Systems engineering is currently characterized by conflicting and contradictory opinions on its nature. The paper begins by describing the evolution of systems engineering in the National Council on Systems Engineering (NCOSE)/ International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) and the difficulty in defining and differentiating systems engineering as a discipline. The paper then identifies and discusses six different and somewhat contradictory camps or perspectives of systems engineering. After identifying the cause of the contradictions the paper suggests one way to reconcile the camps is to dissolve the problem to distinguish between the activity known as systems engineering and the role of the systems engineer with a return to the old pre-NCOSE systems engineering paradigm. The paper then continues by testing the hypothesis and shows that systems engineering is a discipline that can be differentiated from other disciplines. However, it is not a traditional engineering discipline.
Professor Ivica Crnkovic gave a lecture on "A Classification Framework for Software Component Models" in the Distinguished Lecturer Series - Leon The Mathematician.
More Information available at:
http://dls.csd.auth.gr
The document lists the model numbers and brands of various laptop battery packs. It includes batteries for brands like Acer, Apple, Asus, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony and others. The batteries are identified by their model number, brand and voltage.
Investigating Theft and Embezzlement - In the WorkplaceDecosimoCPAs
The document discusses forensic accounting and investigating theft and embezzlement in the workplace. It provides an overview of forensic accounting and how it differs from auditing, including that forensic accountants investigate suspected fraud while auditors do not presume its existence. Examples of different types of occupational fraud like asset misappropriation, corrupt payments, and financial statement fraud are also outlined.
The document discusses HP's converged infrastructure portfolio, which brings together servers, storage, networking, power and cooling, and management software. It notes that traditional IT infrastructures split these functions, taking up too much resources and limiting business innovation. HP aims to address this with integrated solutions that improve efficiency and agility.
This document provides a list of battery brands and models that are compatible with various laptop and computer models. It includes battery options from manufacturers such as Asus, Apple, Dell, HP, Sony, Toshiba, Lenovo/IBM, Fujitsu, Samsung, and others. The batteries are categorized by laptop or computer brand and model to help the user find a replacement battery for their specific device.
Actionable Metrics at Production Scale - LSPE Meetup June 27, 2012SOASTA
Presentation to Large Scale Production Engineering meetup at Yahoo campus on June 27, 2012. Dan Bartow, VP Product Management at SOASTA discussed critical performance metrics.
The document discusses college and career readiness. It defines college and career readiness as the ability to succeed without remediation in credit-bearing college courses or certificate programs. It also outlines four keys to college and career readiness: think, know, act, and go. These involve cognitive strategies, content knowledge, learning skills, and transition knowledge and skills. The document recommends calibrating assessments, creating applications, and connecting processes to strengthen linkages between high school and postsecondary education to improve student readiness.
Professor Ivica Crnkovic gave a lecture on "A Classification Framework for Software Component Models" in the Distinguished Lecturer Series - Leon The Mathematician.
More Information available at:
http://dls.csd.auth.gr
The document lists the model numbers and brands of various laptop battery packs. It includes batteries for brands like Acer, Apple, Asus, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony and others. The batteries are identified by their model number, brand and voltage.
Investigating Theft and Embezzlement - In the WorkplaceDecosimoCPAs
The document discusses forensic accounting and investigating theft and embezzlement in the workplace. It provides an overview of forensic accounting and how it differs from auditing, including that forensic accountants investigate suspected fraud while auditors do not presume its existence. Examples of different types of occupational fraud like asset misappropriation, corrupt payments, and financial statement fraud are also outlined.
The document discusses HP's converged infrastructure portfolio, which brings together servers, storage, networking, power and cooling, and management software. It notes that traditional IT infrastructures split these functions, taking up too much resources and limiting business innovation. HP aims to address this with integrated solutions that improve efficiency and agility.
This document provides a list of battery brands and models that are compatible with various laptop and computer models. It includes battery options from manufacturers such as Asus, Apple, Dell, HP, Sony, Toshiba, Lenovo/IBM, Fujitsu, Samsung, and others. The batteries are categorized by laptop or computer brand and model to help the user find a replacement battery for their specific device.
Actionable Metrics at Production Scale - LSPE Meetup June 27, 2012SOASTA
Presentation to Large Scale Production Engineering meetup at Yahoo campus on June 27, 2012. Dan Bartow, VP Product Management at SOASTA discussed critical performance metrics.
The document discusses college and career readiness. It defines college and career readiness as the ability to succeed without remediation in credit-bearing college courses or certificate programs. It also outlines four keys to college and career readiness: think, know, act, and go. These involve cognitive strategies, content knowledge, learning skills, and transition knowledge and skills. The document recommends calibrating assessments, creating applications, and connecting processes to strengthen linkages between high school and postsecondary education to improve student readiness.
The document discusses various software life cycle models including waterfall, spiral, prototyping, incremental, and agile models. It provides details on the typical phases in a software life cycle from conception to retirement. It also outlines some advantages and disadvantages of different models.
