Join us for our 9 April 2024 Chapter meeting featuring:
Main Presentation: "Risk Management and Systems Engineering: The Shaping of New and Future Activities of the INCOSE Risk Management WG", by Jack Stein and Bob Parro
Abstract:
Systems engineers as individuals, and the field of systems engineering as a whole, are faced with an enormous challenge. Increasing system complexity, and ever more rapid and unpredictable developments and changes in technology, and in the socio-technical environments in which we will engineer and use the systems of the future, are creating levels of uncertainty, risk, and opportunity never before encountered.
In response, the practice of risk (and opportunity) management, in general and specifically as related to systems engineering, are undergoing significant change.
This presentation will inform attendees of recent changes in the practice of risk (and opportunity) management, and will provide an overview of INCOSE Risk Management Working Group (RMWG) current and future planned activities. The session will include an open Q&A segment, and is intended to be engaging two-way exchange of information, thoughts and ideas, aimed at directing, prioritizing, and improving the activities and work products of the INCOSE RMWG.
Bio:
The INCOSE Risk Management Working Group (WG) was established in 1998, making it one of INCOSE’s longest running working groups. Currently, the WG has just over 120 members world-wide. The size and scope of activities of the WG are expected to increase as fundamental changes in the concepts, principals and practices of risk management defined in the 1st (2009) edition of overarching international risk standard ISO 31000, Risk Management — Principles and guidelines, are implemented in an increasing number of organizations and systems engineering projects and programs. These changes are reflected in ISO/IEC/IEEE 16085:2021, Systems and software engineering — Life cycle processes — Risk management, and in the 5th Edition of the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook.
Bob Parro and Jack Stein share in the chair-person duties of the Risk Management WG, making sure the WG is represented at monthly TechOps meetings and Annual International Workshops (IWs). As WG co-chairs, Jack and Bob have co-authored the Risk Management sections of both the 4th and 5th editions of the INCOSE SE Handbook. Together with WG member and standards specialist Paul Heininger, they represented INCOSE and the WG in the ISO/IEC/IEEE 16085:2021 work.
Jack Stein resides in Michigan and is a Past President of the INCOSE Michigan Chapter. Bob Parro resides in the Chicago area and is a Past President of the Chicagoland Chapter. They are both strong advocates of WG-Chapter interaction.
Meeting Speaker Marlene Brown: An SE Approach to Providing PV in Ghana
Albuquerque , USA
ATA, 1300 Britt Street, SE. Also GlobalMeet7
Abstract: The presentation portrays the evolution of the Boko Bed Net System for a Malaria ridden area in Ghana. It is the result of analyzing a serious problem, understanding the environment and limited local resources, and then finding the right technologies and partners to design and implement a simple and elegant solution. The Boko Bed Net System consists of a LED light and fan powered by a small photovoltaic (PV) system inside of a bed net. The system is simple enough, but the project was created out of need. It comes from personal stories of Malaria, cultural communication issues and taboos, and genuine compassion for trying to combat something as common and devastating as Malaria. This is a real project that I worked on, mentored and guided. A Systems Engineering approach was used throughout this project.
Bio: Marlene Brown has had multiple careers at Sandia National Labs. She is currently doing high level strategic planning, facilitation, problem solving along with System Engineering activities. She has worked evaluating systems and components and as a Quality Engineer. She has also worked in an On-Orbit Satellite Analysis Group working with satellite sensors and detectors. Her first job at Sandia was in the Photovoltaics Systems Group where she worked with all levels of systems applications in the field and in the lab. Marlene has worked with photovoltaic applications for over 25 years doing analysis, testing components, and teaching hands-on classes. Marlene has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico. She also has a 2nd Engineering Master’s degree in Systems Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology where she recently graduated in May 2014. Her technical and personal passions have inspired her to start a much-needed business incorporating immediate and short-term disaster preparedness and relief.
When Marlene is not working or playing with solar, she likes to African dance, bike, play with bees, hike in the mountains, and ski. She has been on the corporate ski team for Sandia National Laboratories for over 10 years and is active in the Sandia Singers group.