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JOG Grand Systems Engineering
Certificate Program

A 10-12 day Systems Engineering On-Site Certificate Program

• Description	• Instructor	• Onsite Information
• Development Process	• Audience	• Current Courses Available
• Certificate Requirements	• Financial Benefits	• Download pdf brochure

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Description

Each of the four courses that comprise this Certificate Program can be taught as a stand-alone course but this description is assembled based on the completion of the Certificate Program in one of the two formats which is discussed in detail in the Certificate Format section below. The whole program is founded on the simple idea that system engineers contribute to program success in four fundamental ways that can be collected into four related courses. The low risk system development process requires that the responsible team first define the problem they are supposed to solve by preparing a set of good specifications the content of which has been determined through structured analysis. The next step entails synthesis of the problem statement into a three stage solution including product design solution, procurement and material processing plan, and a manufacturing process. Step three calls for us to prove that the selected design solution complies with the previously defined requirements in a three stage verification process (item qualification, item acceptance, and system test and evaluation). Finally, these three steps must be accomplished within the context of a sound management infrastructure. The four courses in this program are aligned with the four fundamental activities. Commonly the management course is run first with the other three in the order discussed. But the ten-day program re-orders the courses to connect them together in pairs in the way that best supports the training of people to do this work.

The program includes a workshop that threads through the whole program based on the same product. Several different product systems have been used for this workshop including: a space transport system, a sonar sensor array, an uninhabited combat aircraft system, a farming system, a military air traffic control system, and an Earth observing satellite system. Each course is supplied with a comprehensive student manual containing a textbook (the requirements course will start using the Elsevier book by the author starting in November 2005), presentation materials, and a set of document templates in paper and/or CD ROM format. The latter are coordinated with one of the several workshop systems and provide the students with a partially completed set of work products that they can improve in workshop periods.

The Grand Systems Development Process

This Certificate Program emphasizes the four fundamental parts of the development process:

1. Define the problem with good specifications

The low risk system development process requires that the responsible team first define the problem they are supposed to solve by preparing a set of good specifications the content of which has been determined through structured analysis.

2. Solve the problem through synthesis (product design, procurement, and manufacturing)

The second step entails synthesis of the problem statement into a three stage solution including product design solution, procurement and material processing plan, and a manufacturing process.

3. Prove the design satisfies the content of the specifications (verification)

Step three calls for us to prove that the selected design solution complies with the previously defined requirements in a three stage verification process (item qualification, item acceptance, and system test and evaluation).

4. Accomplish the other three within the context of a sound management infrastructure.

The four elements of the program focus on each of these four functions.

Finally, these three steps must be accomplished within the context of a sound management infrastructure.

Certificate Requirements

Candidates for the Certificate are required to attend 10 - 12 days of professional education short courses.

Instructor

The lecturer for all courses is Jeffrey O. Grady. Since 1993 Mr. Grady has been the President of JOG System Engineering, Inc., a system engineering consulting firm focused on assessment of current client capability coupled with education leading to planned improvements. Formerly, he was the engineering manager of Systems Development at General Dynamics Space Systems Division working on space transport and energy systems. Other experience over a period of 30 years in industry included: system engineer with GD Convair on cruise missiles; system engineer, project engineer, and field engineer with Ryan Aeronautical on unmanned photo reconnaissance, ELINT, electronic warfare, and target aircraft; and customer training instructor with Librascope on underwater fire control systems. Jeff served ten years in the U.S. Marines in the aviation communications field.

The lecturer is the author of five recent books in the system engineering field (System Requirements Analysis, McGraw-Hill, 1993; System Integration, CRC Press,1994; System Engineering Planning and Enterprise Identity, CRC Press,1995; System Validation and Verification, CRC Press, 1997; and System Engineering Deployment, CRC Press, 1999) and system engineering papers. His requirements book, much improved, will be re-published by Elsiver in November 2005. Jeff has lectured in systems engineering certificate programs at University of California San Diego, Indiana-Purdue University, University of Alabama at Huntsville, and University of California Irvine and is a member of the UCSD System Engineering Certificate Advisory Board. Jeff is a charter member of, the first elected Secretary for, as well as a Fellow and Founder of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE).

Audience

The participants in the Certificate program should have a background equivalent of a BS degree. The program would benefit managers and engineers at the division, product development, design, manufacturing, and assembly levels as well as hardware and software engineers who seek to expand their perspective.

Financial Benefits

Registered candidates for the JOG Grand Systems Engineering Certificate receive a discount on approved systems engineering short courses. Companies who chose to contract on-site courses as a part of the Advanced Integrated System Design Certificate Program receive a discount off the regular on-site contract price.