This document discusses using Google's Prediction API to predict outcomes like conversion rates and headlines without traditional A/B testing. It advocates playing god by using machine learning to predict the future instead of slow split testing. It also mentions writing headlines, getting results, and making money.
I explore my journey of discovering Visual Storytelling and Data visualization. I look at how social media has provided building blocks to create new and exciting experience.
Ricardo Klatlovsky - Plugging In The Consumer: Results and Conclusions of the...Shane Mitchell
1) The document discusses key highlights from a paper about the implications of increased customer involvement, climate change concerns, and technology evolution for utilities.
2) Over 65% of consumers will pay more for lower greenhouse gas emissions, though most will only accept a very small monthly bill increase.
3) Most consumers want the option to choose their utility provider but many either cannot or do not know they can currently choose.
4) After years of indecision, a consensus timeline is emerging for exploiting integrated capabilities from advances in technology like the "Smart Grid" in North America within the next 6-10 years.
Unit 2 meaning of adolescence and its implications for public healthDeus Lupenga
The document discusses adolescence and its implications for public health. It begins by outlining the aims of discussing key experiences, positive and negative aspects, and comparing experiences from 10-20 years ago. It then defines adolescence according to WHO as ages 10-19 and youth as ages 15-24. The document also discusses the nature and sequence of physical, psychological, cognitive, emotive, and social changes during adolescence. It notes the needs of young people should consider opportunities, capabilities, and second chances. Finally, it provides reasons for investing in adolescent health, including individual, economic, and human rights benefits.
The document provides information about an upcoming construction project to rehabilitate the 127-year-old North Main Street Bridge in Rochester, NH. It states that the bridge will close to all traffic on June 1st for 105 days as crews begin work. A detour route will be in place to redirect traffic around the construction site. The project is anticipated to involve erecting barricades and barriers in the first week to set up the work area.
Sociable Media: Seven ways to connect on line and offline social experiences ...Hyperspace USA
This document outlines seven ways that advertisers can leverage online social networks, real-world social networks, mobile technology, and out-of-home media to create "Sociable Media" and boost engagement, advocacy, and brand affinity. It introduces the four elements that are converging to create new communication opportunities, and provides background on online social networks, real-world social interaction, and the growth of mobile technology. The full paper will then outline seven specific ways for advertisers to combine these channels.
WSO2 provides open source middleware products and cloud services. It was founded in 2005 and has 80+ employees. Its products include the WSO2 Application Server, Web Services Framework, Data Services, Enterprise Service Bus, Mashup Server, Business Process Server, Governance Registry, Identity Server, Gadget Server, and Business Activity Monitor. New products coming in 2010 include the Event Server, Business Rules Server, and Repository. WSO2 also offers cloud services to deploy and manage these products in the cloud.
The document compares and contrasts the governments of Bahrain and Singapore. Both are constitutional monarchies turned parliamentary republics that gained independence in the 1960s. Bahrain has a bicameral parliament and appointed prime minister, while Singapore has a unicameral parliament and elected president who appoints the prime minister. Their legal systems also differ, with Bahrain basing its judiciary on Islamic law and Singapore on English common law.
1. The document provides a historical outline of street and transportation development, the history of Hong Kong, urban development in Hong Kong with a focus on Mong Kok, and the impacts of globalization.
2. It traces the evolution of transportation from ancient chariots and coaches to modern cars, motorcycles, and alternatives like scooters. Key developments in road infrastructure and laws governing transportation are mentioned.
3. A brief timeline of Hong Kong's history is given, from its founding as an agricultural village to its colonization by Britain and massive population growth through immigration from mainland China. Urban expansion and reclamation projects in areas like Sheung Wan, Central, and Kowloon are noted.
The document provides an overview of the credit card industry ecosystem including key players like credit card vendors (Citibank, American Express, etc.), merchants who accept credit cards, customers who use credit cards, infrastructure providers, and credit reporting agencies. It also discusses some opportunities in the industry like fraud detection technologies, improving call center productivity, upselling additional services to customers, identifying profitable customers, and the potential role of smart cards.
The document provides an overview of enterprise architecture. It defines enterprise architecture as the analysis and documentation of an enterprise from strategic, business, and technical perspectives. The overview discusses the key concepts of enterprise architecture including business networks, information flows, infrastructure, products/services, and transition planning. It also provides a high-level view of how enterprise architecture analyzes an organization's current and future state across technology, business, and strategy.
By Carl Marning - Cisco Services
In today's global market, talent is both the most important corporate resource, and the one in shortest supply. This presents service industry leaders the world over with an increasingly difficult and important challenge - where will your talent come from in the future? In this session, Carl Manning of Cisco discussed how to build a diverse pipeline for talent, the business case for making career development core to the organization and how to challenge and develop top talent.
