Systems Engineering Training Workshop

Systems Engineering Training Workshop for Engineers and Non-Engineers

An Intense Systems Engineering Training Workshop presented over five days (5 days)

Earn 26 PDH (Approved for Professional Institute of Engineering) and Work on a Real Systems Engineering Project – Hands-on

Systems Engineering Training Workshop Objective: Upon completion of the training workshop, the attendees will:

• List what Systems Engineering is
• Understand Systems Engineering process and activities
• Learn how to write system specifications and requirements
• Learn on system design and architecture
• Understand best practices on systems engineering testing, integration, verification, and validation
• Apply Systems Engineering process to a real life scenario
• Work on a real systems engineering process
• Learn how agile and lean principles work on systems engineering

Systems Engineering Training Workshop Outline

0. Introduction of Systems Engineering

• Why Systems Engineering?
• Benefits of Systems Engineering
• Impact of poor systems engineering on LCC (Lifecycle Cost)

1. Overview of System Engineering Process

• Concept Exploration
• Concept Definition
• Requirements Analysis
• System synthesis
• Design tradeoffs
• Risk Assessment
• Engineering Design
• Verification and Validation
• System Integration
• Operations and Maintenance

1.1 Importance of Systems Engineering (SE)

• What is Systems Engineering?
• Basics of Systems and Systems Engineering (SE)
• The Myth of System Engineering (SE)
• Why Systems Engineering Systems Engineering?
• Value of Systems Engineering
• Why Systems Engineering Systems Engineering?
• Impact of poor systems engineering on LCC (Lifecycle Cost)

2. Business/Mission Needs and Objectives

• Introduction of Tonex System Engineering (SE) Process and Templates
• Project Mission Objectives
• Cost, Schedule, Resources and Tasks
• Proposal Development (RFPs)
• Information for Bid (IFB)
• Resource Allocation
• Task Definitions
• Statement of Work (SOW)
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

3. Leading and Managing Systems Engineering Activities

• Planning for Design and Development (SEMP/TEMP)
• Plans, Processes, and Documentation
• The Context of the System in its Environment
• Engineering Complex Systems
• Understanding the System Environment
• Needs Analysis
• Statement of Objectives
• Defining the Operational Requirements
• Measures of Effectiveness and Performance
• Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
• Describing System Requirements
• Requirements Engineering
• Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
• Operational Scenarios
• Working with Systems Engineering Cases
• Requirements analysis and design with Systems Engineering Cases
• System Engineering Management
• Tools and techniques essential for development of complex systems
• Definition of the Problem
• Measures of Effectiveness/Measures of Performance
• Needs and Objectives Analysis
• Concept and Engineering Development
• Design and Development
• Systems Engineering Method
• Requirements Engineering

3.1 Systems Engineering Life Cycle

• Building Blocks
• Commitment of Life-Cycle Cost
• Cost Risk: Requirements Errors
• System Engineering as an engineering discipline
• Creating and executing an interdisciplinary
• System life cycle
• Technology Readiness and Technology Readiness Levels
• Manufacturing Readiness and Manufacturing Readiness Levels
• Customer and stakeholder’s needs
• System Engineering as a process
• State the problem
• Investigate alternatives
• Model the system
• Integrate
• Launch the system
• Assess performance
• Re-evaluate
• System Engineering Principles
• Architecture
• Different architectural perspectives
• Importance of architecture in product planning, producibility, interoperability and sustainability standpoint
• Good and bad architecture
• Modeling and simulation
• System optimization
• Optimization tools and process example
• Logistics and management
• Holistic understanding of the requirements
• Top-down approach
• Balanced design
• Agile systems engineering principles
• Lean systems engineering principles

4. System Design, Development, and Integration

• Prototype Development
• Sub-system and component design
• Integrating, Testing, and Evaluating the System
• Planning for Design, Integration, and Testing

5. Design Reviews

• SRR (System Requirements Review)
• PDR (Preliminary Design Review)
• SFR (System Functional Review)
• CDR (Critical Design Review)
• DDR (Detailed Design Review)
• PRR (Production Readiness Review)
• TRR (Test Readiness Review)
• SVR (System Demonstration and Validation)

6. Reliability Engineering

• Reliability engineering principles
• How operations can improve reliability of their processes
• How to influence improvements in availability
• How someone can assist in reducing process failures
• Root Cause Engineering Failure Analysis
• Error Control Coding (ECC) Fundamentals
• Related Systems Engineering Studies and Projects

7. System Deployment and Operations

• Production and Deployment
• Transition to support
• Systems fielding
• Operations and maintenance of deployed systems
• System modifications and upgrades
• Modernization, the Big Upgrade
• Retirement and replacement of systems
• Training

8. Leading and Managing Systems Engineering Activities

• Planning for Deployment, Operations, and the Transfer of Systems and Technologies
• Managing System Projects
• Managing Risks
• Integrated Logistics support
• Collaborating with Teams and Technical Specialties
• Presenting the Team Project

9. Systems Engineering and Program Management (SE/PM)

• Systems Engineering Management Plan [SEMP]
• Systems Engineering Program Management
• Tools Used in Systems Engineering and Program Management
• Planning Tools
• Controlling Tools
• Product-Improvement Tools
• Analytic Approach for Estimating SE/PM Costs

10. Systems Engineering Project Management Processes

• Project Planning
• Project Staffing
• Project Monitoring and Control
• Defining the Project Constraints Risk Management
• Cost Analysis
• Configuration Management
• Documentation
• Systems Engineering Study

11. Systems Engineering Project Management

• Project Conceptualization
• Resource Management
• Project Implementation
• Project Closeout
• Program Control and Evaluation

