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04 - Evolving SE for the 21st Century . Coping with the explosion in integration and complexity |
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PresenterProfessor Philip John, Professor of Systems Engineering at Cranfield University. |
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04 - Evolving SE for the 21st Century . Coping with the explosion in integration and complexity |
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PresenterProfessor Philip John, Professor of Systems Engineering at Cranfield University. |
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Modern systems and subsystems are more highly integrated and complex than ever before. The rapid advances in information and communication technologies and their use in systems in all sectors drive much of this accelerating change. For example, introducing intelligent control, Engine Management Systems, ABS, Traction control, electric braking, fly-by-wire control and so on fundamentally changes the nature of systems , the way they behave and the way in which we must set about conceiving, designing, proving, maintaining and using them. These issues are becoming all pervasive and important in an increasing range of sectors, including agriculture, automotive, aerospace, transportation, manufacturing, process industries and defence. Systems engineering must evolve to cope with this changing nature of systems and also with the increasing challenges and demands of the modern environment and marketplace. These challenges include the increasing commercial and public focus on liability and safety and systems engineers must be able to demonstrate professionalism and justify their actions and decisions. Unfortunately, far too many inappropriate practices are embedded in the way we set about developing systems, with procedures and project organisations better suited to systems as they were thirty or forty years ago.
This tutorial looks at the changing nature of systems and assesses the implications on their development, proving, maintenance and use. The aim is to help systems engineers to develop complex systems more successfully and confidently in the 21st Century. The objectives include:
developing an understanding of modern challenges and of the implications of increasing system integration on systems engineering
identifying the shortcomings in many current practices and assessing the approach needed for successfully developing and managing modern complex systems
assessing the organisation of systems engineering projects and the relationship between disciplines
describing a toolkit that every systems engineer should apply to modern problems
The tutorial is aimed at systems engineers, systems managers and project managers from any sector where integrated systems or subsystems are developed. There is no limit necessary on the numbers for the tutorial.
The tutorial covers a full-day.
The tutorial will be presented by Professor Philip John. Phil is the Professor of Systems Engineering at Cranfield University and also has many years industrial experience in a variety of systems engineering roles.
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Last Updated: 29 May, 2003
