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INCOSE drove the development of the OMG SysML and ISO AP233 standards to provide the Systems Engineering community with a standard notation for SE tools and a standard data integration, data exchange mechanism for integrating SE and other engineering applications.
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Practical Software and Systems Measurement (PSM) 13th Annual Users' Group Conference 22-26 June 2009 Orlando Florida USA.
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The publicity surrounding the opening of Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 on 27th March 2008 quickly focused on the operational problems associated with the baggage handling system.
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The brochure for the INCOSE International Symposium in Singapore is now available on the website and early registration will open in two weeks!
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The next 10 years promise to be a pivotal time in the history of air transportation, as the United States begins a transformation that will change the face of aviation.
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Preparing to become a Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP)
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INCOSE Best Paper, Academia Domain, 2009 International Symposium: "Divergent Thinking in Systems Engineering Practice: Is There a Shortfall?"
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Please join me on October 21st from 11am-12pm EDT for the next INCOSE webinar. The candidates for President Elect will be available in a moderated forum to discuss their responses to issues facing INCOSE as we move forward.
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The conference provides a renewed focus on the application of advanced methods and tools applied by modern Systems Engineering to the analysis and solutions of complex problems for intelligent decision making.
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Attend this day of stimulating thought and discussion centered around the questions: What is a complex system? How viable is traditional systems engineering in today’s complex environment? What thought processes comprise systems engineering practice? All are welcome.
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The Hampton Roads Area International Council on Systems Engineering (HRA INCOSE) chapter and the Hampton Roads Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis (SCEA) chapter will host the conference November 17 – 18, 2009 at the Omni Hotel in Newport News, Virginia.
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K-12 STEM - Do you know what this is? Why is it important to you? What are the key issues? Is it just a U.S. issue? Is INCOSE Engaged? What can you do to help?
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The concept of resilience has reached maturity over the past decade. There is general agreement on the definition of resilience and its attributes.
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Recent DoD lifecycle acquisition policy, signed by the Under Secretary of December for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics in late 2008 and updated in December 2010, puts added emphasis on the early phases of acquisition.
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The INCOSE International Workshop is scheduled for February 7-10, 2010 (Sunday - Wednesday) in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Phoenix Marriott Mesa, 200 North Centennial Way Mesa, Arizona 85201 USA
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There is enormous potential benefit to be gained by using even the most basic Systems Engineering methods within the Commercial Product Development Cycle.
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INCOSE Webinar: Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering
Date: 17 March 2010
Time: 15:00 UTC
Presenter(s): Bo Oppenheim
General Webinar Details:
http://www.incose.org/practice/webinars.aspx
Abstract:
Lean Thinking is the paradigm that enabled Toyota to rise to the best and largest auto company in the world. The paradigm includes not only Lean manufacturing but also extraordinary effective Product Development and Systems Engineering, as well as a culture based on Respect for People.
Systems Engineering is regarded as a technically sound process but often burdened with waste and inefficiencies. Lean Systems Engineering is a new body of knowledge applying the wisdom of Lean Thinking to Systems Engineering. Systems Engineering and Lean have overlaps and differences, but both represent processes that evolved over time with the common goal of delivering product or system lifecycle value to the customer. Lean Systems Engineering represents synergy of the two, leading to superior systems engineering process.
Most emphatically, Lean Systems Engineering is not a "re-packaged FBC or Acquisition Reform". Lean Systems Engineering does not mean "less Systems Engineering"; it means more and better Systems Engineering, with better preparations, planning, front-loading, training, and more common sense, leading to better program execution.
Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering is a product designed by 14 experts from industry, academia, and U.S. and foreign governments, supported by 115+ strong Lean Systems Engineering Working Group of INCOSE. Lean Enablers are formulated as 194 "do's" and "don'ts" of Systems Engineering practice focused on Mission Assurance/Product Success and elimination of waste.
The workshop will cover of three parts:
1) Description of the development process of Lean Enablers for SE
2) Presentation of 194 Lean Enablers organized into six Lean Principles: Value, Value Stream Mapping, Flow, Pull, Perfection, and People.
3)"Validation" of the Lean Enablers by surveys, and by benchmarking with recent studies by NASA and U.S. Government Accounting Office.
Biography:
Bohdan "Bo" W. Oppenheim is the founder and Co-Chair of the Lean Systems Engineering Working Group of INCOSE, and leader of the development effort of Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering. He is a Professor of Mechanical and Systems Engineering and Graduate Director of Mechanical Engineering at LMU in Los Angeles, California. He serves as the local Coordinator of the Educational Network of the Lean Advancement Initiative consortium at MIT. He is on the Steering Committee of the Lean Education Academic Network. For seven years he served as a Director of the U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Assessment Center assessing 125 U.S. industrial plants for productivity. He consulted Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Airbus, EADS, Telekomunikacja Polska, and 50 other firms on Lean, Systems Engineering and Quality. He has $2.5 million in externally funded grants on his credit. He teaches graduate courses on Lean Systems Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Product Development, Lean Final Engineering, Lean Office, Lean Supply Chain, and Quality. He authored 25 journal papers.
Bo was born in Warsaw, Poland. His engineering degrees include Ph.D. from Southampton, U.K. in Systems Dynamics; Engineer's Degree from MIT in Ocean Systems; MS from Stevens Institute of Technology; and B.S. (equiv.) from Warsaw Technical University in Aeronautics. His professional experience spans space, naval, mechanical, software, and manufacturing industries.
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The annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) provides practitioners, teachers and researchers a platform to present, discuss and influence systems engineering research with the intent to enhance systems engineering practice and education.
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This year, INCOSE and IEEE have agreed to establish an INCOSE Track at the IEEE International Systems Conference.