On-Site Certificate Program

The JOG Grand Systems Engineering Certificate Program is best when implemented on-site because it creates and strengthens a team approach. Furthermore, an on-site certificate program offers maximum flexibility. PEI can develop a custom certificate program tailored to meet your organizational needs which can be taught at your facility and at your convenience. On-site programs also greatly reduce travel costs and time constraints. Additionally, many courses available on-site are not currently available as public courses, and a larger number of people can be trained quickly. For additional information, contact Dr. Tom R. Mincer at 1-866-272-8095.

Current Courses Available On-Site

All of the JOG Grand Systems Engineering courses are available to be brought to your facility. Some are also offered as public courses, based on demand. Waiting lists for courses you would like to see placed on public course calendar have begun. Once a course has 10 people on a waiting list, a date and location is immediately selected to fit most conveniently the schedules of those who have shown interest. Contact PEI for additional On-Site information, detailed course descriptions or waiting list information.

Program Development Flexibility

This certificate program offers great flexibility in developing a curriculum which meets both organizational and personal goals and needs. Not only are PEI's national short courses available, but credit is also given for courses which have been approved by PEI and taken from local Universities. Additionally, PEI offers all of the public Advanced Integrated System Design courses as on-site courses which can be scheduled at your facility and at your convenience. This allows for a program to be tailored to the specific needs of your organization. For additional information, contact Dr. Tom R. Mincer at 1-866-272-8095.

Courses in the JOG Grand Systems Engineering Certificate Program

Grand Systems Management Component Component Outline

The lecturer believes that enterprises and programs should be organized as the systems they are every bit as much as the systems that they create are treated in that fashion. This course offers an effective enterprise re-engineering framework encouraging the enterprise to clearly define its process and corresponding practices using the same tools that have been proven effective in developing product systems. A common process is developed and translated into a program unique plan applying one of three planning perspectives: a simple statement of work, the U.S. Air Force integrated management system, and a variation on the latter that better coordinates program work with enterprise common process. Program phasing, risk management, earned value systems, configuration and data management are covered. Several external system engineering audit processes are explained. The Course Outline is listed below. The four light grey line items are deleted from the course where it is presented as a component of a ten-day certificate program.

Grand Systems Requirements Component Component Outline

The most popular course offered by JOG System Engineering over the past 12 years has been this course on requirements analysis. It provides an understanding of the fundamentals and offers a general theory of structured analysis before covering all known requirements analysis modeling approaches useful for systems, hardware, and software. This includes traditional structured analysis (applying functional flow, enhanced functional flow, behavioral, and IDEF-0 diagramming, physical process flow diagramming, and hierarchical functional analysis for functional analysis; n-square or schematic block diagramming for interface analysis; specialty engineering scoping matrix; and a three tiered environmental requirements model), modern structured analysis (original and the HP extension), early object oriented analysis, IDEF 1X and table normalizing approach for relational database development, unified modeling language (UML), and DoD Architecture Framework (DOD AF). The course then covers requirements management aspects including specification templates, applicable documents tailoring, specification review and approval, use of database systems, requirements validation, and risk management.

A method is offered for capturing the work products derived from structured analysis so that they may be used on subsequent modification programs or analysis related to later builds in a program applying the spiral development sequence model.

Course version 10.0 and on includes coverage of a RAS-Centered approach where all requirements analysis is conducted in context with a series of structured analysis models, flows into a common format in a requirements database from which specifications can be printed providing clear traceability between all requirements and the models from which they were derived and the item specifications to which they were allocated.

Grand Systems Synthesis Component Component Outline

The Synthesis Component began as an integration course connected to the author's book System Integration but over a period of several years has broadened out to embrace the product design, procurement, and manufacturing processes from a system engineering perspective. The trade study process is covered focusing on the definition of a value system consisting of one's choice of selection criteria, weighting, and normalization or utility curve shapes. The associate interface integration process is covered through a workshop required to hold a mock ICWG meeting. Student teams brief a preliminary design review where the presentation materials have been developed throughout the course. The following is an outline for this component.

Grand Systems Verification Component Component Outline

The final component builds a management framework within which one may design and manage a sound program verification process consisting of item qualification, item acceptance, and system test and evaluation components. The purpose of the three kinds of specifications commonly found on large programs becomes clear when considered against the verification backdrop. The course encourages the lowest possible risk approach of writing verification requirements that are allocated to verification tasks each one of which must have a plan, procedure, and report telling what was found in the task relative to evidence of design compliance with the related specification content. A set of matrices is described through which one may carefully control the evolution of the verification process. Audits are discussed through which the customer gains confidence in the degree of compliance the design has been proven to possess relative to the specifications.