2009 Program Theme

1. 2009Program Theme Practical Applications of Systems Engineering Emphasis – The Program Life Cycle

2. Tonight’s Agenda • 6:15 PM – Registration, Networking, Pizza • 6:45 PM – Welcome and Chapter Overview John Palmer, Chapter Co-President • 6:50 PM – Systems Engineering in Production at PaR Systems Steven Siegel • 7:30 PM – Tour of the PaR Development and Production Facilities • 8:30 PM – Adjourn (or later depending on tour duration)

3. Chapter Meeting • The ISO 15288 SE Life Cycle • Chapter Calendar • A note on attendance • International Events • Chapter Organization • ChapterWeb Site

4. ISO 15288 Systems Engineering Life Cycle

5. Nehemiah(The First System Engineer?) • Nehemiah, Chapter 3 • Requirements Based • Organized PDTs with specific responsibilities • Insisted on: • Communication • Cooperation • Coordination • End product driven • Wall completed on time and to spec

6. 2009 Meeting Calendar • 8 January– SE Initiatives at Starkey Labs, with a detailed tour of the Starkey facilities • Starkey Laboratories • 12 February – SE in Production Systems with a tour of the PaR Facilities PaR Systems • 12 March– SE in a Student Project Wayzata High School • 9 April – SE in Determining Architecture • Eaton Corporation • 14 May – SE in the Solar House Student Project National Competition University of Minnesota • 11 June – Dry run of papers for INCOSE 2009 plus a tour of the ION Corporation laboratory facility • ION Corporation

7. 2009 Meeting Calendar • 9 July – The North Star Summer Social, including IS 2009 Debrief Place - TBD • 13 August – SE in Design ADC Corporation • 10 September –SE in Conducting Trade Offs Medtronic • 8 October – SE in Operations and Maintenance Minneapolis Water Works • 12 November – SE in Requirements Development Honeywell • 13 December – Annual North Star Holiday Party Place - TBD

8. Attendance • Why sign in? • For the past several years we have had the chapter incentive program to encourage attendance at our meetings. The incentive for 2009 will be the award of two $25 gift certificates for the TimberLodge Restaurant to any member attending six or more regular meetings or brings one new member into the chapter. • For guests or members attending for the first time, this also insures your notification by email of all subsequent events. • Tonight – So we know who are IEEE or INCOSE members. SO - BE SURE AND SIGN THE ATTENDANCE LIST! PLEASE WRITE SO WE CAN READ IT!!

9. PIZZA Our Meetings are Growing but so is the cost of PIZZA! We will continue to have a social time and serve pizza with soft drinks – BUT - we ask that you help us a bit by making a voluntary donation. You decide the amount and place it in the gold box. Many thanks

10. International Events March 2 - 5, 2009: 2nd International Conference on Model-Based SE Herzeliya and Haifa, Israel March 3 - 4, 2009: Systems Engineering Summit: Harnessing Best Practices Huntsville Alabama March 17 - 19, 2009: Human Systems Integration Symposium 2009 Annapolis, MD April 20 - 22, 2009: Conference on Systems Engineering Research Loughborough, UK July 19 - 23, 2009: INCOSE International Symposium Singapore Details online @http://www.incose.org 10

11. President Neill Radke & John Palmer North Star Leadership Communication Eileen Arnold Past President Elliot Abrons Secretary Bob Hunter Dir. Industry Mark Feitel Treasurer Mark Elpers President Elect Mark Elpers Dir. Acad/Govt Eileen Arnold • 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 Co-Chair 2009Chapter Organization Technical Operations

12. Communication North Star Chapter Web Site: www.incose.org/northstar - North Star Newsletter – The Integrator - December 2008 Issue published and viewable/downloadable on the website - Next issue in early March - Prior North Star Meeting Charts - Also viewable/downloadable on the website

13. Job Opportunities For opportunities, either with your company or that you know of: • 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

14. Steven Siegel Steven Siegel holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and Microbiology from the University of Michigan and an MS in Management of Technology degree from the University of Minnesota.   Prior to joining PaR he worked for Unisys Corporation on the design of a scalar vector scientific processor.  He joined PaR Systems in 1987 and has worked in both the software and controls engineering departments.  He has made significant contributions as a Project Manager and Program Manager and is currently the Engineering Director responsible for the Engineering group at Shoreview, coordinating multisite engineering efforts, and engineering process development for all PaR engineering offices