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Systems Engineering Today
Terms, concepts, definitions, relationship to component engineering,
current trends and challenges
Developing Customer and Product Requirements
Requirements elicitation, specifications
Functional Analysis
Functional flow, Value Analysis
System Architecture
Working with existing architectures; defining, controlling, and
managing interfaces; Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Service Oriented
Architecture (SOA)
System Design and Development
Hardware and software design, system modeling and effectiveness,
defining and managing system performance parameters, trade-off
analyses
Engineering Specialties
Reliability, failure analysis, lifecycle cost
Configuration Management
Managing baselines, Physical Configuration Audits
Quality Management
The effective use of quality standards, key SE standards, service-specific
guidance, ISO 9000, CMMI, Six Sigma
SE Estimation and Planning
Effective estimation techniques, cost models
SE Metrics
Leading indicators, technical performance measures, earned value
Risk Management
Identification, assessment, mitigation, control, reporting
Technical Reviews and Audits
Roles and responsibilities, review strategies and planning, conducting
Program Management Reviews
Systems of Systems
Technical, contractual, political challenges of large scale integration
programs, family of systems, DoD guidance
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The Systems Engineering Center of the California Institute of
Technology Industrial Relations Center provides training in advanced
systems engineering, specifically focused on the defense environment.
The Advanced Systems Engineering for DoD Systems certificate program
focuses on the application of sophisticated tools and methods to
address today’s issues in DoD system development and maintenance.
The 5-day Certificate Program is designed for the experienced
system engineer who wants to build on basic systems engineering
concepts. Applicants should be familiar with the basics of system
engineering as expressed in the DoD text, Systems
Engineering Fundamentals.
The program focuses on the real-life challenges of managing state-of-the-art
systems acquisition in today’s defense environment. It consists
of lectures, case studies, and exercises completed by participants
during class. The case studies reinforce key concepts and enable
participants to apply the course content to challenges in their
current work environment.
Participants will receive a certificate upon program completion.
| Date: |
June
23-27, 2008 |
| Time: |
8:00AM – 4:30PM |
| Location: |
Hampton Inn & Suites
317 West Main Road
Middletown, RI 02842
Tel.: 401.848.6555 |
| Fee: |
$1500 (The
fee is non-refundable after
May 22, 2008.) |
| Coordinator: |
Patty Van
Raalte, 626.395.4042 cstprg@caltech.edu |
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Instructors - Rob Renner
Rob Renner specializes in systems engineering, program management,
risk management, major software development programs, and development
of large scale integration programs for domestic and international
contracts. He has over 25 years of combined government and
industry experience.
He currently serves as an executive at Raytheon Corporate on the
Strategic Growth Team. Previously, he worked on
the Distributed Common Ground System for tactical intelligence
systems, with responsibility for strategic growth, contract performance,
and overseeing internal research and development. He has held previous
positions in systems engineering, program management, and capture
management within the defense industry.
Mr. Renner is a retired USAF reserve Colonel. He is DOD Acquisition
certified Level Three in both program management and systems engineering.
A published IEEE author, he has also has taught systems engineering
in academia and industry for 20 years. He earned his MS in systems
engineering and MBA in finance, both from the University of Southern
California; and his BS from the US Air Force Academy. |
Rick Hefner, PhD
Rick Hefner, PhD, specializes in systems engineering, software
development and maintenance, project management, risk management,
and process improvement. He is a recognized expert in Capability
Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) quality standard and a certified
lead appraiser. His experience spans over 40 years.
Dr. Hefner currently is Director, Process Management at
Northrop Grumman Corporation, where he manages corporate process
initiatives related to systems engineering and CMMI. He previously
was Director of Software Development at The Aerospace Corporation,
where he performed systems engineering and technical assistance
services for the Air Force in monitoring contractor system development.
Dr. Hefner is credited with over 80 publications and presentations.
He earned MS and BS from Purdue University in interdisciplinary
engineering, and his PhD from the University of California, Los
Angeles, in applied dynamic systems control. |