Personas are representative profiles of hypothetical users that are created based on research to represent the different types of users of a product or service. They include key details about the users' demographics, behaviors, goals, pain points and other characteristics to help guide product design decisions. Effective personas are based on multiple internal and external sources of data and are validated throughout the design process to ensure they accurately represent real users. Common mistakes include personas that are not grounded in research or are not used consistently by teams.
Corporate Social Responsibility: The Good, the Bad and the UglyAdrian Moyer
This presentation summarizes a paper on corporate social responsibility. It discusses the potential benefits of CSR, such as improving a company's reputation and attracting customers. However, it also notes there are criticisms of CSR, including that it may be used as a public relations strategy rather than to address real social or environmental issues. The presentation provides an overview of the paper and its arguments on both sides of CSR.
This document discusses factors that affect testability and strategies for improving testability. It defines testability as the ability to produce tests to verify complex systems. Higher testability allows for more effective testing with the same resources. The document identifies controllability and observability as the main factors that determine a system's testability. It provides examples of how characteristics like complexity, non-determinism, and lack of visibility into state diminish testability. Techniques for improving testability include adding points of control and observation, using state test helpers, building tests into the system, and designing for well-structured and deterministic code.
managing complexity by partitioning the situation, Slides for the INCOSE 2014 presentation accompanying the paper (http://therightrequirement.com/pubs/2014/The%20nine-system%20model-15b.pdf)
Luhmann defines communication as the synthesis of three selections or contingencies: information, utterance, and understanding. He views communication as an emergent event, rather than something that is transmitted between a sender and receiver. Conceptualizing communication in this way emphasizes its constructed, contingent nature and avoids implying that meanings are fully transmitted or shared between parties. It also highlights how communication constitutes social reality through the interactive selections that take place in the communication process.
The document discusses lessons learned from Thales projects in recovering engineering projects. It identifies 10 key lessons, including the importance of effective communication between project managers and systems engineers, understanding requirements and implications, and managing risks. It maps these lessons to lean project management enablers like respecting people, defining value, and continuous improvement. Future goals discussed include team accountability, playing to individual strengths, and using a value-oriented work breakdown structure.
This document provides an overview of systems theory. It discusses that systems theory views an organization as an organism made up of interconnected subsystems that must work together. Key aspects of systems theory discussed include that it emphasizes communication between subsystems, takes a holistic view of the organization, and recognizes that organizations cannot be separated from their environment. The document also notes some limitations of systems theory in that it is not prescriptive and can be difficult to apply to practical problems.
The document discusses various software life cycle models including waterfall, spiral, prototyping, incremental, and agile models. It provides details on the typical phases in a software life cycle from conception to retirement. It also outlines some advantages and disadvantages of different models.
This document discusses using Google's Prediction API to predict outcomes like conversion rates and headlines without traditional A/B testing. It advocates playing god by using machine learning to predict the future instead of slow split testing. It also mentions writing headlines, getting results, and making money.
I explore my journey of discovering Visual Storytelling and Data visualization. I look at how social media has provided building blocks to create new and exciting experience.
Ricardo Klatlovsky - Plugging In The Consumer: Results and Conclusions of the...Shane Mitchell
1) The document discusses key highlights from a paper about the implications of increased customer involvement, climate change concerns, and technology evolution for utilities.
2) Over 65% of consumers will pay more for lower greenhouse gas emissions, though most will only accept a very small monthly bill increase.
3) Most consumers want the option to choose their utility provider but many either cannot or do not know they can currently choose.
4) After years of indecision, a consensus timeline is emerging for exploiting integrated capabilities from advances in technology like the "Smart Grid" in North America within the next 6-10 years.
Unit 2 meaning of adolescence and its implications for public healthDeus Lupenga
The document discusses adolescence and its implications for public health. It begins by outlining the aims of discussing key experiences, positive and negative aspects, and comparing experiences from 10-20 years ago. It then defines adolescence according to WHO as ages 10-19 and youth as ages 15-24. The document also discusses the nature and sequence of physical, psychological, cognitive, emotive, and social changes during adolescence. It notes the needs of young people should consider opportunities, capabilities, and second chances. Finally, it provides reasons for investing in adolescent health, including individual, economic, and human rights benefits.
The document provides information about an upcoming construction project to rehabilitate the 127-year-old North Main Street Bridge in Rochester, NH. It states that the bridge will close to all traffic on June 1st for 105 days as crews begin work. A detour route will be in place to redirect traffic around the construction site. The project is anticipated to involve erecting barricades and barriers in the first week to set up the work area.
Sociable Media: Seven ways to connect on line and offline social experiences ...Hyperspace USA
This document outlines seven ways that advertisers can leverage online social networks, real-world social networks, mobile technology, and out-of-home media to create "Sociable Media" and boost engagement, advocacy, and brand affinity. It introduces the four elements that are converging to create new communication opportunities, and provides background on online social networks, real-world social interaction, and the growth of mobile technology. The full paper will then outline seven specific ways for advertisers to combine these channels.
