Description:

This tutorial discusses processes for engineering a system based on US and UKcommercial and government standards and guides. The focus will be on the processes andmethodologies of EIA 632 "Processes for Engineering a System," ISO/IEC 15288"System Life Cycle Processes," and the UK "Guide to the DERA SystemsEngineering Practices Reference Model." Interfacing standards for engineering systemsand measuring an organization’s capability to complete the processes will beaddressed. Specifically, this tutorial will be cover the technical processes involved withengineering a system — agreement, planning, assessment, control, systems analysis,system design, and realization — and the interfaces of these processes withsupporting enterprise and project processes.

The purpose is to (1) discuss the intent and scope of the various standards and guides,(2) influence the engineering of systems in international enterprises, and (3) provideparticipants with knowledge that will be useful in enhancing their engineeringeffectiveness and efficiency. The tutorial will be of an overview nature with severalexercises used to highlight selected key features.

Intended Audience: Those responsible for and participating in theplanning, controlling and implementing of an engineering effort involved with theengineering or reengineering of a system’s end products and associated processes.

Dr. Jerome (Jerry) G. Lake is a recognized instructor, consultant andspeaker in systems engineering. He is Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Systems Managementinternational (SMi) and past president of the International Council on Systems Engineering(INCOSE). Dr. Lake was a principal writer of EIA/IS-632, IEEE 1220-1994 and the EIAstandard 632 "Processes for Engineering a System." He currently serves as theINCOSE representative to the ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7/WG7 preparing a standard on "SystemLife Cycle Processes." He has authored numerous articles on systems engineering andrelated topics.

Dr. Lake is an aerospace engineer with advanced degrees from the University of Michiganand University of Oklahoma. He is a graduate of the US Military Academy and served as acommand pilot in the Strategic Air Command and R&D staff member for Strategic Systemsin the Air Force, as a dean at two business schools and director of engineering managementgraduate programs at the University of Maryland, and as a consultant and project managerin industry working on both Air Force and Navy cruise missiles. As a professor of systemsengineering at the Defense Systems Management College he was a prime writer of the draftMIL-STD-499B, "Systems Engineering," and was a consultant on an IntegratedWeapons Systems Management team that improved the practice and effectiveness of IntegratedProduct and Process Development in the Air Force. Dr. Lake is a Fellow of the AmericanSociety for Engineering Management and recognized in Men of Achievement and Who’s Whoin the World, East, and Southeast, and American Education. He received the Founders Awardfrom INCOSE in 1996.

Proposed Course Outline:

Morning (3 hours)

The Challenge of Engineering World Class Systems

• Participant Evaluation of their Current Capabilities for Engineering Systems
• Two Dimensions of Engineering Systems
• Barriers to Realization of World Class Engineering of Systems Recognition
• Five Right Things to do for Engineering World Class Systems
• Exercise: What Processes are applicable?
• Expected Benefits of Doing the Right Things

Overview of New and Evolving Commercial and Government Standards

• ISO Standards
• National Standards and Guides
• Capability Maturity Models

Comparison of Standards

• The Quagmire
• Your Way Out

Context in which Systems are Engineered

• The Project Environment
• Interfaces with Enterprise and Project Processes

Technical Processes for Engineering World Class Systems

• The Supply and Acquisition Processes
  • Agreements
  • Exercise: Understanding an Acquirer - Supplier Agreement
  • Supplier Management
• The Planning Process
  • Planning, Organizing, and Directing
  • Exercise: Why Plan?

Afternoon (4 hours)

• The Assessment Process
  • Progress Measurements
• The Control Process
  • Risk Management
  • Exercise: How are high risks averted?
• The Systems Analysis Process
• Trade-off Studies and Effectiveness Assessments

• The Systems Design Processes
• Requirements Definition
  • Exercise: Who are the Stakeholders?
  • Exercise: What are the Stakeholder Requirements?
  • Exercise: How are System Technical Requirements specified?
  • Exercise: How are Derived Technical Requirements defined?
• Design Definition
  • Exercise: How are Design Solutions defined?
  • Specified Requirements, their role

• The Product Realization Processes
  • Integration and Test
  • Product Verification and Validation
  • Transition To Use

Implementation Considerations

• The Role of the System Engineer

Conclusions and Questions/Discussion