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              San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of INCOSE
            (International Council on Systems Engineering)
             presents a one-day comprehensive tutorial on

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        |              Understanding Software:             |
        |          The Importance of Requirements          |
        |                       by                         |
        |  Ms. Dorothy McKinney, Loral Corporate Director  |
        |         of Software and Systems Process          |
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        |              Saturday, May 11, 1996              |
        |           at San Jose State University           |
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Tutorial Description
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This tutorial is intended for systems engineers, software engineers, and 
engineers in other disciplines who work with software engineers and 
managers who need to understand the process by which software engineers 
get the requirements and additional guidance they need to make key 
software architectural decisions and design trade-offs.  No software 
implementation knowledge or experience is required for the course.  What 
is required, however, is the willingness to take risks and experiment 
with the process of developing requirements and derived requirements 
for the day this tutorial is conducted.

Outline
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MODULE 1:  Understanding the Big Picture
 Any system containing software is intended to meet some mission need, 
 from translating human input into instructions to a machine (the mission 
 of the control systems for our smart appliances today), to orchestrating 
 the deployment of a wide variety of airplanes to achieve military 
 objectives (the mission of an Air Force command and control system).  
 This module addresses how to understand a mission need, and how to 
 translate that mission need into high level requirements and constraints. 

MODULE 2:  Using Existing Software, Including Commercial Off-The Shelf
           (COTS) Software
 The cost of developing an entire system from scratch, in both dollars 
 and schedule time, is prohibitive for most software systems today.  
 Instead, use of existing systems (which may need to be re-engineered 
 to be used) and COTS software is typical.  This module will explore 
 the differences in requirements development strategies which are 
 necessary to make effective use of non-developmental software of 
 all kinds.

MODULE 3:  What Is A Requirement?
 This module gives participants a hands-on opportunity to try 
 identifying  requirements, and distinguishing key characteristics 
 of requirements. 

MODULE 4:  Defining Detailed Requirements for Software
 This module gives participants several hands-on opportunities to 
 develop  detailed requirements for a software design.  The 
 characteristics of  the resulting software system are assessed, 
 and the implications of  these detailed requirements decisions for 
 software maintenance, support  and evolution are analyzed. 

MODULE 5:  Requirements Verification
 This module addresses strategies for obtaining more information to 
 support  the verification of key requirements. Techniques which are 
 currently  popular, including Joint Application Development (JAD), 
 are discussed,  along with other approaches for interacting with 
 user and customer communities. 

MODULE 6:  Costs of Change
 This final module gives participants a hands-on opportunity to see 
 the impacts of requirements changes on software architecture and 
 designs.

This tutorial focuses on learning by doing.  Each participant is asked 
to take on, in turn, several of the major roles in the process of 
developing requirements and designing software. The participant learns 
by understanding and trying different alternatives, rather than by 
guessing a right answer.  (In fact, most exercises are designed so there 
is not a wrong answer -- just different consequences for choosing each 
answer.) 

This tutorial is adapted from a software requirements tutorial first 
given in the mid-1980s, but considerably updated to include new topics 
of concern, including extensive use of existing and COTS software.  

Date:   Saturday, May 11, 1996
Time:   8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (includes an hour for lunch; lunch is provided)
Place:  San Jose State University, Engineering Building Alumni Room
Cost:   $50 for INCOSE members.  $80 for non-members.  See cost schedule
        on Enrollment Form below.

About the Instructor
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DOROTHY McKINNEY, the author and presenter of this tutorial, has over 24 
years of industry experience in the development of software-intensive 
systems, including work for SRI International, Ford Aerospace, ARGOSystems 
(a Boeing subsidiary), and Loral.  She has worked as a hands-on software 
developer, a systems engineer, a software engineering manager, a systems 
engineering manager, executive engineering manager, and chief scientist, 
with excursions into CASE systems development and corporate 
consulting/trouble-shooting to liven things up.  She is currently Loral 
corporate Director of Software and Systems Process, and prides herself on 
combining common sense with software and systems process, which increases 
the likelihood that business and technical success can peacefully co-exist.
Dorothy is an active member of INCOSE and chairs the Systems Engineering 
Processes & Methods Technical Committee. 

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Enrollment Form (Final Deadline is May 1.)
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membership fee.  Membership is good to 5/31/97.  Membership renewal
will be $60 on 6/1/97.


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Remarks ________________________________________________________

Mail completed form and fees payable to INCOSE to:
     Barney Morais, SFBAC Tutorial
     333 Cobalt Way, Suite 107
     Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Call 408-743-4299 ext 5090 (Lew Lee) to obtain additional brochures or
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Enrollment Information
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Enrollment may be made by organizations or individuals.  Enrollment is 
limited to 44. We recommend non-members consider a membership in INCOSE 
and pay the lower fee.

How to Enroll
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Fill out and return the enrollment form provided.  Acceptable forms of 
payment will be personal checks, bank drafts, and money orders.  Sorry, 
credit cards and purchase orders are not accepted.  Enrollment must be 
accompanied by the full fee.  Fees are payable to INCOSE.  If paying by 
company check and you would like to "reserve" a place in the tutorial, 
remit a personal check and attach a note to hold for company payment.

Confirming Enrollment
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If you do not receive an enrollment confirmation 5 days prior to the
scheduled date of the tutorial, please call one of the individuals listed
below.

Cancellation Policy
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Full refunds will be made prior to May 1.  No refunds will be made after
May 1.

Enrollment Packets
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Accompanying the confirmation notice will be an enrollment information 
package.  A map to San Jose State and the classroom will be provided as 
well as parking information and a phone number to be used in an emergency.  
Course material will be distributed on the day of the tutorial at the 
registration desk.  Registration begins at 8 a.m.  The course is scheduled 
to end at 5 p.m.

Lunch Is Provided
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A one hour lunch break is scheduled.  Lunch will be provided and the
entree will be a selection of sandwiches with various meats and cheeses.
If you have special dietary needs, please indicate on the enrollment form.
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        Our thanks to Dr. Ernie Unwin of San Jose State University for
           making SJSU facilities available for this tutorial.
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For Further Information
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Barney Morais  408-720-8431, veft63a@prodigy.com

Membership Information
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Lew Lee        408-738-2888 ext 5090, lew@svl.trw.com

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