12. System Modeling and Diagrams

• Context diagram
• Functional Flow Diagram
• N2 Diagram
• Physical Block Diagram
• Structural – Class, Component, Deployment, Object;
• Behavioral – Activity, Collaboration, Sequence, State, Use Case

13. Overview of UML and SysML

• Diagram Overview and Language Concepts
• What is SysML?
• UML for Systems Engineering R
• SysML as a UML Profile
• A subset of UML with extensions
• Systems including hardware, software, data, personnel, procedures, and facilities
• SysML in specification, analysis, design, verification, and validation of system

14. Overview of System Modeling with SysML

• Functional/Behavioral Model
• Performance Model
• System model
• Structural/Component Model
• Other Engineering Analysis Model
• Model Based Systems Engineering Benefits
• Shared understanding of system requirements and design
• Assists in managing complex system development
• Improved design quality
• Systems Engineering Using SysML
• Essential Object-Oriented Concepts, Terminology and Notation
• Real-time Systems Engineering
• Introduction to Real-time Systems
• Object-orientated and UML/SysML concepts
• Modeling and process overview
• Real-time systems and object-orientation
• Define System Scope
• Document the System Usage interaction
• Document the System Modes
• Specify System Constraints
• Activity Diagrams
• Partitioning the problem

Workshop 1- Systems Engineering Process – How to translate customer needs into systems requirements, design, implementation, integration, verification, validation, and operation

• principles of the engineering of systems
• development of physical solution description
• development of logical solution description (model-based architecting/design)
• effectiveness evaluation and decision – trade studies
• description of system elements – specification writing
• system integration
• verification and validation
• engineering management
• workshop – matching common activities to the SE elements
• work product attributes
• requirements traceability
• design traceability
• test/verification traceability

Workshop 2  Requirements Analysis

• what are requirements?
• types of requirements, and how they relate to analysis, specification & design
• requirements quality attributes
• requirements languages other than natural: operational, formal
• requirements analysis (RA) – how to do it
• workshop – context analysis
• workshop – design requirements analysis interactive whiteboard exercise
• workshop – states and modes analysis
• workshop – parsing analysis
• requirements quality metrics
• workshop – functional analysis
• lean concepts in functional analysis for the product-oriented enterprise
• ERA analysis, rest-of scenario analysis, out-of-range analysis, other constraints search, stakeholder value analysis
• the Operational Concept Description (OCD)
• managing RA
• requirements analysis and management software tools
• common pitfalls in performing Systems Engineering

Workshop 3: TONEX Framework for Systems Engineering Processes

• Systems Engineering
• System Design
• Product Realization
• Technical Management
• Environments
• Human Capital management
• Security, Safety and Assurance
• Professional leadership and development
• Knowledge management
• Requirement identification & Capture
• Requirements Capture
• Functional Requirements
• Performance requirements
• Interface requirements
• Constraints
• Operational requirements
• Specialties requirements
• Certification (Regulatory) Requirements
• Requirements validation
• Generate Alternative Designs
• Evaluate Alternative Designs
• Select Preferred Design
• Off-the-Shelf (OTS) Designs

Workshop 4: Project Management and Systems Engineering (PM&SE) Development Framework

• Levels of Project Leadership
• Description of Role/Responsibility
• Level I: Team Practitioners/Technical Engineers
• Level 2: Subsystem Leads
• Level 3: Project Managers and Project Systems Engineers
• Level 4: Program Managers and Program Systems Engineers
• Level of Expertise (LOE)/Competency
• Learning and Development Emphasis
• Level I: Team Practitioners/Technical Engineers
• Level 2: Subsystem Leads
• Level 3: Project Managers and Project Systems Engineers
• Level 4: Program Managers and Program Systems Engineers
• Technology Planning

Workshop 5: Systems and Systems engineering in the Project/Program Environment

• Systems and SE in the project/program environment
• PM attributes to support SE
• SE Skills and Skill set
• Different functional groups do to support SE
• The System Development Life Cycle
• Systems Engineering Team Building
• The Systems Engineering Process
• Systems Engineering Requirements
• Functional analysis process
• System Analysis and Design Process
• Conceptual System Design and Development
• Preliminary System Design and Development
• Detail Design and Development
• Developing a Systems Architecture
• Technical Reviews and Audits
• Design Reviews decisions and rules
• Conceptual Design to Production reviews
• Role of Configuration Management
• Verification and Validation Testing
• Risk Management Methodology
• System Cost and Scheduling
• System Production
• Systems Engineering Management and Planning

Workshop 6: System Engineering (SE) Operational Feasibility

• Program/Project Scope
• Determine the feasibility and acceptability
• Planning and programming/budgeting
• Investment Analysis
• Alignment of IT and Technology to the Business
• Designing for Operational Feasibility
• Maintainability, Reliability, Usability, Supportability, Producibility and Affordability
• Measures of Effectiveness/Measures of Performance
• SE/PM Plans for transition into operations and maintenance
• SE/PM Plans for changes and upgrades
• SE/PM Plans for ultimate retirement or replacement of the system

Workshop 7: Applying Systems Engineering

• Systems Engineering Technical Management
• The Traditional Project Life Cycle and Systems Engineering
• Applying Systems Engineering in Your Project
• Applying Systems Engineering
• Product and Project Management Processes
• Product and Project Planning
• Monitoring and Control
• System Cost and Scheduling
• Concept of Operations (ConOps)
• System Requirements
• System Design
• System Production and Product Realization
• Software/Hardware Development and Testing
• Integration and Verification
• Initial Deployment
• System Validation
• Operations and Maintenance
• Retirement/Replacement
• Risk Management
• Configuration Management
• Integrated Product & Process Development (IPDT)
• Risk Management
• Technical Support