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MEMO
<indicate, First Submission, Second Submission, or Final
Submission>
FROM: <insert student name>
TO: Professor Poladian, Instructor SELP 694, LMU
DATE: <insert date>
SUBJECT: Memo on <insert speaker name>, <insert title of
speaker’s presentation in quotes>
On February XX, 2015 in the SELP 694 Seminar Class, Mr.
XYZ presented a lecture entitled “Systems Engineering LMU
SE Seminar Class.” Mr. XYZ is currently the Vice President of
ABC Corp. Mr. XYZ graduated from XYZ University and
joined the US Navy to work in various intelligence positions
and travelled throughout the world.
Mr. XYZ described the typical career path for a systems
engineer including the expectations and responsibilities of the
various positions. Furthermore, Mr. XYZ shared the different
aspects of business sizes and how to develop new business in
both the commercial and government arenas.
Mr. XYZ started off the seminar with a concept called
“MATTESS,” which stands for “Money, Advancement, Travel,
Training, Experience, Satisfaction, and Security.” The concept
states that an employee is motivated to do their best work by at

least one of the aforementioned items. System engineers usually
promote themselves out of a job, which includes the transition
to engineering management, then managing engineering, then
program management, and finally business development.
Transitioning to engineering management requires good
communication and motivational skills. In addition,
transitioning to managing engineering requires the
understanding of corporate goals as well as management of
budgets, schedules, requirements, and business strategy
development. Furthermore, transitioning to program
management requires successful budget, schedule, requirements,
and new business development as well as providing key
interactions with the customer. Lastly, transitioning to business
development requires a good understanding of how business is
generated, engaging customers and competitors, helping the
customer sell the solution, find funding, and finally keeping the
program sold. Mr. XYZ described the different business sizes
including the large-sized businesses such as Lockheed Martin
and Northrop Grumman, medium-sized businesses such as
Honeywell and Rockwell Collins, and finally small-sized
businesses, which are the largest growing market segments
relied upon by the government and large-sized businesses.
Mr. XYZ’s presentation made me realize that satisfaction is
what motivates me to do my best work as a subcontracts
manager at my company. Furthermore, my position allows me to
transition into my company’s business development area and I
found Mr. XYZ’s presentation useful in helping me achieve my
promotion goal into this new area.
I found the speaker very engaging and I appreciated his
openness with his personal life which allowed the audience to
connect more with him on a personal level. I also appreciated
the information he shared about the current and future financial
situation of the nation that allowed us to remain optimistic
about our future business and security.

SELP_694_Guidelines_(2).docx
Memo Guidelines
· Memos should summarize the content of the lecturer’s
presentation. Pretend you are writing to a boss or colleague
when you write about the contents of the speech.
· Use proper grammar and mechanics. By the time you submit
the final draft to the professor, there should be no grammar,
spelling, or mechanical mistakes. It is both your job and mine to
make sure that you are submitting a coherent, intelligent, and
well-written paper after each speaker.
· Before you turn in the final copy, you will email the first two
rough drafts of your memo to me.
Memo Timeline
· 1. The first draft you will turn in will be due the Saturday at 5
pm following the presentation to [email protected]. If you turn
it in even a minute late, I will only give you one round of edits
rather than two. This will affect your grade!
· 2. I will return your papers back to you by Monday morning
with my suggested edits.
· 3. You will revise your paper again with my edits and send it
to me by Tuesday at 5 pm. I will give you one more round of
edits by Wednesday at 5 pm, and then you will have to edit your
paper one more time before you submit it to the professor on
Thursday.
Grading Criteria
· Proper spelling
· Subject-verb agreement
· Word choice—did you use the correct word and demonstrate
that you have a grasp on tone and language?
· Format
· All papers must be in Times New Roman font, size 12.

· One inch margins
· Approximately 500-750 words
· Professionalism.
· Avoid slang and colloquial phrases
Level of Measurement
Class Assignment 2
Following are some items from a public-opinion survey. For
each item, indicate the level of measurement
1. What is your occupation?_________________
2. How many years of school have you
completed?___________________
3. If you were asked to use one of these four names for your
social class, which would you say you belonged to?
_______Upper _______Middle
_______Working _______Lower
4. What is your age? __________________
5. In what country were you born? ____________________
6. What is your grade-point average?
_________________________
7. What is your major?
_____________________________________
8. The only way to deal with the drug problem is to legalize all
drugs
_______Strongly agree
________Agree
________Undecided
________Disagree
________Strongly disagree
9. What is your astrological sign? ______________________
10. How many brothers and sister do you
have?_________________________________.

