Tonight’s Schedule

1. Tonight’s Schedule • 6:15 PM – Registration, Networking, Pizza • 6:45 PM – Welcome and Chapter Overview Mark Elpers, Chapter President • 7:00 PM – Leveraging Certification – Individually and for Your Organization Dave Walden, INCOSE Certification Advisory Group PM • 8:30 PM – Adjourn

2. Overview Agenda • Program Themes • Chapter Calendar • Chapter Organization • ChapterCommunications • INCOSE Event Calendar • SE Certification • Job Opportunities • Applicable Project Life Cycle Phase • Attendance • Donations • Speaker Introduction

3. 2010 Program Themes 1. How SE Helps You Survive in a Down Economy 2. Practical Applications of SE 3. SE World Wide 4. How is SE Good for Me?

4. 2010 Calendar 14 January: “Leveraging Certification – Individually and for Your Organization” (Dave Walden/Sysnovation) Medtronic 18 February: “SE Applied to the 35W/62 Interchange” (MnDOT) Boston Scientific - Maple Grove 9 March: “System Engineering – Requirements and Analysis for System of Systems” (Ken Hoyme - Joint Meeting with IEEE) Boston Scientific - Arden Hills 15 April: “The Dual-V Model” (Kevin Forsberg) BAE Systems 13 May: Review of Student Design Projects and Their Use of SE Wayzata High School 10 June: Dry run of papers for INCOSE 2010 plus a special report on University Education Programs in SE University of St Thomas

5. 2010 Calendar 8 July: Summer Social & IS 2010 Debrief Venue TBD 12 August: Risk and Project Management (Hornbacher & Associates) Lockheed 9 September: “SE in Operating Systems” City Water Works Tour 14 October: “SE in the Production Process” Ford Assembly Plant Tour 11 November: “Architecture & MBSE” Medtronic 9 December: Holiday Party Venue TBD

6. 2010Chapter Organization President Mark Elpers North Star Leadership Past President Neill Radke John Palmer Communication Eileen Arnold Secretary Bob Hunter Dir. Industry Mark Feitel Treasurer John Palmer President Elect Paul Frenz Dir. Acad/Govt Neill Radke • 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 Certification Advisory Group (CAG) Eileen Arnold – Chair CAG Project Manager Dave Walden Technical Operations

7. Communication North Star Chapter Web Site: www.incose.org/northstar • North Star Newsletter – The Integrator • December 2009 issue viewable/downloadable on line • North Star Chapter Meeting Information • Charts from past meetings are viewable and downloadable on the website

8. Event Calendar Feb 7-10, 2010: 2010 International Workshop (Phoenix) Mar 17-19, 2010: 8th Annual Conference on SE Research (New York) April 17, 2010: North Star Chapter Spring Tutorial, “Project Management & SE”, Kevin Forsberg (Location: BAE Systems) Jul 11-15, 2010: INCOSE International Symposium (Chicago) Oct 4-6, 2010: 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on SE (Keelung, Taiwan) Details online @http://www.incose.org 8

9. Professional Certification Program International Council on Systems Engineering has established a multi-level Professional Certification Program to provide a formal method for recognizing the knowledge and experience of systems engineers, regardless of where they may be in their career.

10. Job Opportunities For posting or seeking job opportunities: • Go to:www.incose.org • Select “Education and Careers” • Select “Post a Job” • Create an account • Post job openings • Select “View Jobs” to see the listings

11. Project Planning Project Assessment Project Control Information Management Decision Making Risk Management Configuration Management Operation Validation Stakeholder Validation Operation Stakeholder Requirements Definition Requirements Definition Transition Transition Maintenance Maintenance Requirements Analysis Quality Management Verification Requirements Analysis Verification Disposal Disposal Integration Architectural Design Architectural Design Integration Implementation Implementation Acquisition System Life Cycle Process Management Enterprise Environment Management Supply Resource Management Investment Management ISO 15288 Project Life Cycle

12. Attendance • Why sign in? • For the past several years we have had the chapter incentive program to encourage attendance at our meetings. • For 2010, two $25 gift certificates for any Restaurant will be awarded to every member attending six or more regular meetings or who brings one new member into the chapter. (Note – You must be a member in good standing for the entire year to qualify) • For guests or members attending for the first time, this also insures your notification by email of all subsequent events. BE SURE AND SIGN THE ATTENDANCE LIST! PLEASE WRITE SO WE CAN READ IT!!

13. Donations • Attendance at our meetings continues to grow…but so does the cost of Pizza • We will continue to have networking time and serve appetizers and soft drinks • We ask that you help us by making a voluntary donation • You decide if and the amount and place it in the gold box (any amount helps) Many thanks, your response to date has been most helpful

14. Dave Walden David D. Walden, CSEP, is co-owner and principal consultant for Sysnovation, LLC, a company he formed in 2006 focused on Systems Engineering consulting and education that is based out of Shakopee, Minnesota, USA. At Sysnovation, Dave has assisted numerous clients in SE consulting and training/course development. He has served as an independent reviewer, major review (e.g., PDR, CDR) coordinator, SE Subject Matter Expert (SME), and process consultant. He has created and taught numerous SE courses and tutorials, including a distance learning on-line variant of an SE Principles course. Previously, Dave was with General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems for 13 years and worked at McDonnell Aircraft Company for 10 years. Dave is currently the Program Manger of the INCOSE Certification Program and also serves as the INCOSE liaison to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 Working Groups 10, 20, and 22. He has an M.S. in Management of Technology (MOT) from the University of Minnesota, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Valparaiso University in Indiana.