WSO2 provides open source middleware products and cloud services. It was founded in 2005 and has 80+ employees. Its products include the WSO2 Application Server, Web Services Framework, Data Services, Enterprise Service Bus, Mashup Server, Business Process Server, Governance Registry, Identity Server, Gadget Server, and Business Activity Monitor. New products coming in 2010 include the Event Server, Business Rules Server, and Repository. WSO2 also offers cloud services to deploy and manage these products in the cloud.
The document compares and contrasts the governments of Bahrain and Singapore. Both are constitutional monarchies turned parliamentary republics that gained independence in the 1960s. Bahrain has a bicameral parliament and appointed prime minister, while Singapore has a unicameral parliament and elected president who appoints the prime minister. Their legal systems also differ, with Bahrain basing its judiciary on Islamic law and Singapore on English common law.
1. The document provides a historical outline of street and transportation development, the history of Hong Kong, urban development in Hong Kong with a focus on Mong Kok, and the impacts of globalization.
2. It traces the evolution of transportation from ancient chariots and coaches to modern cars, motorcycles, and alternatives like scooters. Key developments in road infrastructure and laws governing transportation are mentioned.
3. A brief timeline of Hong Kong's history is given, from its founding as an agricultural village to its colonization by Britain and massive population growth through immigration from mainland China. Urban expansion and reclamation projects in areas like Sheung Wan, Central, and Kowloon are noted.
The document provides an overview of the credit card industry ecosystem including key players like credit card vendors (Citibank, American Express, etc.), merchants who accept credit cards, customers who use credit cards, infrastructure providers, and credit reporting agencies. It also discusses some opportunities in the industry like fraud detection technologies, improving call center productivity, upselling additional services to customers, identifying profitable customers, and the potential role of smart cards.
The document provides an overview of enterprise architecture. It defines enterprise architecture as the analysis and documentation of an enterprise from strategic, business, and technical perspectives. The overview discusses the key concepts of enterprise architecture including business networks, information flows, infrastructure, products/services, and transition planning. It also provides a high-level view of how enterprise architecture analyzes an organization's current and future state across technology, business, and strategy.
By Carl Marning - Cisco Services
In today's global market, talent is both the most important corporate resource, and the one in shortest supply. This presents service industry leaders the world over with an increasingly difficult and important challenge - where will your talent come from in the future? In this session, Carl Manning of Cisco discussed how to build a diverse pipeline for talent, the business case for making career development core to the organization and how to challenge and develop top talent.
Personas are representative profiles of hypothetical users that are created based on research to represent the different types of users of a product or service. They include key details about the users' demographics, behaviors, goals, pain points and other characteristics to help guide product design decisions. Effective personas are based on multiple internal and external sources of data and are validated throughout the design process to ensure they accurately represent real users. Common mistakes include personas that are not grounded in research or are not used consistently by teams.
Corporate Social Responsibility: The Good, the Bad and the UglyAdrian Moyer
This presentation summarizes a paper on corporate social responsibility. It discusses the potential benefits of CSR, such as improving a company's reputation and attracting customers. However, it also notes there are criticisms of CSR, including that it may be used as a public relations strategy rather than to address real social or environmental issues. The presentation provides an overview of the paper and its arguments on both sides of CSR.
This document discusses factors that affect testability and strategies for improving testability. It defines testability as the ability to produce tests to verify complex systems. Higher testability allows for more effective testing with the same resources. The document identifies controllability and observability as the main factors that determine a system's testability. It provides examples of how characteristics like complexity, non-determinism, and lack of visibility into state diminish testability. Techniques for improving testability include adding points of control and observation, using state test helpers, building tests into the system, and designing for well-structured and deterministic code.
managing complexity by partitioning the situation, Slides for the INCOSE 2014 presentation accompanying the paper (http://therightrequirement.com/pubs/2014/The%20nine-system%20model-15b.pdf)
Luhmann defines communication as the synthesis of three selections or contingencies: information, utterance, and understanding. He views communication as an emergent event, rather than something that is transmitted between a sender and receiver. Conceptualizing communication in this way emphasizes its constructed, contingent nature and avoids implying that meanings are fully transmitted or shared between parties. It also highlights how communication constitutes social reality through the interactive selections that take place in the communication process.
The document discusses lessons learned from Thales projects in recovering engineering projects. It identifies 10 key lessons, including the importance of effective communication between project managers and systems engineers, understanding requirements and implications, and managing risks. It maps these lessons to lean project management enablers like respecting people, defining value, and continuous improvement. Future goals discussed include team accountability, playing to individual strengths, and using a value-oriented work breakdown structure.
This document provides an overview of systems theory. It discusses that systems theory views an organization as an organism made up of interconnected subsystems that must work together. Key aspects of systems theory discussed include that it emphasizes communication between subsystems, takes a holistic view of the organization, and recognizes that organizations cannot be separated from their environment. The document also notes some limitations of systems theory in that it is not prescriptive and can be difficult to apply to practical problems.
