Mission
The Infrastructure Working Group Charter is to bring together designers, builders, and operators of economic and physical infrastructure systems to advance the application of systems engineering.
This Working Group aligns with the strategic aim of INCOSE to advance the application of systems engineering outside its core aerospace and defense domain.
Goals
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Lead the international outreach to public and private organizations involved in infrastructure delivery and operations.
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Develop products to capture systems engineering best practices tailored to the infrastructure domain.
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Share best practices within the Working Group and make a footprint to the Infrastructure domain at large by developing products.
Specific initiatives include:
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Webinars – 3 scheduled per year in collaboration with other Working Groups such as Automotive and Transportation Working Groups – Short Term
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Products – An MBSE application to an infrastructure project (currently under development) – Short Term
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Products – Continue the development of tri-fold series – Short term
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Products – A Guide to the Application of Systems Engineering in Large Infrastructure
Projects (Version 2.0 under development) – Mid Term
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Collaboration with an International Organization (NETLIPSE) to promote the INCOSE
brand and joint products development – Mid Term
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Develop a metamodel for infrastructure – Long Term
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Bring Construction Companies into INCOSE – Long Term
Scope
This Working Group will address mostly physical infrastructure issues with a concentration on the construction of infrastructure facilities in the energy, transportation and, and communications domains. This includes public and commercial facilities and networks necessary for the economic and physical well being of society (e.g., power generation and distribution, waterways and ports, industrial plants, telecommunication networks, transportation facilities and systems, and mining). The Working Group will leverage international systems engineering best practices and produce documents to assist developers and builders of infrastructure systems. This Working Group will collaborate with other domain specific Working Groups such as the Transport Working Group, the Power and Energy Systems Working Group, the In-Service Working Group, and the Resilience Systems Working Group.