Performance Measurement
13.6. Risk Management
- the nature of risk
- components of risk
- the five key activities of risk management
14. Summary
- systems engineering summarised
- tailoring to specific activities or projects
- getting the most out of systems engineering methods
- systems engineering capability assessment and improvement
Training Method and Materials
The course is delivered using a mixture of formal presentation, informal discussion and extensive workshops which exercise key aspects of systems engineering on a single system through a development lifecycle. The result is a high degree of learning, as evidenced by workshop work products, and the extensive commendations received from participants.
The course makes extensive use of workshops to put into practice the techniques covered in theory sessions.
You will be provided with:
- comprehensive Course Notes containing presentation material
- a Workbook containing workshop exercises, with worked examples also distributed in most cases
- numerous supplementary descriptions, checklists, forms and charts which you can put to use immediately
- a two-CD Systems Engineering resource containing about 1GB of valuable information (handbooks, templates, guides, papers, reports, standards, etc).
- complimentary access to PPI's evolving Systems Engineering Goldmine, from which the CD-Rom is drawn
Key Questions
- What are the acquisition issues impacted by systems engineering?
- How do you develop a Systems Engineering Management Plan?
- How do you identify defective or missing requirements and who corrects them?
- How are interface requirements decomposed and flowed down?
- What are the techniques of structured analysis and under what circumstances should they be used?
- How do you develop system functional and physical architectures and what is their significance?
- What are the criteria to use for selecting configuration items?
- When and how do you develop a system effectiveness model?
- How can you avoid the common difficulties in achieving engineering specialty integration?
- How do you prepare a problem-free Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) index and dictionary?
- How do you effectively establish and use configuration baselines?
- What can be done to extract maximum value from technical reviews?
- How do you implement a cost-effective risk management program?
- When should a Technical Performance Measurement program be implemented, and how?
Who Should Attend This Systems Engineering Course?
Systems engineering is practiced in a diverse range of application sectors and scenarios of problem definition/problem-solving. Being independent of specific solution technologies, this course is relevant to a wide range of enterprises and people. Relevant application sectors include defence, aerospace, telecommunications, public infrastructure, entertainment, medicine, consumer products, ... Relevant organisation types include military, public sector, contractors, product-oriented firms, consultants, research and development firms, ... Systems Engineering for Technology-Based Projects and Product Developments is designed for personnel who perform, manage, control, specify or interact with the development of small to large technology-based systems, where successful outcomes are important.
The course will be of particular value to people with job titles such as project manager, product manager, project director (and their advisers), R and D manager, engineering manager, systems engineer, software systems engineer, software engineer, design engineer, hardware engineer and other engineering job titles. Many other participants in the technical and management processes of transforming a need into an effective, technology-based solution will benefit from this course.
About the Presenter - Mr. Robert Halligan, FIE Australia
Robert Halligan is known internationally for his role in the practice and improvement of engineering projects. After early engineering, engineering management and project management roles within major public and private sector organisations, Robert has, for the last twenty-two years, contributed to major systems projects worldwide as a consultant and trainer. Robert has worked in this capacity extensively in Europe, the United States, Asia, South America, South Africa and Australia for some of the best known and most successful global technology-based companies and government enterprises. He has also worked extensively with start-up companies and SMEs. Robert lead the development and delivery of the Masters module "Managing Engineering Projects" for the Australian Graduate School of Engineering Innovation, a joint venture between two Australian Universities. Robert is a Past President of the Systems Engineering Society of Australia. He was an Australian delegate to the ISO WG7 developing the international system life cycle processes standard, ISO/IEC 12258, and for three years lead the delegation of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7 on software and systems engineering. Robert was a key reviewer of EIA 632 (Engineering of Systems) and EIA 731 (Systems Engineering Capability Model). He was a contributor of content to EIA/IS 632 and its successor in the area of requirements quality, and to IEEE 1220 in the area of functional analysis. Robert has served as Director (International) of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). He is an INCOSE Ambassador, and an Honorary Member of the Korean Council on Systems Engineering. Full Robert Halligan biography (Course Presenter) |  |