SYSTEMS THINKING: Lessons From The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook by Senge, Kleik...Joanna Beltowska
This document provides an overview of key concepts from systems thinking as presented in the book The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook. It discusses how systems thinking can help analyze complex issues as systems rather than isolated parts. Specific concepts covered include nonlinear relationships within systems, bounded rationality and mental models that limit our understanding of systems, and how events accumulate over time to reveal the underlying system structure.
This document provides an overview of the scope and features of a School Management System created by Eximius Infotech Pvt. Ltd. The system aims to optimize and manage all key processes within a school, including student registration, library management, timetables, transportation, fees collection, attendance tracking, communication tools, human resources, and financial accounting. It consists of several comprehensive modules that cover areas like student information, courses/syllabus management, inventory, canteen operations, and more. The system is designed to be fully web-based with role-based access and customized dashboards for different user types like administrators, teachers, students and parents.
Social media & web analytics innovation procopio-2012-04Michael Procopio
My presentation from the Social media & web analytics innovation conference April 2012 in San Francisco put on by theiegroup.com.
I cover examples of gaining insights on products from social media conversations
J.D. Stanley - Looking Ahead: Smart Living and Sustainable EnergyShane Mitchell
This document discusses the connected and sustainable energy community enabled by smart grids. Key points include:
1) A smart grid allows energy to flow in both directions, enabling consumers to become producers by generating and storing their own energy from sources like solar and wind.
2) Distributed energy generation and storage from renewable micro-sources helps power the grid while reducing emissions.
3) Connected transmission, distribution assets, and personnel allow real-time visibility and control of the energy supply chain for improved efficiency.
Advertising agencies provide services like marketing analysis, creative development, media planning, and account management through departments like creative, media, research, and account services. Agencies make money through commissions typically around 15% of costs, fees based on hourly rates, and potential incentives tied to performance goals. Large agencies have also established their media departments as separate profit centers and many clients now view media as a separate service from creative and strategy.
Dam engineering: Building water reservoirs (either elevated or not) in cities in 21rst century urbanism of green cities is much more friendly than dam engineering)
This document provides a summary of Ted's MMA company. It discusses the company's major investors, including a $1 million investment from Ice Cube. It also outlines the company's revenues, including over $5 million in revenue and growth rates of 62% for apparel and 41% for health and fitness. The summary concludes by providing contact information for more information on the company.
The document contains codes and measurements for various bicycle parts including:
- Frames, forks, handlebars and stems in different sizes and materials
- Pedals, cranksets, chains and cassettes in various colors and styles
- Wheels, rims, tires and tubes with specifications like diameter and thread size
- Other components like headsets, bottom brackets and seatposts
The parts are organized by type and include both youth and adult sizes.
Internal Controls to Prevent and Detect FraudDecosimoCPAs
The document discusses internal controls to prevent and detect fraud from a forensic accountant's perspective. It provides definitions of fraud, outlines common fraud techniques like improper revenue recognition, and describes fraud risk factors such as an employee living beyond their means. The document also discusses establishing strong control environments, implementing antifraud controls and activities, ensuring proper information and communication, and monitoring for fraud through analytical reviews and fraud detection procedures. Strong internal controls, following up on red flags, and creating an ethical organizational culture can help prevent and detect occupational fraud.
SHOEfabrik is an Asia-based footwear design, development and sourcing company that offers full service support from concept to production. They have a dedicated team of over 70 people with extensive industry experience. SHOEfabrik works with each brand to provide a product creation team led by an experienced Brand Director. Their full service approach manages all aspects of the process to deliver exceptional quality footwear on time.
This document provides information about a parametric facade design project. It includes the following details:
- The project involves designing a parametric facade system for a building in Detroit, Michigan from February 21-23, 2023.
- The goals of the project are to create a facade that responds dynamically to changes in weather and allows for interior spaces to be reconfigured easily.
- References are provided for additional information on parametric design, facades, and related topics.
Unlocking value though demergers and slump salesSusan Dias
The document discusses concepts of demerger and slump sale as ways for companies to unlock value. It defines demerger as the separation of one or more business units from a parent company into an independent entity. This can be done either as a horizontal or structured demerger. It also defines slump sale as the transfer of one or more business units to either a third party or subsidiary for a lump sum consideration. The document provides examples of companies that have used demerger/slump sale to focus on core competencies, facilitate fund raising, de-risk business models, separate loss-making businesses, and monetize non-core assets.
Presentation on using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping in social-ecological research. Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping is a procedure to involve stakeholders in research or management processes and a method to extract and analyze different kinds of knowledge about complex systems and their functioning.
This document outlines different types of remedies under Indian contract law:
1) Damages can be nominal, general, special, or exemplary depending on the measure. Remote damages are not awarded.
2) Specific performance is a discretionary remedy that orders performance according to contract terms when damages are inadequate.
3) Injunctions are also discretionary remedies that can be temporary or permanent depending on balancing the merits and hardships of the case.
This document provides a summary of services and costs for various types of work. It lists hourly rates for different jobs as well as total costs for projects. Services include website development, graphic design, video production, and online marketing. Rates vary depending on the type of work and complexity of the project.
