The International Council on Systems Engineering - INCOSE

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Spring 09 Conference
April 2 – 4, 2009


Hosted by INCOSE Region V Chapters at the
Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC)
Suffolk Facility - VMASC West
1030 University Blvd.
Suffolk, VA 23435
 

The conference theme for the INCOSE Spring 09 Conference is Systems Engineering – Affordable Success. It focuses on the means and tools to lead and create organizations that develop affordable systems. It is known that systems complexity has dramatically increased over the last two decades. It is therefore even more important to develop leaders and processes to more cost effectively track development costs, calculate complexity, and leverage known solution and techniques.
Papers in all areas of systems engineering leadership, green solutions, and complexity, cost, schedule, and performance are encouraged. All types of papers will be considered. Papers must be submitted in English, the official language of the INCOSE Spring 09 Conference. Students are especially encouraged to submit papers.
Topics and questions of special interest include, but are not limited to:

Plenary Sessions: 	


How do cultural differences around the world affect the application of SE? How is information technology / knowledge management enabling or prevent the successful application SE? How has the integration of program management and SE elevated the role of systems engineering? How do you see information engineering affecting systems development?

Charles Wasson, Wasson Strategics, LLC  21st Century System Engineering Leadership  Thurs 10:30
James Martin, The Aerospace Corporation  On the Various Conceptualizations of Systems and their Impact on Systems Engineering Practice  Thurs 11:30
James Martin, The Aerospace Corporation  On the Use of Concepts and Principles For Systems Engineering Practice Fri 1:00 
Jeff Bryson, Lockheed Martin Corporation   Prescriptive Requirements Analysis  Fri 1:30
Robert G. Eure, Military Sealift Fleet Support Command  INCOSE Knowledge Management   Fri 2:00
Dr. Peggy Brouse & Michael Mulhearn, George Mason University  Project Manager use of PMBOK and EIA-632 Processes in Engineering  A Small System Fri 3:00
Eileen Arnold, BAE Systems Land & Armaments  Global SE Competencies: A Business Advantage  Fri 3:30
Charles Wasson, Wasson Strategics, LLC  System Engineering: The Missing Course in Engineering Education Fri 4:00

 

Green and Other Solutions


What are some SE lessons learned dealing with green solutions? Are there green modeling techniques which are applicable through out the world? Do we see new green modeling techniques emerging that apply to SE? What are some lessons learned when applying green solutions? What are you and your organization doing to foster sustainable development, re-use, zero-footprint and zero-emission system development?

Cyrus Afshar, URS - EG&G Division Impacts of Ethnicity and Culture on the Systems Engineering (SE) Support of International Projects Thurs 10:30
Sarah Sheard, Third Millennium Systems LLC  Resilience    Thurs 11:00
Long S.Dong, Lockheed Martin Corporation  Engineering an Affordable System: The Increasingly Challenging  Systems Engineering Thurs 11:30
Greg Johnson, Rockwell Collins  Reducing Recurring Cost:  A Systems Journey  Thurs 1:00
Jeff Loren, Alion Science & Technology (SAF/AQRE support) Do It Right, Do It Early, Do It Early, Do It Right, Reshaping the DoD SE Investment Paradigm Thurs 1:30
Capt Walter E. Carter, Jr., US Navy, and Kelly Moses, Brian Bazil, Tad Walls, Justin Hornback, Booz Allen Hamilton  An Integrated Risk Management Framework Applied to a Department of Defense Portfolio of Systems Thurs 2:00
Kent DeJong and Debra Post, Sandia National Lab Magic Bullets, New Cars, and System Engineering Tools: Promises vs. Reality  Thurs 3:00
Tareq Ahram & Waldemar Karwowski, University of Central Florida  Measuring Human Systems Integration Return on Investment  Thurs 3:30
Walter Sobkiw, CassBeth Automated Specification Analysis Thurs 4:00
Sarah Sheard, Third Millennium Systems LLC What Complex Systems Science tells us about Systems Architecture and Engineering Sat 1:00
James Armstrong, Stevens Institute of Technology Technical Performance Measures: Integrating Systems Engineering and Project Management Sat 1:30
James Armstrong, Stevens Institute of Technology Chaos in Risk Management Sat 2:30
Joseph Simpson & Mary Simpson, System Concepts A Pragmatic Complexity Framework Sat 3:00

PLUS!

Panels and Discussions
Carl Siel, Assistant Secretary of Navy - Research, Search, Acquisition, Chief Engineer (ASN (RDA) CHSENG) Naval Probability of Program Success (PoPS) Thurs 3:00
Dave Walden, INCOSE Certification; Kevin Forsberg, CSM, & Ken Kepchar, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) INCOSE SE Certification’s Future Direction    Fri 10:30
Ken Kepchar, FAA Next Generation Solution   Fri 1:00
Eric Honour, Honourcode Inc. SE Return On Investment (ROI)    Sat 8:30
Kevin Forsberg, CSM, John Snoderly, DAU, Tim Olson, Lean Solutions Institute, Inc. & Christian Utara, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Systems, Hardware, and Software Project Management     Sat 10:30
Kevin Forsberg, CSM, John Snoderly, DAU, and Christian Utara, NAVAIR SE Lessons Learned    Sat 1:00
Tutorials
Karl C. Geist, Gryphon Technologies Certification can be for everyone  Thurs 1:00
Sarah Sheard, Third Millennium Systems LLC Complexity     Fri 10:30
Gabriele Belle, Belle Consulting Services Inc. & Holly Latty-Mann, The Leadership Trust Systems Thinking Strategies for Complex Decision Making Processes  Sat 8:30

 

POC:    Joe Krupa, Technical Program Co-Chair Telephone: 803-952-7379 E-mail: Joseph.Krupa@incose.org

            Dave Takacs, Technical Program Co-Chair Telephone: 770-494-8950 Email: David.takacs@lmco.com 

            Conference Registration Chair, Steve McKeown, BAH, 301-862-7033, mckeown_steve@bah.com

            Conference Sponsorship Chairman Tony Gigioli, 443-896-0203 (Office), 240-593-4994 (Cell), tgigioli@i2spros.com

           

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