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Systems Engineer for Non SE. Bill Fournier billfournier4@gmail.com 202 255 0760. Agenda. History/Value/Application Definitions Whom How-–Technical,(user) project (PM & PC) and Agreement(Contracts ), Tailoring, SpE CASE
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Systems Engineer for Non SE Bill Fournier billfournier4@gmail.com 202 255 0760 Bill Fournier Nov 2014
Agenda • History/Value/Application • Definitions • Whom • How-–Technical,(user) project (PM & PC) and Agreement(Contracts ), Tailoring, SpE • CASE • Job advertisement for SEs • Recruiters • Future • References
History/Value/Application • History- SE- Products, Processes, People- use, fix • Pyramids/Greek/Romans/Ren/ British Train/ Model T/ WW I tank • WW II- too much one person to detail design • Value - % SE 10-15 knee of curve for cost and schedule control • Applicable • Government- user need document • Commercial- Marketing / focus groups • International • Services Bill Fournier
Definitions I • Systems- Products, Processes and People & boundaries, Purpose • 3 SE POVs – interdisciplinary, iterative, and recursive, way of thinking, feedback loops, top down and bottom up • Requirements- Needs & technical requirements • CONOPS- plans how use system • Functions- verbs things systems must do to do mission • Physical Architecture/Design- nouns products decomposed which expected to meet requirements and their interrelationships • Implementation- Build & Code development system • Integration- put subsystems and lower together • Verification- Prove by Objective Evidence that the requirement has been met with the final configuration. TADI • Validation- Assess we meet what user needed • Test- method of assessing progress towards showing system works • Production- Make final hardware built and coded in quantity • Operation and Maintenance- use, maintain • Disposal- retire/recycle Bill Fournier
Definitions II • PM- Program/Project/Product Manager • Configuration Management – Plan, ID, control, status, audit the technical baseline of system • Trade Studies- analyze alternatives trades • Technical /Design Reviews- decide if maturity worth going forward • Risk/Issues- things could go wrong / have gone wrong • TPMs- key early warning indicators of problems • Acquirer- manager the development contract for the stakeholder • Supplier- designs, builds/codes to meet contract(s) • SpE- SE like specialties with narrower focus Bill Fournier
Whom • EE • IE • OR • ISE • Technical PM • Requirements Eng’g • Designers • Analyst Bill Fournier
Stages • Exploratory Research • Concept • Development • Production • Utilization • Support • Retirement Bill Fournier
Technical Processes (Users) • Stakeholder Req. Def. Inputs • Req. Analysis Source Documents • Arch. Design Stakeholder Needs • Implementation Project Constraints • Integration • Verification Outputs • Validation Balanced System • Operation • Maintenance • Disposal • Cross- Cutting Bill Fournier
Project Processes (PM & PC) • Project Planning • Project Assessment and Control • Decision Making- Trade study • Risk & Opportunity Management- Prob. & Impact • Configuration Management • Information Management • Measurement- MOE/MOP/TPM Bill Fournier
Agreement Processes • Acquisition • Supply Bill Fournier
Tailoring • Cost of formality • Cost of Miss communications • Reduce theoretical overall cost Bill Fournier
SpE Analysis • Logistics- RAM… • Cost effectiveness • EMI • Environmental Impact • Interoperability • LC cost • Manf. and producability • Safety & health hazard • Sustainment • Training needs • Human factors • Value Engineering Bill Fournier
CASE • Computer Aided Systems Engineering • How can computers help ? Bill Fournier
SE Job Advertising Table 1. Systems Engineering Roles Role Abbr. Short Name 1 RO Requirements Owner 2 SD System Designer 3 SA System Analyst 4 VV Validation/Verification Engr. 5 LO Logistics/Ops Engineer 6 G Glue Among Subsystems 7 CI Customer Interface 8 TM Technical Manager 9 IM Information Manager 10 PE Process Engineer 11 CO Coordinator 12 CA Classified Ads SE Bill Fournier
Future • Software intensive • Speed of Development • Greater Specialization • Recycle Systems • Interfaces • SE even greater value Bill Fournier
Processes • Technical (User) • Project (PM & PC) • Contracting (Contracts) • Tailoring (All) • SpE (SpE) Bill Fournier
Related and Overlapping • ISO 9000 • Lean Six Sigma • ITIL • CMMI Bill Fournier
References • INCOSE SE handbook version 3.2.2 October 2011 ( version 4 will come out in 2015) • INCOSE.org – CASE tool survey, certification, chapters • ISO/IEC 15288:2008 • DAU.edu • Linkedin my group, my TR book • Honourcode • http://www.incose.org/educationcareers/PDF/12-roles.pdf Bill Fournier