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2008 Program Theme. Back to Basics Emphasis - Systems Engineering Life Cycle. Tonight’s Agenda. 6:15 PM Registration, Networking, Pizza 6:45 PM Chapter Meeting & Intros – John Palmer 7:00 PM Functional Analysis and Decomposition -- Chris Armstrong of Armstrong Process Group
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2008Program Theme Back to Basics Emphasis - Systems Engineering Life Cycle
Tonight’s Agenda 6:15 PM Registration, Networking, Pizza 6:45 PM Chapter Meeting & Intros – John Palmer 7:00 PM Functional Analysis and Decomposition -- Chris Armstrong of Armstrong Process Group 8:00 PM Questions 8:30 PM Adjourn
Chapter Meeting • Chapter Calendar • A note on attendance • International Events • Ambassador Program • Chapter Organization • ChapterWeb Site
2008 Spring Tutorial • What: “How to Write Good Requirements” • Who: Lou Wheatcraft, Senior Consultant/Instructor for Compliance Automation, Inc. • When: Saturday, 19 April 2008, 08:30 – 16:30 • Where: MTS in Eden Prairie • How to Sign Up: Go to the North Star website and click on “Tutorial Page”. Then download the announcement and application form (Deadline – COB 11 April) Lou Wheatcraft is a well known expert on requirements. When you leave this session you WILL know how to write good requirements!
2008 Meeting Calendar • 17 January - Technical Management: Planning, Controlling, & Managing Systems Engineering Success • Timber Lodge • 21 February - Requirements Analysis Process Telelogic at BAE Systems • 13 March - Functional Decomposition Medtronic World Headquarters • 10 April - Architecture Dev Process University of Minnesota • 8 May – INCOSE IS 2008 Paper Review plus presentation • on Requirements Development University of St Thomas • 15 - 19 June – INCOSE Symposium • Meeting TBD
2008Meeting Calendar • 10 July - Summer Social, Including IS 2008 Debrief Place to be Announced • 14 August - The Integration Process Boston Scientific • 11 September –End System Verification and Validation Process MTS • 9 October - Operations, Maintenance, and Disposal UPS Tour • 6 November - Risk Management ATK • 14 December - Annual Holiday Party Place To Be Announced
Attendance • Why sign in? • For the past several years we have had the chapter incentive program to encourage attendance at our meetings. We will continue offering an incentive. • For guests or members attending for the first time, this also insures your notification by email of all subsequent events • IF YOU WRITE SO WE CAN READ IT!! SO - BE SURE AND SIGN THE ATTENDANCE LIST!
Ambassador Program • In the past we had an active list of Chapter Ambassadors • Ambassadors are representatives at local companies who are willing to post flyers and otherwise publicize Chapter events • We need to reactivate the Ambassador Program. • If you would be willing to periodically place announcements on bulletin boards and otherwise spread the word, please contact John Palmer at: jpalmer@usfamily.net • The chapter will host an Ambassador’s lunch later this summer
2008International Events 21 February 2008 13 March 2008 • April 04 - 05, 2008 Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) 2008 (Redondo Beach, CA) • June 15-19, 2008 INCOSE International Symposium (Utrecht, Netherlands) Details online @http://www.incose.org
Contact Eileen Arnold • Systems Science • SE Technical Process • Architecture • SE Management Process • Requirements • Risk • SE Support Processes • Measurement • Modeling & Tools • Specialty Engineering • Application Sectors INCOSE Technical Leadership Team Eileen Arnold 2008Chapter Organization 13 March 2008 President Neill Radke & John Palmer North Star Leadership President Elect Neill Radke & John Palmer Communication Eileen Arnold Past President Elliot Abrons Secretary Bob hunter Dir. Industry John Palmer Treasurer Mark Elpers Dir. Acad/Govt Eileen Arnold Contact for Technical Activities
Communication North Star Chapter Web Site hosted on INCOSE server: www.incose.org/northstar North Star Newsletter – The Integrator (February Issue Recently Posted and emailed)
21 February 2008 13 March 2008 Guest SpeakerChris Armstrong Chris Armstrong, President of Armstrong Process Group, Inc., is an internationally recognized thought leader and expert in iterative software development, enterprise architecture, object-oriented analysis and design, the Unified Modeling Language (UML), use case driven requirements, and process improvement. Over the past twenty years, Chris has worked to bring modern software engineering best practices to practical application at many different private companies and government organizations all over the world. He has worked in many different industries including financial services, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, education, publishing, real estate, life sciences, and social services. He has spoken at over 30 conferences over the last eight years and has written a number of articles for various publications including Cutter IT Journal and Rational Developer Network. In 2005, Chris started Armstrong Process Group, Inc., and continues his focus on organizational development, process improvement training and consulting, and IT professional development and certification.