L
evel
of Measurement
Class Assignment 2
Following are some items from a public
-
opinion survey. For each item, indicate the level of
measurement
1.
What is your occupation?
_________________
2.
How many years of school have you
completed?___________________
3.
If you were asked to use one of these four names for your social
class, which would you say you
belonged to?
_______Upper
_______Middle

_______Working
_______Lower
4.
What is your age? __________________
5.
In what country were you born? ____________________
6.
What is your grade
-
point average? _________________________
7.
What is your major?
_____________________________________
8.
The only way to deal with the drug problem is to legalize all
drugs
________Agree
________Undecided

________Disag
ree
9.
What is your astrological sign? ______________________
10.
How many brothers and sister do you
have?_________________________________.
Level of Measurement
Class Assignment 2
Following are some items from a public-opinion survey. For
each item, indicate the level of
measurement
1. What is your occupation?_________________
2. How many years of school have you
completed?___________________
3. If you were asked to use one of these four names for your
social class, which would you say you
belonged to?
_______Upper _______Middle
_______Working _______Lower
4. What is your age? __________________
5. In what country were you born? ____________________
6. What is your grade-point average?

_________________________
7. What is your major?
_____________________________________
8. The only way to deal with the drug problem is to legalize all
drugs
________Agree
________Undecided
________Disagree
9. What is your astrological sign? ______________________
10. How many brothers and sister do you
have?_________________________________.
Social Statistics
Class Work 1
1. Is an average a “descriptive” or an “inferential” statistics?
2. Do “descriptive” or inferential” statistics help researchers to
generalize from a sample to a population?
3. What is the term for the entire group in which a researcher is
interested?
4. When all members of a population in which a researcher is
interested are included in a study, the study is called a
_________.
5. “National opinion polls often use a sample of about 20,000
respondents.” Is this statement “true or false”?
6. “Some populations are small.“ Is this statement “true or

“false”?
7. Is the term data “singular” or plural”?
8. Should a percentage obtained from a census be referred to as
a “statistic” or as a Parameter”?
9. Should an average for a sample be referred to as a statistic?
Chapter 2 General Exercise
1. Here is a set of variables with their categories adapted from
the CIRCLE survey of 18 to-25 year olds. Classify each of the
variables as categorical or numerical. Then decide whether the
categorical variables are nominal or ordinal
A. How often do you attend church or other place of worship?
1. more than once a week
2. once or twice a month
3. several times a year
4. almost never
B. Are you…
1. Married
2. Unmarried with partner
3. Single
4. Separated or divorced

5. Widowed
C. What is the highest level of schooling you expect to
complete?
1. 11th grade or less
2. high school degree or equivalent
3. a non-college post-high school degree (e.g., technical school)
4. Some college
5. An associate’s degree (2-year college)
6. A bachelor’s degree (4-year college)
7. A post-graduate degree
D. From what you remember while you were growing up, would
you say that your parents voted
1. Every election
2. Most elections
3. Only in important elections
4. Rarely
5. Not at all
E. In what month and year were you born?-------------
F. Do you agree or disagree that the government addresses the
needs and concerns of young people like you?

1. Strong agree
2. Not so strongly agree
3. Not so strongly disagree
4. Strongly disagree
G. How many paid jobs do you have?____________
H. How many children do you have?_____________
I. Generally speaking, do you consider yourself as a
Republican, Democrat, an Independent, or something else?
1. Republican
2. Independent
3. Democrat
4. Other
J. When you were growing up, did either of your parents take
you with them when they went to vote?
1. Yes
2. No
4. Classify each of the variables in Appendix E as an nominal,
ordinal, interval and Scale.

