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Subject: INCOSE Meeting Tues >> June 14 <<

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

>>>> June 14 <<<<, Tuesday Evening Monthly Program

5:30 PM Social Half-Hour and hot snack
6:00-7:00 Talk followed by questions.
Networking and sidebars to 8 PM.

Speaker: Jeff Harrison

Topic: Systems Effectiveness - By the Book

Abstract:
As systems engineers, it is important that we augment our everyday experience (aka on-the-job training) with knowledge of processes, techniques, and lessons learned from other sources outside of our job-related perspective. One way to do this is by reading systems engineering (SE) related books. This presentation will review and discuss a SE-related book for your consideration. The book to be reviewed is:

"Systems Effectiveness" by A. R. Habayeb. This book was written to be a reference for systems engineers, managers, scientists, and analysts. Mr. Habayeb promotes systems effectiveness as an important concept to ensuring that the system design that results from the SE process can be validated as doing the right things right. Mr. Habayeb discusses system effectiveness as a total concept as well as breaks it down into its constituent parts of design adequacy, system reliability, and system readiness. He suggests how to choose the measures of effectiveness (MOE) that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of different types of systems. This text shows how the concept, tools, and techniques of systems effectiveness can be applied to both technical systems and organizational systems. Mr. Habayeb’s concept of systems effectiveness will be compared with system effectiveness concepts from other sources. In addition, the presentation will also briefly discuss the concept of utility curves and how they can be used in conjunction with system effectiveness analysis. The objectives of this review are to provide to the attendees enough information to answer the question for themselves “Would I be interested in obtaining and reading this book?” and some information from the book that they may find useful regardless of whether or not they decide to read the book themselves.

Bio:
Jeff Harrison has over 21 years of systems engineering experience with Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Sunnyvale in support of space systems development. He has been involved for the last two years in the development of the Anomaly Detection and Resolution (ADR) design for the Space-Based Infra-Red System (SBIRS) spacecraft. Prior to his SBIRS assignment, he worked for five years on the Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (SIRTF) spacecraft program (now known as the Spitzer Space Telescope) where he was involved in the development of its Fault Protection Subsystem along with the development, maintenance, and verification of spacecraft-level requirements. He has an MS in Aeronautical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School and a BS in Aerospace Engineering from North Carolina State University. He has been a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of INCOSE for eleven years.

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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.