Systems Engineering In Aerospace

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Systems Engineering In Aerospace
AUTOMATION IN MANUFACTURING
Leading-Edge Technologies and Application Fairfiel
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• Theodora Saunders

February 20 2009
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Systems Engineering In Aerospace

• Topics
• Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Work Motivation
• Challenges

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In Celebration Of Engineering Week
We design solutions to problems
However
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We Design Solutions With Constraints

• Engineering solutions must satisfy a set of
  constraints
• Size
• Weight
• Safety
• Reliability
• Maintainability
• Manufacturability
• Cost
• Schedule

We narrow all options to a Solution Convergent
Thinking
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Systems Engineering

• Focuses on defining customer needs and required
  functionality early in the development cycle,
  documenting requirements, then proceeding with
  design synthesis and system validation while
  considering the complete problem

• Integrates all the disciplines and specialty
  groups into a team effort forming a structured
  development process that proceeds from concept to
  production to operation.
• Considers both the business and the technical
  needs of all customers with the goal of providing
  a quality product that meets the user needs

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Systems Engineering
Integrates all the disciplines and specialty
groups into a team effort forming a structured
development process that proceeds from concept
to production to operation
ò

• Considers both the business and the technical
  needs of all customers with the goal of providing
  a quality product that meets the user needs

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Systems Engineering

• Focuses on defining customer needs and required
  functionality early in the development cycle,
  documenting requirements, then proceeding with
  design synthesis and system validation while
  considering the complete problem

Considers A Full Spectrum Of Solutions
Divergent Thinking
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Systems Engineering In Aerospace
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System Engineering Standards and the V Model
EIA/IS-632 Systems Engineering Standard
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Systems Engineering In AerospaceSystem
Breakdown Structure
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Systems Engineering In AerospaceProcess Across
the System Life Cycle
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Systems Engineering In Aerospace Current DoD
Product Life Cycle
Compressed Product Life Cycles Impact Process,
Product, People
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Systems Engineering In Aerospace Requirements
Matter
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Systems Engineering In AerospaceDecomposition
and Process Allocation
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Systems Engineering In AerospaceTechnical Effort
Content
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Systems Engineering In Aerospace

• It is not only about the process
• It is not only about the tools
• It is the application of the process
• It is the creation of products
• It is the people who create
• It is the art of creating

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Systems Engineering In AerospaceUnique
Application Content
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• Challenges

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Engineering ChallengesIn US Aerospace

• Emerging anxiety with respect to the supply of
  qualified scientific and engineering workforce
  within the aerospace industry and in particular
  within the defense sector
• Anticipated engineering labor shortage has far
  more implications and goes beyond the financial
  viability concerns in the defense sector
• The United States of America economic stability
  and competitiveness, as well as the national
  security depend on the availability of capable
  engineering workforce

Aerospace Industry Association newsletter
headline Aerospace Industry Faces Coming Worker
Shortage (posted on 4 March 2008)
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Evolving Nature of Systems Engineering

• Systems requirements are increasingly based on
  assessment of gaps in user capabilities and in
  priority areas
• Increasing focus on integration across systems to
  enable capabilities
• Increased emphasis on networking
• Effective end-to-end performance of system of
  systems (SoS) to meet user needs

The role of systems engineering (SE) is expanding
to the engineering of SoS that provide user
capabilities
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Systems Engineering In Aerospace Increased SoS
Focus
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• Opportunities

• The value added by the system as a whole, beyond
  that contributed independently by the parts, is
  primarily created by the relationship among the
  parts that is, how they are interconnected
• (Rechtin, 2000)

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Systems Engineering Motivational Theories
Analysis
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Systems Engineering Competency Levels
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Suggested Systems Engineering Competency Model
And Corresponding
Recent data analyses indicate that higher systems
engineering capability results in more
successful projects, thus leading to higher
effectiveness of systems engineering (Carnegie
Mellon and National Defense Industry Association
report, 2007)
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The Motivational Theorists
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Integrated Motivation Framework For Systems
Engineers
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ESE Requires Creative Thinking
Business Process
TSE Process
ESE Process
Structure Roles Responsibilities
System Requirements System Planning System
Management Control
Capability Needs/Gaps Capability
Planning Strategic Technical Plan
Vision Goals
Acquisition Supply System Design Product
Integration
Enterprise Architecture Technology Planning
Enterprise Technical Evaluation
Knowledge Learning
System Technical Evaluation
Enterprise (Products, Process, People)
Multi-Framework Assessment
Enterprise (Products, Process, People) Management
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Addressing The Human Side of Systems
Engineering

• We must shift our thinking by becoming more
  interested in the creative process, the creative
  attitude, the creative person, rather than the
  creative product alone
• (Maslow, 1971)

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Closing Remarks

• Systems engineering is a proven process that
  enables the creation of products, while human
  motivation provides the fuel for technological
  innovation
• The challenging question then is
• Weather the systems engineering practitioners,
  industry leaders, and academia, are ready to
  actively participate in an open dialogue based on
  mutual respect, to resolve the growing disparity
  between business and humanity