Systems Engineering Education: Advancement of Systems Engineering through Academic Scholarship

1. Systems Engineering Education: Advancement of Systems Engineering through Academic Scholarship Andrew P. Sage First American Bank Professor University Professor Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research George Mason University (MS4A6) Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 Room 311 STII Tel: 703-993-1506 Fax:703-978-9716 EMail: asage@gmu.edu A. P. Sage, Systems Engineering Education, Slide 1

2. Systems engineering is a that is comprised of a process number of that will assist in the of the activities definition for a system, transform this set of requirements requirements into a system through , development efforts and provide for of the system in an deployment operational environment. There are two major perspectives or roles, taken by the systems engineer and they follow from this definition. A systems engineer takes a oriented view of the efforts process needed to field a system. A systems engineer is an . The needs of the customer, the integrator system production team, and existing or legacy systems, are all considered and, in effect, integrated. Why Systems Engineering? Quality, Quality, Quality What is Systems Engineering A. P. Sage, Systems Engineering Education, Slide 2

3. An appropriate conceptual model for systems engineering results from the realization that: The competitive environment of the organization, coupled with organizational leadership and strategy lead to the competitive strategy of the organization and the resulting systems management policies. Systems management drives the choice of process to be used for the particular systems engineering effort under consideration. The use of a systems engineering process, or systems engineering lifecycle, drives or results in the system (product or service) being engineered. There are a variety of tools and methods, and metrics, that support systems management, processes, and products. A. P. Sage, Systems Engineering Education, Slide 3

4. Measurements to Measurements to Measurements to Support Systems Support Support Competitive Management Processes Product Strategy Systems Leadership And Culture Management Process Competitive Product Environment Methods and Methods and Methods and Technologies to Technologies to Technologies to Support Support Systems Support Products Management Processes A. P. Sage, Systems Engineering Education, Slide 4

5. Environment Process ORGANIZATIONS PEOPLE TECHNOLOGY Measurements to Support Systems Management Measurements to Support Processes Measurements to Support Products Specific Policy Drivers for Systems Engineering and Management Activities Systems Management Systems Management Processes Processes Product Product Methods and Technologies to Support Systems Management Methods and Technologies to Support Processes Methods and Technologies to Support Products Methods and Technologies to Support Products Systems Engineering and Management to Support People, Organizations, and Technology A. P. Sage, Systems Engineering Education, Slide 5

6. Planning and Marketing Deployment RDT&E Definition Development Definition Development Acquisition Deployment Definition Deployment Development Major Systems Engineering Lifecycles and Three Phases Within Each A. P. Sage, Systems Engineering Education, Slide 6

7. Planning and Marketing What is in Demand? What can be developed? What is possible? Acquisition What can be developed? What is possible? RDT&E What is possible? RDT&E What is in demand? What can be developed? What is possible? Acquisition What is in Demand? What can be developed? Planning and Marketing What is in demand? Illustrations of the Need for Coordination and Integration Across Lifecycles A. P. Sage, Systems Engineering Education, Slide 7

8. Gap, Need for Integration, Role for Systems Engineering Vision Enterprise View Market Profit Customer Satisfaction Engineering Departments and Technical Work Centers Implementation View Costs Detail Design Coding Circuits Devices A. P. Sage, Systems Engineering Education, Slide 8

9. Systems Engineering and Perspective Integration Environment Technology Systems Engineering and Management View • Systems Management and Technical Direction • Process Engineering and Management • Systems Architecture, Interfaces and Integration Enterprise View • Strategic Planning • Management Controls • Task Controls • Work Flow Operations Humans Organization Technology Implementation View • Physical Systems and Subsystems • Hardware and Software Components and Interconnections A. P. Sage, Systems Engineering Education, Slide 9 The Three Major Views of a Large System of Technologies, Humans, and Organization

10. Most contemporary systems engineering challenges involve engineering of a system (or family or federation) of systems. • Five principal characteristics distinguish potentially very large and complex but monolithic systems from a true Systems of Systems. • The system of systems is comprised of systems which are independent and useful in their own right. • Managerial Independence of the Systems. • Geographic Distribution. • Evolutionary Development. • Emergent Behavior. • THESE CHARACTERISTICS ARE VERY MUCH THOSE OF A COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEM. • Effort needs to be expended to identify for a System of Systems: • Measures of Emergent and Evolutionary Effectiveness • Measures for Earned value Added • Measures of Interoperability and the Value of Interoperability • Measures of ???. A. P. Sage, Systems Engineering Education, Slide 10

11. Functional Purposeful Knowledge Structural Information Entities (What) Timing (When) Places (Where) People (Who) Activities (How) Motivations (Why) Knowledge Perspectives as they Relate to Structure, Function, and Purpose Enterprise Systems Engineering and Management Implementation A. P. Sage, Systems Engineering Education, Slide 11

12. Systems Engineering and Management Organization Enterprise Organization Implementation Organization Systems Engineering as a Broker of Information and Knowledge A. P. Sage, Systems Engineering Education, Slide 12

13. ???? COMMENTS ????? ?? ANY QUESTIONS ?? ????????????????? A. P. Sage, Systems Engineering Education, Slide 13