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What are possible motivations for Systems Engineering?


SE is an interdisciplinary approach and means to enable the realisation of complex technical systems

  • people rely on complex, technical Systems every day
  • daily business in logistics and transportation
  • new possibilities
    (moon landing, exploration of oceans)
  • steady increase of requirements
  • CPS (Cyber Physical Systems) lead to higher complexity and number of interfaces

What are the challenges of product development?

Reasons
  • No consistent understanding of the overall system
  • Component orientated thinking
  • Specific models used in each dicziplin
  • No transparency
  • Late integration of production constrain
  • Non-methodical approach

Problems:
  • Late and expensive changes
  • Subsequent need for changes
  • Long development duration
  • quality problems
  • high warrenty and goodwill costs
  • high communication effort

Why do we need 'Systems engineering'?

  • Increasing product complexity
  • Increased competition
  • Multi-Project Management
  • Increasing organisational complexity
  • Specialisation of engineering domains
  • Increasing technilogical complexity
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Definition  of SE of the Research Group Product Creation


Systems Engineering is a structured, multi-discipline approach for the development of complex technical Systems to reach a interdisciplinary optimum in a before defined time and cost frame.

  • Overall disciplines reaching optimum
  • Safety and reliability
  • Handling of complexity
  • Point of view: User
  • Reduction of life-cycle time
  • Cost reduction

Describe the Stakeholder Analysis according to Freemann.

  1. Stakeholder's collection (Stakeholder Mapping)
  2. Stakeholder's meaning (Stakeholder Behavior Analysis)
  3. Stakeholder's goals (Stakeholder Behavior Explanation)
  4. Stakeholder's behavior patterns (Coalition Analysis)

  • Expansion of the strategic management approach to the company environment
  • Systematic recording of every stakeholder in a company
  • Evaluation of the stakeholder relating to the influence potential
  • Anticipation of behavior patterns
  • Goal: Security and increase of the company‘s achievements

Explain the Costs over the Life cycle in a diagram.

Early stage low cost percentage but big influence on overall costs. (Failures here lead to higher costs in the end, changes,...)

What is the purpose of the Design Definition Process? And what makes a system design?


Provide sufficient detailed data and information about the system and its elements -> enable the implementation consistent with architectural entities


System Design…
supplements the system architecture providing information and data useful and necessary for implementation of the system elements.

…is the process of developing, expressing, documenting and communicating the realization of the architecture of the system through a complete set of design characteristics described in a form suitable for implementation.

Explain the difference of the architecture definition versus the design definition. (Use 3 arguments)


1.
  • The architecture definition process focuses on the understanding and resolution of the stakeholder concerns.
VS.
  • The design definition process is driven by specified requirements, the architecture, and more detailed analysis of performance and feasibility
2.

  • Architecture focuses on suitability, viability, and adaptability over the life cycle.
VS.
  • Design definition addresses the implementation technologies and their assimilation.
3.
  • Architecture focuses more on the „what“ than the „how“.
VS.
  • Design provides the „how“ or „implement-to“ level of the definition.

Name and explain different verification concepts!

Inspection:
examination against applicable documentation (Confirmation of requirements, properties)
Example: Color, Weight, Dimensions

Analysis:
Analytical data or simulations (theoretical compliance)
Used if not possible or too expensive
Example: FEM  

Demonstration:
Qualitative exhibition of functional performance
Example: Average battery life

Certification:
Written assurance with legal or industrial standarts
Example: CE / ISO

Test:
Function of interest is tested under controlled conditions

What is the aim of the Life Cycle Model Management Process?


Establish and maintain policies and procedures to support the organization's ability to acquire and supply products and services

Provides life-cycle integrated system models to meet the organization‘s strategic plans, policies, goals, and objectives for all projects and system life cycle stages.

What is the 'SEMP –Systems Engineering Management Plan'?

A plan that...
...includes all project plans and activities (from concept to disposal)
...defines what and how activities are executed
...defines how the effort will be managed (responsiblilities... risk management)

Why do we need tailoring? And what Tailoring levels are there?

SE approach is not immediately applicable as it is described by INCOSE

  • Tailoring enables use of SE
  • Experience and Best practices are necessary
-> allows adding and deleting of processes

External standard
(e.g. INCOSE Handbook) -->

Organizational Level (company) -->
Project Level (SOI)

Sketch the V Model from DoT

Difference?

SE Management - Risk Management. Draw a model of Risk Management Activities over the Project Phases.

Risks will be identifies and managed throughout the project!

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