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Subject: INCOSE Meeting Tues >> MARCH 08 <<

International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) San Francisco Bay Area Chapter

>>>> MARCH 08 <<<<, Tuesday Evening Monthly Program
5:30 PM Social Half-Hour and dinner
6:00-7:00 Talk followed by questions.
Networking and sidebars to 8 PM.

Speaker: Ian Zimmerman

Topic: Best Practices and Methodologies in Requirements Management

Abstract:
Requirements are concerned with anything that affects the quality of a product or service, including performance, design and manufacture and may address function, safety and legality. Usually expressed as textual statements, requirements may also be tables, diagrams or mathematical expressions. Complex products are typically defined by thousands of requirements.

Requirements management is the discipline of gathering, expressing, organizing, tracing, analyzing, reviewing, agreeing, changing and validating requirement statements and managing the documents that contain them with the purpose of defining and delivering the right product or service.

Requirements management processes span the entire development lifecycle - from inception when requirements are gathered and defined, to the end of development when final testing is carried out with respect to the initial requirements.

Ineffective management of requirements can result in cost over-runs, missed deadlines, poor customer satisfaction and potential fines due to missed compliancy with government regulations. This presentation will focus on best practices as they relate to requirements management; so you can avoid the pitfalls mentioned previously.

Bio:
Ian Zimmerman is a key figure in developing requirements engineering processes, associated templates, and guidelines as well as procurements for government and Aerospace companies. As an information architect, he facilitates companies creating their information model and standardizing their approach to requirements information management.

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RSVP online at http://www.incose.org/sfbac/rsvp.html

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Distance Participants:

Audio - 877-384-0543, Passcode: 19693600 Video - https://cisco.webex.com (PCs only) Session Number: 821874299 Distance participants please RSVP to cmcdevit@cisco.com to ensure we have enough lines. Also please plan to log on around 5:50 to establish hook-up.

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Place: Cisco Systems, SJ-I/1-Kodiak, 285 West Tasman Drive (corner Vista Montana)

Take the First Street exit off of Highway 237. South on First, right at Vista Montana, and just before Tasman, left into parking lot. Proceed to Building I. Come to the front door.

Maps at http://www.incose.org/sfbac/cisco-bldg_i.html

If arriving late, the meeting is in the conference room directly to the right of the front door - knock on the window to be let in.

Donation: FREE for members; $4 for non-members

Reservations: RSVP online at http://www.incose.org/sfbac/rsvp.html

For more information, contact:
Carol Ann McDevitt, 408-525-4565, cmcdevit@cisco.com or Dorothy McKinney, 408-742-8790, dorothy.mckinney@lmco.com or Tom Jackson, 408-742-2013, t.l.jackson@lmco.com

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The INCOSE website is at http://www.incose.org

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The mission of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), a non-profit professional society, is to "foster the definition, and practice of World Class Systems Engineering in industry, academia, and government."

The SF Bay Area Chapter presents thought-provoking monthly programs for its members and their guests. Learn about the INCOSE at www.incose.org.