Course Schedule
| P006-361 26 Jan to 30 Jan 2009 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands Hotel Amsterdam - De Roode Leeuw | Earlybird Fee: EUR1816.00 Standard Fee: EUR2018.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-354 16 Feb to 20 Feb 2009 | La Spezia, Italy Venue to be advised. | Earlybird Fee: EUR1816.00 Standard Fee: EUR2018.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-363 16 Mar to 20 Mar 2009 | Sydney, Australia Stamford Grand North Ryde | Earlybird Fee: AUD2601.00 Standard Fee: AUD2890.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-364 23 Mar to 27 Mar 2009 | Adelaide, Australia Freedom Adelaide Meridien Hotel | Earlybird Fee: AUD2601.00 Standard Fee: AUD2890.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-365 30 Mar to 03 Apr 2009 | Las Vegas, USA Clarion Las Vegas | Earlybird Fee: USD2178.00 Standard Fee: USD2420.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-366 13 Apr to 17 Apr 2009 | Säo José dos Campos. Brazil INPE | Earlybird Fee: BRL2853.00 Standard Fee: BRL3170.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-367 27 Apr to 01 May 2009 | London, UK Holiday Inn London - Bloomsbury | Earlybird Fee: GBP1381.00 Standard Fee: GBP1535.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-368 11 May to 15 May 2009 | Pretoria, South Africa CSIR Facility - Pretoria | Earlybird Fee: AUD2241.00 Standard Fee: AUD2490.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-369 08 Jun to 12 Jun 2009 | Perth, Australia Hotel Ibis Perth | Earlybird Fee: AUD2601.00 Standard Fee: AUD2890.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-385 15 Jun to 19 Jun 2009 | Ankara, Turkey Venue to be advised. | Earlybird Fee: EUR1816.00 Standard Fee: EUR2018.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-386 21 Jun to 25 Jun 2009 | Herzlia, Israel Daniel Hotel Herzlia | Earlybird Fee: ILS7191.00 Standard Fee: ILS7990.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-370 06 Jul to 10 Jul 2009 | Wellington, New Zealand Mercure Hotel Wellington | Earlybird Fee: NZD3145.00 Standard Fee: NZD3495.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-371 13 Jul to 17 Jul 2009 | Melbourne, Australia Mercure Hotel Melbourne | Earlybird Fee: AUD2601.00 Standard Fee: AUD2890.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-373 03 Aug to 07 Aug 2009 | Adelaide, Australia Freedom Adelaide Meridien Hotel | Earlybird Fee: AUD2601.00 Standard Fee: AUD2890.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-374 17 Aug to 21 Aug 2009 | Brisbane, Australia Mercure Hotel - Brisbane | Earlybird Fee: AUD2601.00 Standard Fee: AUD2890.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-375 07 Sep to 11 Sep 2009 | Melbourne, Australia Mercure Hotel Melbourne | Earlybird Fee: AUD2601.00 Standard Fee: AUD2890.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-376 14 Sep to 18 Sep 2009 | Munich, Germany Maritim Hotel Munchen | Earlybird Fee: EUR1816.00 Standard Fee: EUR2018.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-377 05 Oct to 09 Oct 2009 | Singapore Plaza Park Royal Hotel | Earlybird Fee: SGD3235.00 Standard Fee: SGD3595.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-378 26 Oct to 30 Oct 2009 | Sydney, Australia Stamford Grand North Ryde | Earlybird Fee: AUD2601.00 Standard Fee: AUD2890.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-379 02 Nov to 06 Nov 2009 | London, UK Holiday Inn London - Bloomsbury | Earlybird Fee: GBP1381.00 Standard Fee: GBP1535.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-380 09 Nov to 13 Nov 2009 | Cape Town, South Africa Breakwater Lodge | Earlybird Fee: AUD2241.00 Standard Fee: AUD2490.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-382 30 Nov to 04 Dec 2009 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands Hotel Amsterdam - De Roode Leeuw | Earlybird Fee: EUR1816.00 Standard Fee: EUR2018.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-383 07 Dec to 11 Dec 2009 | Las Vegas, USA Clarion Las Vegas | Earlybird Fee: USD2178.00 Standard Fee: USD2420.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
| P006-384 14 Dec to 18 Dec 2009 | Säo José dos Campos. Brazil INPE | Earlybird Fee: BRL2853.00 Standard Fee: BRL3170.00 | Download Brochure Download Regform | Enquire Online Register Online |
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