2008 Program Theme

North Star Chapter 2008 Program Theme Chapter Overview 17 January 2008 Back to Basics Emphasis - Systems Engineering Life Cycle 1 North Star Chapter Tonight’s Agenda Chapter Overview 17 January 2008 6:15 PM 6:45 PM 7:00 PM Registration, Networking & Hors d’oeurves Chapter Meeting & Intros – John Palmer Technical Management: Planning, Controlling, & Managing Systems Engineering Success – Dave Walden 8:00 PM 8:30 PM Questions Adjourn 2 North Star Chapter Chapter Meeting Chapter Overview 17 January 2008  Meeting Calendar  A note on attendance  National Events  Chapter Organization  Chapter Web Site 3 North Star Chapter Attendance Chapter Overview 17 January 2008 Why sign in? 1. For the past several years we have had the chapter incentive program to encourage attendance at our meetings. We will continue offering an incentive. For guests or members attending for the first time, this also insures your notification by email of all subsequent events IF YOU WRITE SO WE CAN READ IT!! SO - BE SURE AND SIGN THE ATTENDANCE LIST! 2. 4 North Star Chapter 2008 Meeting Calendar Chapter Overview 17 January 2008       17 January - Technical Management: Planning, Controlling, & Managing Systems Engineering Success Timber Lodge 14 February - Requirements Analysis Process Telelogic at BAE Systems 13 March - Functional Decomposition University of Minnesota 10 April - Architecture Dev Process General Dynamics 8 May – INCOSE IS 2008 Paper Review University of St Thomas 15 - 19 June – No Meeting – INCOSE Symoposium 5 North Star Chapter 2008 Meeting Calendar Place to be Announced Chapter Overview 17 January 2008       10 July - Summer Social, Including IS 2008 Debrief 14 August - The Integration Process Boston Scientific 11 September – End System Verification and Validation Process MTS 9 October - Operations, Maintenance, and Disposal UPS Tour 6 November - Risk Management ATK 14 December - Annual Holiday Party Place To Be Announced 6 North Star Chapter 2008 International Events Chapter Overview 17 January 2008  Jan 26 - 29, 2008 INCOSE International Workshop (Albuquerque)  February 26 - 29, 2008 The 7th National Space SE & Risk Management Symposium  April 04 - 05, 2008 Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) 2008  June 15-19, 2008 INCOSE International Symposium (Utrecht, Netherlands) Details online @http://www.incose.org 7 Meeting Venues North Star Chapter  Chapter Overview 17 January 2008 Defense Contractors are being required to be more rigorous in their process for approving and allowing foreign nationals access to their plant.   Results in extra costs for Contractor, i.e., advance verifications, guards on over-time, etc. Results in need for longer advance notices of an individual’s intention to attend, which because of timing may preclude our foreign national members and colleagues from attending.  We are looking for additional meeting locations where we can hold meetings and not face the long notification lead times we now have.   If you have any suggestions please contact: NeillBRadke@Eaton.com or jpalmer@usfamily.net 8 North Star Chapter 2008 Organization President Neill Radke & John Palmer Chapter Overview 17 January 2008 North Star Leadership Past President Elliot Abrons President Elect Neill Radke & John Palmer Treasurer Mark Elpers Secretary Peter Lucking Dir. Industry John Palmer Dir. Acad/Govt Eileen Arnold Communication Eileen Arnold Contact Paul Maggitti or Eileen Arnold INCOSE Member Board Paul Maggitti INCOSE Technical Leadership Team Eileen Arnold Systems Science SE Technical Process Architecture SE Management Process • Requirements • Risk SE Support Processes • Measurement Modeling & Tools Specialty Engineering Application Sectors Contacts for Technical Activities 9 North Star Chapter Communication North Star Chapter Web Site hosted on INCOSE server: Chapter Overview 17 January 2008 www.incose.org/northstar North Star Newsletter – The Integrator 10 North Star Chapter Guest Speaker Dave Walden Chapter Overview 17 January 2008 David D. (Dave) Walden, CSEP, is the co-owner of, and Principal Consultant for, Sysnovation, LLC based out of Shakopee, MN, USA. Prior to forming Sysnovation, Dave spent 13 years with General Dynamics in Bloomington, MN and 10 years with McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) in St. Louis, MO. Dave has also recently accepted the role of INCOSE’s Certification Program Manager. Dave is active in several professional organizations. He has been a member of INCOSE since 1994 and is an INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP). At the international level, he is currently an INCOSE ISO Standards Liaison. Dave is the past chair of the Corporate Advisory Board (CAB) and served on the INCOSE Board of Directors. At the local chapter level, he was a founding member and the first President of the North Star Chapter. Dave is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), and Tau Beta Pi. Dave has an M.S. in Management of Technology (MOT) from the University of Minnesota, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Valparaiso University in Indiana.