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SERC Achievements and Program Direction

This presentation provides an overview of the achievements and program direction of the SERC (Systems Engineering Research Center) since the 1st ASRR (Annual SERC Research Review). It discusses the mission, vision, objectives, and core competencies of SERC, along with research projects and plans for 2011.

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SERC Achievements and Program Direction

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  1. Note by R Peak 12/7/2010: This presentation ppt file is based on excerpts from the original full presentation available here: http://serc1.gpointech.com/news-events/annual-serc-research-review/asrr-2010/agenda/ Update on SERC Status Since 1st ASRR and 2011 Plans Art Pyster, Deputy Executive Director, SERC (Stevens) (this version also has ** added on slides 7-9 to indicate SERC projects involving my lab) SERC Achievements and Program Direction Art Pyster Deputy Executive Director November, 2010 www.SERCuarc.org

  2. What is a UARC? • Research organization within a university or college • Provides or maintains DoD essential engineering, research, and/or development capabilities defined as core • Receive sole source contract funding from DoD. May also receive other funding • UARCs perform research in specific mission areas. By design, no two UARCs have the same mission • Maintain long-term, strategic relationships with sponsoring DoD components in specific core areas and operate in the public interest University Affiliated Research Center

  3. Who We Are Any U.S. university can be added to the SERC to provide capabilities needed to support the SERC mission 3 For Internal SERC Use Only

  4. SERC Mission The mission of the SERC is to enhance and enable the DoD's capability in Systems Engineering for the successful development, integration, testing and sustainability of complex defense systems, services and enterprises 4

  5. SERC Vision The SERC will be the primary engine for defense and intelligence community SE basic research 5 DoD and Intelligence Community systems achieving mission outcomes – enabled by research leading to transformational SE methods, processes, and tools.

  6. DoD Mission Themes DriveSERC Research Themes • Respond more quickly, flexibly, agilely – Systems Engineering Transformation • Acquire, operate, and evolve large complex systems that have distributed and diffuse governance, architecture, and mission – Systems of Systems and Enterprise Systems • Increase the pool and capabilities of systems engineers, and instill systems engineering into all engineers – Human Capital Development • Address security challenges in a systemic fashion rather than piecemeal – Trusted Systems • With an increasing focus on design for affordability 6

  7. Research Projects 7

  8. More Research Projects ** Project involving R Peak lab at GIT 8

  9. And Still More Research Projects ** Project involving R Peak lab at GIT 9

  10. SERC Objectives • TRANSFORM systems engineering practice throughout the DoD and IC by creating innovative methods, processes, and tools that address critical challenges to meeting mission outcomes (what we do), • CATALYZE community growth among systems engineering researchers by enabling collaboration among many research organizations (who does it), • ACCELERATE systems engineering competency development through rapid transfer of research to educators and practitioners (how we impact others). 10

  11. SERC Core Competencies • Ability to conduct long-term, comprehensive SE research focused on DoD acquisition, including • Enable integrated development and management • New ways to link requirements to design • Leverage modeling and simulation • Ability to leverage developments in systems architecting, complex systems theory, systems thinking, systems science, knowledge management and SwE to perform research to advance the design and development of complex systems across all DoD domains, including • System and open systems architecture/analysis • SE in complex SoS and FoS environments • Enterprise SE • SW-unique extensions and modern SW-development • technology • Ability to leverage developments in open systems standards, organizational theory, program management, SE management, and IT to provide needed integration of program/technical management MPTs, including • Integrate TPMs with EVM • Maturity reviews • SE team structures, etc. for improvement • Improved SE information sharing • Link technical baselines to architectures • Apply SE to acquisition of services • Flexible SE environment • Knowledge management • Undergraduate/Graduate SE education needs • Rationale and way ahead for standards • Toolsets throughout the life cycle • Analyzing SE costs, accounts, and ROI • SE metrics and leading indicators

  12. Reference The full original presentation is available here: http://serc1.gpointech.com/news-events/annual-serc-research-review/asrr-2010/agenda/ Update on SERC Status Since 1st ASRR and 2011 Plans Art Pyster, Deputy Executive Director, SERC (Stevens)

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