Date:	Monday, February 26th, 2007
Time:	8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Place:	Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training & Support, Orlando (Main Auditorium) 12506 Lake Underhill Road, Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 306-1000
Cost:	$25.00 for INCOSE Members $100.00 for Non-Members
Registration:	By Saturday, February 10th, 2007. On-line Registration or Mail Registration
Special Note:	Lockheed/Martin is a secure facility. Hence Event requires personal information. All attendees (exception: personnel with Lockheed Martin badges) should contact Judith Feliciano for further instructions at 407-306-3215, or by email at jfelic01@aol.com. This is required for security purposes.

Program:
Writing Good Requirements

Part 1: Role of Requirements on project/product success
Part 2: Scope - The benefits
Part 3: Impact of Bad Requirements; Comms problems; Why are there bad rqmts
Part 4: Be Careful What You Ask For - Writing Good Requirements
Part 5: Value of Rationale & Verification: Rationale - what, when, how & benefits
Part 6: Levels, Allocation, Traceability
Part 7: A Needle in a Haystack - Formatting Requirements
Part 8: Writing Good Requirements
Part 9: Requirement Validation.

Course Materials:
Required course materials are included in your registration.
In addition, there is a reference book (Customer-Centered Products) by Ivy Hooks and Kirsten Farry. The cost is $30.00 per book.

About the Instructor
Lou Wheatcraft, Senior Consultant

Lou Wheatcraft is an expert in requirements development and management who educates and consults organizations on the importance of writing good requirements, helping them implement requirement definition and management processes and reviewing and providing comments on their requirements.
Lou has 38 years experience in the aerospace industry, including 22 years in the United States Air Force. Lou was directly involved Titan III, Atlas, and Space Shuttle operations. Since retiring from the Air Force, Lou worked for Barrios Technology, developing operational concepts for all phases of the Naval Research Laboratorys Clementine mission - one of the first generation faster, better, cheaper missions. Following the Clementine mission, Lou was transferred to Johnson Space Center where he worked 5 years in the Astronaut Office's Space Station branch, developing operational concepts, requirements, ground rules, and constraints for how the astronauts living and work on the International Space Station.
Lou is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI), INCOSE, INCOSE's Requirements Working Group, and Toast Masters International, and the World Futures Society. Lou has spoken at the Student Futures Studies Association at the University of Houston - Clear Lake and at the Clear Lake Chapter of the PMI. Lou has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State University, an MA degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Houston - Clear Lake, an MS degree in Environmental Management from the University of Houston - Clear Lake, and is completing an MS degree in Studies of the Future from the University of Houston - Clear Lake.
Lou was awarded the Silver Snoopy Award for engineering excellence and exceptional support of the manned space flight program and Space Shuttle astronauts. NASA honored Lou for his exceptional support to the Astronaut Office and Space Station Program by awarding him with the Public Service Medal, the highest award given by NASA to non-NASA personnel.