2009 Program Theme

North Star Chapter 2009 Program Theme Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 Practical Applications of Systems Engineering Emphasis – The Program Life Cycle 1 North Star Chapter Tonight’s Agenda Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 • • 6:15 PM – Registration, Networking, Pizza 6:45 PM – Welcome and Chapter Overview John Palmer, Chapter Co-President • 6:50 PM – Systems Engineering in Production at PaR Systems Steven Siegel • 7:30 PM – Tour of the PaR Development and Production Facilities • 8:30 PM – Adjourn (or later depending on tour duration) 2 North Star Chapter Chapter Meeting Chapter Overview 12 February 2009  The ISO 15288 SE Life Cycle  Chapter Calendar  A note on attendance  International Events  Chapter Organization  Chapter Web Site 3 North Star Chapter ISO 15288 Systems Engineering Life Cycle Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 Project Planning Decision Making Risk Management Project Assessment Configuration Management Validation Project Control Information Management Operation Stakeholder Requirements Definition Transition Maintenance Requirements Analysis Architectural Design Implementation Verification Disposal Integration Nehemiah North Star Chapter (The First System Engineer?) Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 • Nehemiah, Chapter 3 – Requirements Based – Organized PDTs with specific responsibilities – Insisted on: – Communication – Cooperation – Coordination – End product driven • Wall completed on time and to spec 5 2009 Meeting Calendar North Star Chapter Chapter Overview 12 February 2009       8 January – SE Initiatives at Starkey Labs, with a detailed tour of the Starkey facilities Starkey Laboratories 12 February – SE in Production Systems with a tour of the PaR Facilities PaR Systems 12 March – SE in a Student Project Wayzata High School 9 April – SE in Determining Architecture Eaton Corporation 14 May – SE in the Solar House Student Project National Competition University of Minnesota 11 June – Dry run of papers for INCOSE 2009 plus a tour of the ION Corporation laboratory facility ION Corporation 6 2009 Meeting Calendar North Star Chapter Chapter Overview 12 February 2009    9 July – The North Star Summer Social, including IS 2009 Debrief Place - TBD 13 August – SE in Design ADC Corporation 10 September – SE in Conducting Trade Offs Medtronic   8 October – SE in Operations and Maintenance Minneapolis Water Works 12 November – SE in Requirements Development Honeywell  13 December – Annual North Star Holiday Party Place - TBD 7 Attendance North Star Chapter Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 Why sign in? 1. For the past several years we have had the chapter incentive program to encourage attendance at our meetings. The incentive for 2009 will be the award of two $25 gift certificates for the TimberLodge Restaurant to any member attending six or more regular meetings or brings one new member into the chapter. 2. For guests or members attending for the first time, this also insures your notification by email of all subsequent events. 3. Tonight – So we know who are IEEE or INCOSE members. SO - BE SURE AND SIGN THE ATTENDANCE LIST! PLEASE WRITE SO WE CAN READ IT!! 8 North Star Chapter PIZZA Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 Our Meetings are Growing but so is the cost of PIZZA! We will continue to have a social time and serve pizza with soft drinks – BUT - we ask that you help us a bit by making a voluntary donation. You decide the amount and place it in the gold box. Many thanks 9 North Star Chapter International Events Chapter Overview 12 February 2009  March 2 - 5, 2009: 2nd International Conference on Model-Based SE  Herzeliya and Haifa, Israel  March 3 - 4, 2009: Systems Engineering Summit: Harnessing Best Practices  Huntsville Alabama  March 17 - 19, 2009: Human Systems Integration Symposium 2009 April 20 - 22, 2009: Conference on Systems Engineering Research  Annapolis, MD   Loughborough, UK  July 19 - 23, 2009: INCOSE International Symposium  Singapore Details online @http://www.incose.org 10 North Star Chapter 2009 Chapter Organization President Neill Radke & John Palmer Chapter Overview Chapter Overview 12 8 May 2008 February 2009 North Star Leadership Past President Elliot Abrons President Elect Mark Elpers Treasurer Mark Elpers Secretary Bob Hunter Dir. Industry Mark Feitel Dir. Acad/Govt Eileen Arnold Communication Eileen Arnold INCOSE Certification Advisory Group (CAG) Eileen Arnold Co-Chair Contact Eileen Arnold Technical Operations • Systems Science • SE Technical Process • Architecture • SE Management Process • Requirements • Risk • SE Support Processes • Measurement • Modeling & Tools • Specialty Engineering • Application Sectors North Star Chapter Communication North Star Chapter Web Site: Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 www.incose.org/northstar - North Star Newsletter – The Integrator - December 2008 Issue published and viewable/downloadable on the website - Next issue in early March - Prior North Star Meeting Charts - Also viewable/downloadable on the website North Star Chapter Job Opportunities Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 For opportunities, either with your company or that you know of: • Go to www.incose.org – Select “Education and Careers” – Select “Post a Job” – Create an account – Post job openings – Select “View Jobs” to see the listings 13 Steven Siegel North Star Chapter Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 8 May 2008 Steven Siegel holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and Microbiology from the University of Michigan and an MS in Management of Technology degree from the University of Minnesota. Prior to joining PaR he worked for Unisys Corporation on the design of a scalar vector scientific processor. He joined PaR Systems in 1987 and has worked in both the software and controls engineering departments. He has made significant contributions as a Project Manager and Program Manager and is currently the Engineering Director responsible for the Engineering group at Shoreview, coordinating multisite engineering efforts, and engineering process development for all PaR engineering offices