Excerpt from SAE 550 Lecture Series:
Systems Architecting and the Political Process
What’s Happening with Manned Space Programs?
University of Southern California
Viterbi School of Engineering
Systems Architecture & Engineering (SAE)
Ken Cureton
February 2015
[email protected]
*
SAE 550 CLASS 05 EXCERPT
PAGE *
1970s SPACE SHUTTLE ORIGINALLY TO BE BEGINNING
OF SPACE INFRASTRUCTURECONCEPT SOON ECLIPSED
AS SHUTTLE NOT FUNDED ALONG WITH THE SPACE
STATIONSTATION SUPPORT AND RESUPPLY WAS
ORIGINAL SHUTTLE JUSTIFICATIONSPACE STATION
NOT FUNDED UNTIL 1980sRESULT:VERY DIFFERENT
SHUTTLE THAN ORIGINALLY ENVISIONEDDESIGN
HEAVILY POLITICALLY DRIVEN

PAGE *
ORIGINAL SPACE SHUTTLE
HIGH-
CROSSRANGE
ORBITER
PAGE *
ORIGINAL SPACE SHUTTLE
MANNED FLYBACK BOOSTER
PAGE *
SPACE
SHUTTLE
OPTIONS
CONSIDERED
PAGE *

SPACE SHUTTLE OPTION:
ON A SATURN V (APOLLO) BOOSTER
PAGE *
FINAL
SPACE
SHUTTLE
DESIGN
PAGE *
POLITICAL PROBLEMS!NASA AWARDED SOLID
BOOSTER CONTRACTS TO MORTON THIOKOL IN UTAH
INSTEAD OF BUILDING/TESTING IN FLORIDANEGATIVE
PERFORMANCE IMPACT!SOLIDS MUST BE SHIPPED BY
RAIL TO FLORIDA, ERGO:HAD TO BE SMALLER THAN
ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED TO FIT INTO STANDARD
RAILWAY CARS

PAGE *
LOSS OF
CHALLENGER
JANUARY 1986
PAGE *
LAUNCH
DAY
CONDITIONS: COLD!
PAGE *
BOOSTER SEGMENT
PAGE *
BOOSTER

BURN-
THRU
PAGE *
WHAT’S NEXT FOR MANNED SPACE?LOSS OF
CHALLENGER IN 1987 GREATLY INFLUENCED THE
PROGRAM’S FUTUREGRADUAL RECOGNITION IN 1990s
THAT SHUTTLE DESIGN WAS AGINGMORE EXPENSIVE
TO MAINTAIN AND LAUNCH THAN EVERLOSS OF
COLUMBIA IN 2003 ACCELERATED THE SEARCH FOR
COST SAVINGSMANY REPLACEMENT SYSTEMS
PROPOSED, FUNDED, AND THEN CANCELLED
PAGE *
MOST RECENTLY CANCELLED
PROGRAM:CONSTELLATION:
NASA AUTHORIZATION
ACT OF 2010
BROUGHT PROGRAM
TO AN END
ON OCTOBER 11, 2010CONSTELLATION PROGRAM

REPLACED BY THE U.S. NATIONAL SPACE POLICYFINAL
SHUTTLE FLIGHT: JULY 8, 2011RELIANT ON RUSSIANS
AND OTHERS THEREAFTER
PAGE *
RUSSIAN SPACECRAFT ARE NOW THE ONLY MEANS
USED BY ASTRONAUTS TRAVELING TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS)BAIKONUR
(KAZAKHSTAN) IS SOLE LAUNCH SITE USED FOR
MANNED MISSIONS TO ISSMAY 2014: RUSSIANS
ANNOUNCED NO MORE SUPPORT TO ISS AFTER
2020NASA NOW WORKING WITH US
COMPANIESDEVELOPING SPACE TAXIS WITH GOAL OF
RESTORING US TRANSPORT TO USS BY 2017
PAGE *
RUSSIAN “SOYUZ” MANNED LAUNCH SYSTEM
PAGE *
SOYUZ-TM EXTERIOR
CREW CAPACITY: THREE
CREW RETURN MODULE

PAGE *
SOYUZ-TM INTERIOR
PAGE *
CHINA: MANNED SPACE
FLIGHT PLANFIRST MANNED SPACE
VEHICLE: 10/15/2003SPACE LABORATORY: 2015
20 DAYS WITH CREW OF 3SPACE STATION: 2018+
INDIA: MANNED SPACE FLIGHT AFTER 2017
SHENZHOU 5 REENTRY MODULE
PAGE *
COMMERCIAL SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE?NASA’S $30M
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM 2 COMPANIES: BOEING,
SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION SPACE SYSTEMS &
SPACEXPOTENTIALLY TRANSPORT CREW MEMBERS

FROM UNITED STATES LAUNCH SITES TO ISSAPRIL 2014:
SPACEX
COMMERCIAL
DRAGON
RESUPPLY SHIP
DOCKS WITH ISS
PAGE *
PAGE *
X-38
(B-52 DROP TO
PARAFOIL
LANDING)
PAGE *

