Course Aim

Systems Engineering—Advanced begins with our three-day Systems Engineering--Introduction course and follows with a two-day practicum that provides attendees with the opportunity to reinforce and the material covered in the introductory course. In addition to providing, Systems Engineering—Advanced also provides further detail on the early stages of the system life cycle, particularly Conceptual Design. The practicum then takes attendees through a number of design exercises that illustrate the application of systems engineering processes in a variety of contexts without assuming any prior knowledge of any particular development domain. The exercises provide the opportunity to practice, discuss and reflect on systems engineering in the early life cycle. Attendees receive a copy of the presenter’s book Applied Systems Engineering.

Course Outline

Systems: Systems revision | Systems boundary | Functional / physical descriptions | Systems of Interest | Collections of Systems (System of systems, Family of systems, Portfolio of systems) | System exercises

Systems Acquisition: Systems acquisition revision | Systems acquisition exercises (Life-cycle issues during Conceptual Design | Savings resulting from the application of SE | Design for future intentions | Systems acquisition in Defence

Conceptual Design: Revision of Conceptual Design activities | Conceptual Design exercises | Mission, goals and objectives | Context diagram | System boundary | Trade studies | Develop functional flow block diagrams | Develop requirements breakdown structure |SyRS format

Preliminary Design: Preliminary Design activities | Preliminary Design exercises | Identify Configuration Items | Development specifications format | Derive requirements for selected items

Individual Conceptual Design Exercise: Mission, goals and objectives | Measures of effectiveness | Identify constraints | Identify external interfaces | Context diagram | System boundary Trade studies

Course Material

TBC