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Going Social - Tapping into Social Media for Nonprofit SuccessJason Kapler
This document provides an overview of using social media for nonprofit success. It discusses how social media has impacted nonprofit communications by facilitating interaction and real-time feedback. It also presents the top social media tools including social networks, blogs, microblogs, video sharing sites, and photo sharing sites. The document aims to help nonprofits understand social media fundamentals and develop effective social media strategies.
Ineum Consulting is part of the Management Consulting Group PLC, a large international consulting firm with over 30 offices worldwide and 2,500 employees. Ineum focuses on consulting services from strategy to implementation in areas such as strategy, operational performance improvement, and project management. It has particular expertise in industries such as financial services, energy, manufacturing, and the public sector.
Ineum Consulting is part of the Management Consulting Group PLC, a large international consulting firm with over 30 offices worldwide and 2,500 employees. Ineum focuses on consulting services from strategy to implementation in areas such as strategy, operational performance improvement, and project management. It has particular expertise in industries such as financial services, energy, manufacturing, and the public sector.
The costume design for Masked Figure 1 used pillowcase material to create a simple mask that focused on conveying a mysterious feel from within the mask. Stuck was added to the inside of the mask to help it fit and bring a sense of suffocation, which aligned with the trailer and motivation of the character.
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Simplifying managing stakeholder expectations using the 9 systems 4Joseph KAsser
A useful way to identify stakeholders and manage their expectation written as a Case Study. Slides for the INCOSE 2014 presentation for the paper (http://therightrequirement.com/pubs/2014)
complexity can be reduced by partitioning the system correctly in the first place. Slides for presentation at INCOSE 2015 for paper (http://therightrequirement.com/pubs/2015/Guidelines%20for%20creating%20a%20system-4%20hdr.pdf)
The document provides a critical perspective on the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). It claims that after 25 years, INCOSE has made no significant contributions to the field of systems engineering and lacks true systems thinking. Specific criticisms include that INCOSE projects do not follow systems engineering processes, symposia do not advance the field, working groups produce nothing useful, and the organization structure is better suited to a social club than a professional society. The document questions where the value of INCOSE lies and concludes it primarily provides international social networking opportunities rather than advancing the discipline of systems engineering.
A program of research into systems engineeringJoseph KAsser
This paper provides an overview of a number of research areas that include investigating the nature of systems engineering and its underlying concepts, defining the properties of object-oriented requirements, producing prototype object-oriented tools for systems engineering, and applying of systems engineering to various domains.
Eight deadly defects in systems engineering and how to fix themJoseph KAsser
Any organization desirous to adopt or improve systems engineering needs to be aware that research into the nature of systems engineering has identified a number of defects in the current systems engineering paradigm. This paper discusses eight of these defects and ways to fix or compensate for them.
Seven systems engineering myths and the corresponding realitiesJoseph KAsser
The document discusses seven myths of systems engineering and the corresponding realities. It summarizes that there is no single agreed upon systems engineering process and standards cover different parts of the process rather than the whole. The "V model" is presented as a simplified representation but does not actually represent a process and does not cope with change. Successful systems engineering relies more on people factors like involvement and support rather than strictly following a process.
A Proposed Paper Template for improving the Quality of Practitioner Written P...Joseph KAsser
Conference papers are a major source of information in postgraduate education and research. However, the quality of many practitioner-written conference papers describing their experiences is less than optimal. This paper suggests a template to try to improve the quality of practitioner presentations and papers in the Case Study genre (prototyped at SETE 2004) to format practitioner papers as a way to link their experiences into the literature to provide data to assist researchers improving the practice of systems engineering. Examples of the use of the template are included.
Applying systems thinking & aligning it to systems engineeringJoseph KAsser
This is a paper on thinking about thinking. Systems engineering is an emerging disciple in the area of defining and solving problems of (Wymore, 1993). The emerging paradigm for problem solving is “systems thinking”. Both systems engineering and systems thinking have recognized the need to view a system from more than one perspective. This paper proposes a set of perspectives for applying systems thinking in systems engineering and then defines a systems thinking perspective set of views for a system, the use of which will provide one way of aligning systems thinking to systems engineering and contains an example of applying the set of perspectives to the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Air Defence System and shows that not only does the set of perspectives provide a way to model the system; it also picked up two potentially fatal flaws in the system.
The paper then adapts an existing approach for measuring the application of systems thinking and concludes with some observations on the state of systems engineering from the STPs.