NASA X-51A "WAVERIDER“
MAY 27 2010: ~ 200 seconds, up to ~ Mach 5 and ~ 70,000 feet
MAY 3 2013: 240 seconds, Mach 5.1 at 60,000 feet
*
PAGE *
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA) ARIANE 5 LAUNCH
VEHICLEUNMANNED-- BUT COULD BE EXPANDED
PAGE *
RUSSIAN “PROTON” LAUNCH VEHICLE
PAGE *
RUSSIAN “PROTON” BOOSTER
BUILT AND LAUNCHED ON

TRANSPORTER!
PAGE *
NEW “ANGARA”
RUSSIAN
MANNED
LAUNCH
VEHICLESANNOUNCED
BY VLADIMIR
PUTIN
JULY OF 2013SCHEDULED
FOR 2018-2020
PAGE *
CHINESE “LONG MARCH” 2F VEHICLESHENZHOU
CAPSULE
LAUCHERCHINESE “LONG MARCH” 7 VEHICLE IN
DEVELOPMENT

PAGE *
INDIAN “POLAR SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE”
PSLVUNMANNED-- BUT PROTOTYPE FOR FUTURE
MANNED BOOSTERS
PAGE *
The Relationship Between Technology and Politics
PAGE *
THE POLITICAL FACTS OF LIFE:#1 POLITICS, NOT
TECHNOLOGY, CONTROLS WHAT TECHNOLOGY IS
ALLOWED TO ACHIEVEBUDGET LIMITATIONS
(AMOUNT, COLOR-OF-MONEY)REGULATORY
CONSTRAINTSSCHEDULE DEADLINES#2 COST
RULESSOMETIMES HAVE TO OVERSTATE THE BENEFITS
AND UNDERSTATE THE COSTS JUST TO GET A PROGRAM
STARTEDPROGRAM FUNDING HAS TO BE RE-WON EACH
YEARGOVERNMENT RARELY PROVIDES AN OPTIMAL
FUNDING PROFILE (PREFERS REDUCED & LEVEL-
LOADED FUNDING OVER A LONGER TIME)

PAGE *
THE POLITICAL FACTS OF LIFE: (continued)#3 A STRONG,
COHERENT CONSTITUENCY IS ESSENTIALEVERY
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM MUST SERVE MULTIPLE
AGENDASGOVERNMENT LOVES TO DICTATE MULTIPLE-
MISSION SYSTEMS#4 TECHNICAL PROBLEMS BECOME
POLITICAL PROBLEMS#5 THE BEST ENGINEERING
SOLUTIONS ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST
POLITICAL SOLUTIONSTHE “ILLOGIC” OF
NEGOTIATION, COMPROMISE AND APPEARANCE
PAGE *
OTHER (LESS UNIVERSAL) POLITICAL FACTS OF
LIFE:TIMING IS EVERYTHINGPOLITICAL PROBLEMS
BECOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS (OR
OPPORTUNITIES!)POLITICS PREFERS IMMEDIATE, NEAR-
TERM GRATIFICATIONPOLITICS BELIEVES IN GURUS
AND HEROESA CATCHY SLOGAN IS ESSENTIAL TO
GETTING ATTENTIONPERCEPTION IS OFTEN MORE
IMPORTANT THAN THE TRUTHSTAFFERS SHAPE
DECISION-MAKING
PAGE *

PREDICTION FOR THE FUTUREIN YOUR PRESENTER’S
HUMBLE
(AND EVER SO UNBIASED!) OPINIONU.S. WILL (IN THE
SHORT TERM):CONTINUE IN UNMANNED SPACE, BUT
WITH INCREASING FOREIGN COMPETITIONCONTINUE
TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE FUNDING FOR UNMANNED
SYSTEMS, WITH SOME COMMERCIALIZATION OF
MANNED SPACE-- BUT WITH LITTLE GOVERNMENT
FUNDINGCUT-OFF OF RUSSIAN LAUNCHES AND
SPECTER OF COMPETITION FROM ASIAN COUNTRIES
WILL STIMULATE RESURGENCE OF NATIONAL
PRIDESOMEWHERE AFTER YEAR 2017-TO-2020
PAGE *
PREDICTION FOR THE FUTURE (CONTINUED)FACT OF
LIFE #3: A STRONG, COHERENT CONSTITUENCY IS
ESSENTIALU.S. TYPICALLY PERFORMES STRONGLY
WHEN STIMULATED BY FEAR OF FOREIGN
DOMINATIONOFTEN VILIFIES OTHER COUNTRIES
OUT OF FEARINCREASED PUBLIC SUPPORT DUE TO
PERCEIVED THREAT OF RUSSIANS AND CHINESE AFTER
2020AFTER WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ NO
LONGER A HEAVY DRAIN ON ECONOMY
PAGE *

