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.
11/13 Greater Philadelphia Chapter Meeting: The Future of Systems Engineering and Innoslate
Philadelphia , USA
33rd & Market Streets
Drexel University
Hagerty Library, Room L33
33rd & Market Streets (Located on the South Side of Market Street)
Presentation: The Future of Systems Engineering and Innoslate®
Speaker: Steven H. Dam, Ph.D., ESEP, President and Founder of the Systems and Proposal Engineering Company (dba SPEC Innovations), based in Manassas, VA.
Currently, SysML has been identified as the “Industry Standard” for systems engineering. One of the primary rationales for SysML is to aid in the communication with software developers. But at the same time, interest in UML by the software developers has significantly waned since 2004 to the point where Computer Science programs in many universities have essentially stopped teaching it. The software engineering community has moved on to Agile or Scaled Agile Framework methodologies. These methodologies begin with functional requirements.
In a Spring 2018 Systems Engineering Forum, held by The Aerospace Corporation, one questioner stated, “SysML is the current systems engineering technique, but 10 years from now it’s likely to be something else.” That begs the question, “What is the future of systems engineering?” This presentation includes the new INCOSE Future of Systems Engineering (FuSE) initiative and how Innoslate® meets many of the future needs identified, today. It will address questions such as how to deal with artificial intelligence in our design activities, which require dynamic, non-deterministic and evolutionary approaches, and how to ensure that cybersecurity and assurance are integral to the system, not “bolt on?” The presentation will also discuss another INCOSE initiative, the Value Proposition Initiative. A recent return on investment (ROI) analysis for systems engineering and MBSE is presented.
Agenda:
6:00-6:30: Arrival and Check-In
6:30-6:45: Welcome to Drexel, Introductions (Including Student Groups) and Chapter Business
6:45-7:00: Break
7:00-8:15: Dr. S. Dam’s Presentation on SE Future and Innoslate
8:15-8:30: Closing Remarks
Meal Choices: Boxed sandwiches available, Served with Potato Chips, Whole Fruit and a Cookie. Indicate your selection when making Reservation
1) Smoked Turkey and Swiss Cheese
2) Ham and Swiss Cheese
3) Roasted Vegetables and Cheese
Cost: $10 for INCOSE Members and Nonmembers; Students are Free (Just present your student ID)
Deadline for Reservations and Meal Choices is Thursday, November 7th