Description:

The Systems Engineering Capability Model (SECM) is designed to mergeboth the EPIC Systems Engineering Capability Maturity Model (SE-CMM), and the INCOSESystems Engineering Capability Assessment Model (SECAM). The effort was sponsored by theElectronics Industries Association (EIA), and included authors from the development teamsof both original models.

Like both source models, the SECM is designed to measure and improvethe capability of the systems engineering processes an organization is using. In addition,the SECM is designed to facilitate compliance with the EIA’s Standard for SystemsEngineering (EIA 632).

The SECM includes both the specific systems engineering tasks andcommon management tasks that an organization should perform for effective systemsengineering to be practiced. The unique systems engineering tasks are organized by levelof difficulty in specific practices and advanced practices. The SECM also includesexplicit and independent measures of the degree of effectiveness and the degree of valueof processes and work products

This workshop includes an overview of the model, its architecture, primary methods ofusing the model, the assessment methodology, and summarizes the key differences with theSE-CMM and SECAM.

Intended Audience:

Systems engineering managers; SE project leaders; Program managers; Systems engineers.This workshop is right for you if:

• your organization is evaluating the SECM and you are an evaluator, or
• your organization has decided to adopt the SECM but you are not integrally involved in model deployment
• your organization has been using the SE-CMM or SECAM and wants to understand the differences between the models

Class Size: Limited to 30 participants.

Kerinia Cusick is a Director and one of the foundersat SECAT LLC. She is an experienced Capability Maturity Model (CMM) author, assessor andtrainer. She is one of the authors of the Systems Engineering CMM, the Integrated ProductDevelopment CMM, and the Systems Engineering CMM Assessment Method. She has also served asa key reviewer for the Systems Security Engineering CMM, and the Electronics IndustryAssociation’s Systems Engineering Capability Model.

Ms. Cusick has extensive first hand experience with the problems and successes ofcompanies deploying CMMs through her work as a consultant to over 70 companies from 7countries and her work as a leader for SE-CMM deployment within Hughes Space andCommunications.

Ms. Cusick has an extensive background in commercial and military product developmenthaving worked on commercial satellites and Space Defense Initiative programs at Hughes,fighter aircraft at Grumman and shipboard elevator systems for the Navy. Ms. Cusick holdsa Master’s of Science degree from the University of Southern California in SystemsManagement, and a Bachelor’s of Science degree from Drexel University in MechanicalEngineering.

 Ilene Minnich is a Director and founding partner at SECAT LLC.She is an experienced Capability Maturity Model (CMM) author, assessor and trainer. Sheparticipated as an author during the development of the Systems Engineering CMM and theSystems Engineering CMM Assessment Method and as a steering group member for thedevelopment of the Integrated Product Development CMM. She has also served as a keyreviewer for the Systems Security Engineering CMM, the Electronics IndustryAssociation’s Systems Engineering Capability Model, and the Software EngineeringInstitute’s CMM Integration project.

Ms. Minnich has worked as a process improvement and assessment consultant to over 70organizations from 7 countries. She has written and presented papers in both the U.S. andinternationally, on several topics pertaining to lessons learned using the SE-CMM andusing the SE-CMM for process improvement. In her previous position at Hughes AircraftCompany, Ms. Minnich was responsible for the deployment of the SE-CMM and the conduct ofSE-CMM assessments at all of the systems engineering organizations within Hughes AircraftCompany. She also has experience in the design and development of both commercial andgovernment products at Hughes Aircraft Company and IBM. Ms. Minnich holds a B.S. degreeform Lehigh University and an M.S. degree from the University of Southern California.

Additional Information:

The instructor has indicated she will also provide:

A copy of the SECM to each student.

Proposed Course Outline:

Please note the following is based upon a full-day tutorial. The half-day tutorialwill be a subset of this.

• Improving product development processes
• Model development goals
• Development process

How you can use the SECM

• Measurement
• Guidance in:
  • doing systems engineering
  • developing processes
  • improving processes

Model architecture and what that means to you

• Continuous model
• Advanced practices and generic attributes

How the model fits in with other improvement standards

• Why is the SECM not a Capability Maturity Model?
• Differences between the SECM and SE-CMM or SECAM
• Quick summary of the CMM Integration activities

Impact to SE-CMM/SECAM Users

• Should you be doing anything differently if you have been using the SE-CMM or the SECAM?

Assessments: what are they?

• Benefits of an assessment -- using the data
• The steps in an SECM assessment
• Are you ready for an assessment?
• Resources required to do an assessment