PREDICTION FOR THE FUTURE (CONTINUED)FACT OF
LIFE #5: BEST TECHNICAL SOLUTION OFTEN NOT BEST
POLITICAL SOLUTIONPOLITICAL “VALUE” OF MANNED
SPACE WILL CHANGE BASED ON TWO
FACTORS:PERCEIVED THREAT OF FOREIGN
DOMINATIONNEED TO REVIVE HIGH-TECH AEROSPACE
JOBSNASA FOCUS PRIMARILY ON AERONAUTICS AND
UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATIONSOME MANNED
SPACE FOR SPACE STATION SUPPORTDOD (AIR FORCE)
TO FOCUS ON MANNED SPACE WITH MILITARY
MISSIONSDISPOSABLE “SPACE PLANE” ON TOP OF AN
EXISTING MILITARY BOOSTER
Technical
Management
Business
Political
People
People
People
People
Performance
Focus Is On:
Schedule
Cost
Politics
Technical
Political
Awareness
Awareness
Level of
Level of
HIGH
HIGH
low
low
Operating domain of the

System Architect
MEMO
First Submission
FROM:
Tamin Alajlan
TO:
Professor Poladian, Instructor SELP 694, LMU
DATE:
1st Feb 2015
SUBJECT:
Memo on Scott Jarvis and Jon Tapping “A Transformative
Investment in California’s Future”
On January 29, 2015 in the SELP 694 Seminar Class, Mr. Scott
Jarvis and Jon Tapping presented a lecture entitled “‘A
Transformative Investment in California’s Future.” Mr. Jarvis is
currently the Deputy Chief Program Manager of California
High-Speed Rail Authority. Mr. Jarvis graduated from
California State University – Chico where he earned B.S. in
Civil Engineering. He has over 26 years of experience in
transportation and commercial planning where he has served in
different roles. Jon Tapping brings a wealth of experience in
transportation program management. He is current serving as
the Director of Risk Management and Project Controls in the
California High Speed Rail Program. In addition, he is the
recipient of several awards in his field such as 2011 Charles H.
Purcell Award given to him for his risk management
accomplishments.
The speakers shared the importance of investing in high-speed
rail in California. They give various benefits of the
infrastructure as the city acts as a hub connecting all other
satellite centers in the locality. This will therefore be a
transformative investment. Furthermore, high-speed rail is

expected to address various transportation challenges commonly
experienced within the area such as congestion, address
increased population as well as address environmental concerns
related from pollution from other forms of transportation. The
speakers also argues that high-speed rail will, in the long run,
cut the cost for the city by up to a third in the current expenses
Jarvis and Jon continue to say the infrastructure will boost
economic development of the region by linking markets and
associated players. It presents various opportunities for
collaboration and investment. Towards the realization of this
goal, funding for the project has been sourced from the federal
reserves as well as the subsequent construction and
environmental clearances. Multiple contracting will be done to
ensure timely delivery of the project milestones. The project
will go through the normal cycle phases of a project. These are
planning, management, preliminary engineering, environmental
approval, ROW acquisition, design, construction, contract
compliance, operation, and maintenance.
There are various requirements that are necessary in the
delivery of such an undertaking. This includes; delivery plans,
work plans, organization structure, schedules, budgets and
delivery approach. Also worth considering, is the design
considerations and integrating systems interfaces. Risk
management and contingency planning is also essential for the
project. Risks need to be identified, and mitigation measures
applied accordingly.
Jarvis and Jon’s presentation made me realize that there are
various facets to project planning that needs to be considered.
All this requires in-depth planning and collaboration between
various parties. This collaboration will involve various
stakeholders such as policymakers, planner, managers, workers,
right of way agents and outreach or Public Relations experts.
Further, contracts, compliance, project, program, risk surveyors
and estimators must also be involved.

All in all, the presentation was very informative and has
enabled me to have a new found respect for the authorities in
the transport sector. The speakers were very engaging and I
appreciated information he shared about the current and future
plans for California High-Speed Rail Authority.

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