Tonight’s Schedule

1. Tonight’s Schedule • 6:15 PM – Registration, Networking, Appetizers • 6:45 PM – Welcome and Chapter Overview Mark Elpers, CSEP, 2010 President • 7:00 PM – “Proving Functional Correctness using AADL & BLESS” Brian Larson, Multitude Corporation • 8:30 PM – Adjourn

2. 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?

3. 2010 Calendar 17 July: Summer Social & IS 2010 (No Samantha Brown) Minnetonka Boat Ride Dinner @ “Jake O’Connor’s Public House” 12 August: “Risk and Project Management” (Hornbacher & Assoc.) Lockheed 9 September: “SE in Operating Systems” Lock & Dam | St. Anthony Falls Research Center 21 October: “Empowering Your Practice with Ethics” (Kristine Kubes) Bloomington Timberlodge Steakhouse 11 November: “Proving Functional Correctness Using BLESS” (Brian Larson) Medtronic 4 December: Holiday Party Santorini's in Eden Prairie at 7 PM

4. Event Calendar Jan 29-Feb 1, 2011: INCOSE International Workshop (Hyatt Regency Phoenix – Phoenix, Arizona) Mar 8-9, 2011: 6th International Conference On SE (Herzlia, Israel) June 20-23: 21st Annual INCOSE International Symposia (Hyatt Regency Denver – Denver, Colorado) Details online @http://www.incose.org 4

5. Communication North Star Chapter Web Site: www.incose.org/northstar • North Star Newsletter – The Integrator • October 2010 issue viewable/downloadable • North Star Chapter Meeting Information • Charts from past meetings are viewable and downloadable on the website

6. 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

7. 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!!

8. 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

9. What Is INCOSE? International Council On Systems Engineering: Not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1990 Mission: Advance the state of the art and practice of systems engineering in industry, academia, and government by promoting interdisciplinary, scalable approaches to produce technologically appropriate solutions that meet societal needs. 9

10. Why Join INCOSE? A membership in the International Council on Systems Engineering will expand your view of the engineering of complex systems and your knowledge of the many aspects of the practice. Project managers, software and hardware engineers and product developers are joining INCOSE to learn how to the use the systems engineering process and apply it to their industries. Get a global perspective of your job responsibilities. Learn how the application of systems engineering techniques can improve your job performance and your organization's well being. 10

11. Why Join INCOSE? With your membership, you'll receive the following: • Network with over more than 7,000 members in 40 countries • Quarterly e-Publication, INSIGHT • Electronic version of Systems Engineering, the Journal of INCOSE • Contribute through INCOSE technical activities • Collaborate with experts and practitioners • Lowest prices on INCOSE Publications • Access to i-Pub, the INCOSE publications database (> 2,000 symposia papers • Exclusive access to INCOSE Connect, the collaborative space (members only) • Special Downloads • Membership Directory • Current and past issues of INSIGHT • Systems Engineering Handbook (no charge to members in softcopy) • Measurement Primer (no charge to members in softcopy) • Current and past issues of the Journal 11

12. Why Join INCOSE? Your membership supports: • Annual International Symposia • Local Chapter Operations • INCOSE Connect collaboration space • The Discussion Forum email reflector (for online discussions) • INCOSE Representation on Standards Committees • Professionally Operated INCOSE Office You'll have opportunities to purchase: • INCOSE Guidebooks and Handbooks • Annual Proceedings on CD-ROM • Products from Technical Committees 12

13. Brian Larson Founder of Multitude Corporation Active member of the AADL standard committee (SAE AS5506A) BSEE and MSCSci from the University of Minnesota Principal Systems Engineer at Boston Scientific from 2005-2010 Designed HW of embedded systems for a large defense contractor Built supercomputers using a radically different architecture Created concurrent programming language & outline checker to prove correctness & interference freedom which spawned BLESS & proof tool 13

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17. Introductions 17 It has been suggested that we could network better… …please take a moment to introduce yourselves to those on your right and left!!!

18. Systems Engineering What is a System? A system is a whole that functions as a whole by virtue of the interaction of its parts. This definition implies that: • All parts are necessary • They need to be linked for the system to work 18

19. Systems Engineering What is Systems Engineering? • A profession, a process and a perspective • Focus on design & application of the whole – not the parts • Involves looking at a problem in its entirety • Glue that holds all components of a solution together into a whole that satisfies customer needs 19

20. Systems Engineering What are components? • Hardware • Software • Safety • Human Factors • Reliability • Maintainability • Logistics Support • Training • Disposability • Environment • Manufacturing • Structure • Materials • Architecture • Cost • Schedule • Test • Many, many more 20

21. Systems Engineering Who Cares? …the Stakeholders • Advocate or proponent • Shareholder • Owner • User(s) • Architects • Developer • Services provider • Independent Test Agency • Administrator • Mission planner • Analyst • Support • Maintenance • Instructor • Critic • Competitor • Adversary • General Public 21

22. Ambassador Group • Ambassador chair is seeking assistance to help spread the word about chapter events • Volunteers are being sought from inside organizations to aid communication of meetings and seminars • Sign up a couple of ways • Contribute your contact information via the survey • Sign up at the meeting, see Ambassador Group sign up sheet at the table • For more information contact mark.feitel@incose.org 22

23. Chapter Survey • Thank you for your participation in our chapter survey • We’re sending it a second time just to get maximum response • Don’t respond to this second one if you responded to the first • We’ll use these results to guide our meeting & tutorial planning 23

24. Chapter Survey • Thank you for participating in our recent chapter interest survey! • 59 member and non-member participants responded • Respondent represented.... • a broad range of experience levels • inputs from the consumer, commercial, industrial, med device, defense, healthcare and business/information industries • Information is being analyzed to aid our chapter planning in regards to meetings and tutorials 24

25. Chapter Survey 25

26. 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

27. 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.

28. 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

29. 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

30. 2010 Calendar 14 January: “Leveraging Certification – Individually and for Your Organization” (Dave Walden/Sysnovation) Medtronic 18 February: “The Unscrambling Of Cross-town Commons” (MnDOT) Boston Scientific - Maple Grove 9 March: “System of Systems Engineering for Complex Medical Systems” (Ken Hoyme) Boston Scientific - Arden Hills 15 April: “Projects Don’t Begin With Requirements” (Kevin Forsberg) BAE Systems 20 May: Review of Student Design Projects and Their Use of SE Wayzata High School 10 June: Dry run of papers for INCOSE 2010 plus “Systems Engineering Return On Investment” (Eric Honour) University of Minnesota, College Of Continuing Education, St. Paul Campus, Room 155