Radio amateurs provide a pool of technically competent personnel that contribute to information engineering and communications and other technical professions in countries in which it is an established hobby; countries such as Japan and the USA. In the Asia-Pacific region, while Japan has more radio amateurs than any other country, governments of the lesser developed countries tend to ignore amateur radio as a source of the indigenous personnel needed to help provide the benefits of 21st century technology. This paper first addresses the problem of educating good systems engineers by suggesting that potential students be preselected from pools of candidates who show characteristics deemed desirable in systems engineers. The paper then shows that one source of partially trained personnel maybe found among the technical members of the amateur radio community and similar technical hobbies. The paper then discusses some of the technical achievements of amateur radio followed by the twelve engineering roles of amateur radio in the manner of (Sheard 1996) and proposes that there is enough similarity between amateur radio’s technical activities and the role of systems engineering so that amateur radio can provide a source for students with experience in systems engineering activities. The last section of the paper then mentions some amateur radio failures that systems engineering should have prevented and concludes with a discussion on recruiting young systems engineers via amateur radio clubs, some synergy between INCOSE and amateur radio clubs and suggestions for future research
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2. Topics 2012
• The undesirable situation
• Seven systems engineering
camps
• Reconciling the camps
• SETR and SETA
• The systems engineering process
• Conclusions
• Simplifying the SEBoK
• The ‘T’ shaped systems engineer
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3. The undesirable situation 2012
• The role of the systems engineer in the workplace
depends on the situation.
• The role of the systems engineer has evolved over time
– it is different in practically every organisation
– has various degrees of overlap with the roles of project
managers and personnel in other disciplines.
• Definitions and descriptions of systems engineering
comprise different interpretations of the broad raft of
activities that systems engineers might undertake
according to their role in the workplace.
• Myths and defects abound unquestioned
• The problem is to convert the undesirable situation into a
desirable situation
– A common consensus on a GUTSE (Friedman, 2006)
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4. Seven camps in systems 2012
engineering
1. Life cycle
2. Process
Discussed in Kasser and
3. Problem Hitchins 2011
4. [Meta-]Discipline Updated in the paper 2012
5. Domain
6. Systems thinking and non-systems thinking
7. Enabler
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5. Which process? 2012
P ro b le m A p p re c ia tio n
User
In s ta lla tio n &
O p e ra tio n a l
r e q u ire m e n ts
d e fin itio n v a lid a t io n s y s te m
A llo c a te d Propo sed S u p p lie d
S o lu tio n A b s tra c tior e q u ir e m e n t s
n c h a ra c te r is tic s
S o y s te m n R e a lis a tio n
s lu tio
Lo cal S y s te m
A r c h ite c tu ra l In te g r a t io n & In te g r a te d
r e q u ir e m e n ts re q u ir e m e n ts
& c o n s tr a in ts d e fin itio n d e s ig n v e rific a tio n s y s te m
A llo c a te d P ro p o se d S u p p lie d
r e q u ir e m e n t s c h a ra c t e r is t ic s c o m p o n e n ts
Lo cal Com ponent Com ponent
Com ponent
r e q u ir e m e n ts
re q u ire m e n ts d e s ig n b u ild & te s t C o m p o n en ts
& c o n s tr a in ts
a 11 1
S o lu tio n D e v e lo p m e n t
Process Input
Requirements Analysis Systems Analysis
• Analyse Missions & Environments
• Identify Functional Requirements & Control
• Define/Refine Performance & Design
Constraint Requirements • Select Preferred Alternatives
• Trade-off Studies
Requirements Loop • Effectiveness Analysis
Functional Analysis/Allocation • Risk Management
• Decomposition to Lower-Level Functions • Configuration Mgmt
• Allocate Performance & Other Limiting • Interface Management
Requirements to Lower-Level Functions • Data Management
• Define/Refine Functional Interfaces (Internal/External) • Performance Based Progress
• Define/Refine Functional Architecture • Performance Measurement
– SE Master Schedule
Design Loop – Tech Perf Measurement
– Technical Reviews
Synthesis
• Transform Architectures (Functional to Physical)
Verification • Define Alternative Product Concepts
• Define/Refine Physical Interfaces (Internal/External)
• Define Alternative Product & Process Solutions
PROCESS OUTPUT
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9. 2012
The problem camp
Systems engineering “concentrates on
the design and applications of the whole
as distinct from the parts … looking at a
problem in its entirety, taking into account
all the facets and all the variables and
relating the social to the technical.”
(attributed to Simon Ramo, 1973)
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10. The discipline camp 2012
• Meta-discipline
• Multiple disciplines and domains
• Breadth and depth of knowledge
• T- shaped systems engineer
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11. Enabler camp 2012
• Systems engineering is
– Is a philosophy and a way of life” (Hitchins,
1998).
– The application of holistic thinking to:
• see [missing] connections where others don’t
• develop an understanding of a situation
• identify the real problem
• identify an appropriate solution
• plan the implementation of the solution
• predict probable futures, risks and their mitigation.
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12. Enabler camp 2012
• Systems engineering is the “engineering
discipline governing the design,
evaluation, and management of a complex
set of interacting components to achieve a
given purpose [function]”
– George Friedman,1996
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13. Parable of blind men and elephant* 2012
“…
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
MORAL.
So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!”
