INCOSE eNote: News and Notes from the INCOSE Network
Volume 3 Issue 3, 14 April 2006
The 2006 INCOSE International Symposium convenes 9-13 July 2006 at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate in Orlando, Florida, USA. Meet with systems engineers and decision makers from around the world in a high tech center for space and DoD research as well as a popular tourist destination. This year’s theme Systems Engineering: Shining Light on the Tough Issues focuses on the extreme challenges that systems engineers face in bringing products and services to the market at top speed. Seventeen tutorials, eight panels, and over one hundred paper presentations panels will address many areas related to future systems engineering challenges. Technical tracks emphasize tough problems and solutions, including systems engineering (SE) management; SE education and research; SE in industry (Biotech, Medical, Energy, Transportation, etc.); system architecture and design; the SE process; integration, verification and validation challenges for SE; modeling, simulation, and training topics related to SE; and engineering reliability, maintainability, logistic, and quality.
Symposium details and registration are available online at the symposium website. For those planning to visit Disney World, ticket prices will increase starting 1 July, but you can purchase discounted tickets today by visiting the Tourist Information section of the symposium website.
Make your preparations for an excellent learning and sharing experience at the INCOSE International Symposium. We look forward to seeing you in Orlando!
Planning a meeting at the 2006 International Symposium? Board, committee, and working group chairs should complete the meeting space request form and return it no later than Friday, May 26. The best availability for committee meeting space is all day Saturday, July 8 and Sunday, July 9. A limited amount of meeting space is available throughout the week. Meeting space will be reserved on a first-requested, first-assigned basis, so we encourage you to submit your request early. If you have any questions, or need further assistance, please contact
Michelle Freeland.
Member renewal reminders for the 2006/2007 member year were mailed in early April. Renew today to maintain the many benefits of membership including the Members Area, conferences and symposia, working groups, and the benefits provided by your chapter. US and Australian members are encouraged to renew online using the information from your dues reminder (the invoice number is your member number). All other members should renew directly with their national chapter.
Interested in intelligent transportation or rail/transit systems? The ITTS (Intelligent Transportation and Transit Systems) Working Group is seeking to add members from all INCOSE Chapters and connect local chapter working groups to create further synergy and visibility for the application of SE in intelligent transportation systems and rail/transit. The ITTS WG charter is to “Promote the development and application of systems engineering best practices to ground Transportation and Transit systems, to both public and private interests, and to include inter-modal interfaces. With emphasis on roadways, bus & rail transit and the support of seamless interaction and movement of goods and people via inter-modal interfaces”.
Members of the international rail/transit community are also invited to participate in a special Rail/Transit Roundtable Discussion Wednesday, July 12 from 11:45-12:45 at the 2006 International Symposium. Topics to be addressed include:
- Challenges and lessons learned from practical application of SE to the rail/transit industry
- Case Studies highlighting benefits of applying SE
- New competencies / resources required to be successful
- Exchange of best practices for tailoring the application of SE to rail/transit
For further information, please contact ITTS Working Group Chair Michael Krueger or Co-Chair Anne O'Neil.
Volume 8, issue 2 of INSIGHT was mailed  to members in early April. This issue includes eighteen articles on the technical vision of systems engineering and twelve articles on the intellectual content of systems engineering.
As you read INSIGHT and enjoy the contributions of the Fellows, be sure to visit the Members Area of the website to read the latest version of the Systems Engineering Vision 2020.
INCOSE is pleased to announce the appointment of Bob Kenley as the new Chief Editor of INCOSE INSIGHT. Bob has a strong background in communication and technical editing and has demonstrated clear command of systems engineering through his many technical publications.
We are deeply indebted to Valerie Gundrum for her years of volunteer service as the previous Chief Editor of INSIGHT. Her hard work combined with the contributions of many theme authors and editors made INSIGHT one of the highest rated member benefits.
Volume 9, issue 2 of the Systems Engineering Journal is now available on the Wiley Interscience site. Members should receive their printed copy in late April.
This issue includes:
 "Knowledge, abilities, cognitive characteristics and behavioral competences of engineers with high capacity for engineering systems thinking (CEST)" by Moti Frank - "Key concepts in modeling product development processes" by Tyson R. Browning, Ernst Fricke, and Herbert Negele
- "PaladinRM: Graph-based visualization of requirements organized for team-based design" by Mark Austin, Vimal Mayank, and Natalya Shmunis
- "System and software architecture reconciliation" by Mark W. Maier "SysML and UML 2 support for activity modeling" by Conrad Bock
INCOSE members can enjoy these articles online today. Instructions for accessing the Wiley Interscience website can be found in the INCOSE Members Area.
The Systems Engineering Society of Australia, the Southern Cross Chapter of The International Test and Evaluation Association, and INCOSE Region VI come together to host SETE 2006 Project Success – Maximising Customer Satisfaction. Despite best endeavours to "keep it simple", the ever-increasing burden of demands and constraints, including environmental and technical factors, legal ramifications, rates of change of technology, etc. mean that many projects and systems become exceedingly complex. Regardless of the increased complexity, the Project Manager strives to achieve project success, thus ensuring the client is satisfied.
SETE 2006 will be held 25-27 September in Melbourne, Australia. The deadlines for submissions are:
- 17 May for 150 word abstracts for refereed papers
- 31 May for 150 word abstracts for non-refereed papers
- 31 May for refereed papers for review
- 31 May for tutorial proposals
Please submit expressions of interest to presenter, sponsor, exhibit, or deliver tutorials to the SETE2006 Conference Chair, Roger McCowan, or the Technical Programme Chair, Dr. Lars Grunske.
The Project Management Institute Risk SIG's Annual Project Risk Symposium scheduled for 22-25 May in Houston, Texas, USA provides a unique forum on comprehensive risk and project management techniques and analysis. Attendees will learn about updates on key methodologies, techniques, and emerging trends in managing risk in projects and enterprises across all industry sectors. Keynote speakers and a range of industry-specific experts will provide case studies and lessons learned through implementing risk management to improve project outcomes in terms of scope, time, cost, and ROI. INCOSE members save 15% on standard registration fees by mentioning priority code XM1812INCOSE when registering. Visit the symposium website for more details.
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