* Yen, D. H., The Blind Men and the Elephant, 2008,
13 http://www.noogenesis.com/pineapple/blind_men_elephant.html, last accessed 26 October 2010
14. Reconciling the camps 2012
• SETR • SETA
– systems engineering - – systems engineering -
the role the activity
– what systems engineers – can be performed by
do in the workplace anyone
– Growing into Meta- • SETA maps into SETR
discipline – Can be differentiated
– Combination of SETA from other disciplines
and non-SETA • See paper* for how
SETA meets the
– Cannot be differentiated requirements for being
from other disciplines a discipline
* Kasser and Hitchins, 2012
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15. Systems engineering paradigms* 2012
• SETR: activities performed by personnel known as
systems engineers.
– Examples are network systems engineering, control system engineering,
communications systems engineering, etc.
– In many instances the type of system is dropped from the title.
– This systems engineering overlaps other disciplines and the
exact role depends on the situation
• Broad range of competencies
• SETA: activities concerned with problem identification and
solution realization at the system level
– Kasser and Hitchins, 2009
– This systems engineering is an enabling discipline (like
mathematics) for remedying undesirable situations
* Kasser and Hitchins, 2012
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16. SETA in Singapore: systems 2012
approach works*
• Social System
– Public Housing
• Economic System
– Industrial Development
• Defence System
– Air Defence
Dr Goh Keng Swee (1918-2010)
• Minister
• Visionary
• Economist
*LUI Pao Chuen, Singapore: An Example of Large Scale Systems
• Systems Architect
Engineering, APSEC, 23 March 2007. • one tool he used was Systems
16 Engineering The Activity
17. SETA 2012
Modifying George Friedman’s definition
• SETA may be considered as a “discipline
governing the design, evaluation, and
management of a complex set of interacting
components to achieve a given purpose
[function]” by the application of holistic thinking.
• SETA remedies George’s undesirable situation,
namely the lack of a GUTSE (grand unified
theory of systems engineering)*
* George J. Friedman (Friedman, 2006) called for the development of a GUTSE echoing
(Hill and Warfield, 1972) who wrote “development of a theory of systems engineering
that will be broadly accepted is much to be desired.” (Kasser, INCOSE, 2007)
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18. SETA 2012
• Cooking a meal
– Meals emerge from both the process and the combination of, and the
interaction between, the ingredients.
– The best ingredients will not save a meal that was over-cooked or
under-cooked.
• Diagnosing an illness
– Good physicians consider the symptoms holistically in the context of the
physiology of the patients and their environments.
• Organising a conference
– Conference emerges from the combination of, and interaction between,
the location, speakers, reviewers, delegates, and other entities.
• Solving crimes
– Detectives, upon investigation, find a variety of clues which (should)
lead to the perpetrator
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19. Conclusion: SETA and SETR 2012
• Resolves the conflicts and contradictions in the current
state of systems engineering
• The traditional activities known as systems engineering
can be described in terms of SETA and SETR.
• SETR is the job title for a person who performs a mixture
of SETA and non-SETA.
• SETA is an enabling discipline that is used in other
disciplines and domains.
• SETA as a discipline can be differentiated from other
disciplines.
• Resolves issues due to the overlap between systems
engineering and project management.
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20. Processes 2012
• No such thing as a Systems Engineering
Process. It is the
– System Acquisition and Development Process
• In which SETA takes place
– System life cycle
• In which SETA takes place
• Domain knowledge is critical for success
– Problem, solution and implementation
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22. SEBoK 2012
• SETR
– All disciplines that overlap systems engineering
– All domains in which SETR is done
• Approach rejected in Kasser and Massie, INCOSE, 2001
• SETA
– Converting complexity to simplicity
– Converting undesirable situations into desirable
situations
• Problem identification and remediation by the application of
holistic thinking
– systems thinking, analysis and critical thinking
– A set of thinking tools used in addition to domain
competency
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24. Topics 2012
• The undesirable situation
• Seven systems engineering
camps
• Reconciling the camps
• SETR and SETA
• The systems engineering process
• Conclusions
• Simplifying the SEBoK
• The ‘T’ shaped systems
engineer
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25. The ’T’ shaped professional 2012
• People possessing these
Ability to apply knowledge
skills are
Systems engineering – able to shape their knowledge to fit
across situations
the problem at hand rather than
insist that their problems appear in a
Discipline particular, recognizable form
– needed when problems cross
domains
• Research environment • Dorothy Leonard-Barton (1995),
• Deep knowledge of one Wellsprings of Knowledge: Building
domain and Sustaining the Sources of
Innovation, Harvard Business
• Know how their disciplines
School Press
interact with others – Drawing is Figure 3.5
“Telephone” or Chinese whispers”
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26. The ‘T’ shaped systems 2012
engineer
• Characteristics
– Questions
Breadth in systems engineering
–
– and
Depth in one or two disciplines
Breadth in other disciplines
•
–
comments?
Not what was in original reference
Think about educational
requirements
– How deep?
• Change perspective
• Rotate the ‘T’ 90 degrees
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