SIE-454/554 Schedule Fall 2008

August 25, 2008
Title: What is Systems Engineering?
Textbook Ref: Chapman, Bahill and Wymore, Chapter 1
Course web site: What Is Systems Engineering?
Slides: What Is Systems Engineering? 25 Mbytes
Published paper: none

August 27, 2008
Title: The System Design Process
Textbook Ref: Chapman, Bahill and Wymore, Chapter 2
Published paper: Daniels, J., Werner, P. W., and Bahill, A. T., Quantitative methods for tradeoff analyses, Systems Engineering, 4(3), 190-212, 2001, with a correction Systems Engineering, 8(1):93, 2005.

August 27, 2008
Title: The 8 Systems Engineering Documents
Course web site: The 8 Systems Engineering Documents
Slides: The 8 Systems Engineering Documents

August 27, 2008
Title: Difficulty Distinguishing Product from Process
Slides: Distinguishing between Product and Process
Published paper: Abadi, C. D. and Bahill, A. T., The difficulty in distinguishing product from process, Systems Engineering, 6(2): 108-115, 2003.

August 27, 2008
Title: 45 Years of Systems Engineering at the UofA
Slides: 45 years of Systems Engineering at the UofA

August 27, 2008
Title: System Modeling
Textbook Ref: Chapman, Bahill and Wymore, Chapter 3

September 3, 2008
Title: The Similar Process
Slides: The SIMILAR Process (slides) and also The SIMILAR Process (MS Word)
Published paper: Bahill, A. T. and Gissing, B., Re-evaluating systems engineering concepts using systems thinking, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews, 28(4), 516-527, 1998.

September 3 and 8, 2008
Title: Comparison of Design Tools
Slides: Comparison of Engineering Design Tools
Published paper: Bahill, A. T., Alford, M., Bharathan, K., Clymer, J. Dean, D. L., Duke, J., Hill, G., LaBudde, E., Taipale, E. and Wymore, A. W., The design methods comparison project, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews, 28(1), 80-103, 1998.

September 10, 2008
Title: Unified Systems Engineering Process with UML and SysML
Slides: The Unified Systems Engineering Process Based on UML and SysML
Published paper: Bahill, A. T. and Daniels, J., Using object-oriented and UML tools for hardware design: a case study, Systems Engineering, 6(1): 28-48, 2003.

September 15 and 17, 2008
Title: Decision Making and Tradeoff Studies
Material on course web site? yes
Slides: Decision Making and Tradeoff Studies and possibly Tradeoff Studies, Mathematical Analysis

September 22, 2008
Title: Discovering System Requirements
Textbook Ref: Chapman, Bahill and Wymore, Chapter 4
Slides: Discovering System Requirements

September 24, 2008
Title: Traditional Requirements in Use Cases
Slides: Requirements in Use Cases
Published paper: Daniels, J. and Bahill, A. T., The hybrid process combines traditional requirements and use cases, Systems Engineering, 7(4):303-319, 2004.

September 29, 2008
Title: Case Studies and Metrics
Slides: Case Studies and Metrics for Systems Engineering Design
Published paper: see course notes

October 1, 2008
Title: System Design is NP-complete
Slides: The System Design Process is NP-Complete
Published paper: Chapman, W. L., Rozenblit, J. and Bahill, A. T., Systems design is an NP-complete problem, Systems Engineering, 4(3), 222-229, 2001.

October 1, 2008
Title: Metrics for System Design
Slides: part two of Case Studies and Metrics...
Published paper: see course notes

October 6, 2008
Title: Pinewood Derby
Textbook Ref: Chapman, Bahill and Wymore, Chapter 5

October 6, 2008
Title: Risk Analysis
Textbook Ref: Chapman, Bahill and Wymore, Chapter 5
Slides: Risk Analysis
Published paper: Bahill, A. T. and Karnavas, W. J, Risk analysis of a pinewood derby: a case study, Systems Engineering, 3(3), 143-155, 2000.
Also see course notes

October 8, 2008
Title: Sensitivity Analysis, a System Validation Tool
Slides: Sensitivity Analysis a Powerful Validation Tool
Published paper:
Smith, E. D., Szidarovszky, F., Karnavas, W. J. and Bahill, A. T., Sensitivity analysis, a powerful system validation technique, The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, http://www.bentham.org/open/tocsj/openaccess2.htm, 2::39-56, 2008, doi: 10.2174/1874110X00802010039

October 13 and 15, 2008
Title: Roadmap to Business Excellence
Material on course web site? yes
Slides: Bruce Gissing's Introduction
The Roadmap to Business Excellence

October 20, 2008
Title: When are Observable States Necessary?
Slides: Reusability and COTS: a theory paper and also Observable States May be Necessary When Using COTS Products
Published papers: Wymore, A. W., and Bahill, A. T., When can we safely reuse systems, upgrade systems, or use COTS components? Systems Engineering, 3(2), 82-95, 2000.
Botta, R., Bahill, Z. and Bahill, A. T., When are observable states necessary? Systems Engineering, 9(3): 228-240, 2006.

October 22, 2008
Title: Test
Textbook: Chapman, Bahill and Wymore, Chapters 1 to 5
Material on course web site? yes
Slides: yes
Published papers: yes

October 27 and 29, 2008
Title: Designing the Boeing 747
Textbook: Sutter and Spenser 747-Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation,
Slides: yes

November 3 and 5, 2008
Title: Tinker Toy Tower Design
Textbook Ref: none
Material on course web site? no
Slides: none
Published paper: none
This exercise will be held in room 301 of the Engineeering Building. Raytheon students should plan to attend. Out of town distance students can use the time to work on their projects.

November 10, 2008
Title: Ameliorating Mental Mistakes in Tradeoff Studies
Slides: Ameliorating Mistakes in Tradeoff Studies
Published papers: Smith, E. D., Son, Y. J., Piattelli-Palmarini, M. and Bahill, A. T., Ameliorating Mental Mistakes in Tradeoff Studies, Systems Engineering, 10(3): 222-240, 2008.
Bahill, A. T. and Bohlman, J., 15 Years of Student Mistakes in Tradeoff Studies,

November 11, 2008
Title: Veterans Holiday
Textbook Ref: none
Material on course web site? no
Slides: none
Published paper: none

November 12, 2008
Title: Fundamental Principles of Good Design
Slides: Principles of Good Design
Published paper: see course notes

November 17, 2008
Title: Valid Models Require Defined Levels
Slides: What Are Levels? and also Mappings Between Levels
Published paper: Bahill, A. T., Szidarovszky, F., Botta, R. and Smith, E. D., Valid models require defined levels, International Journal of General Systems, 37:1-20, March 2008, DOI: 10.1080/03081070701395807

November 19, 2008
Title: A Prioritization Process
Slides: Why Priortize?
Published paper: Botta, R. and Bahill, A. T., A prioritization process, Engineering Management Journal, 19(4): 20-27, 2008.

November 24, 2008
Title: Mental Models
Slides: none
Published paper: last paper in your Classnotes

November 26, 2008
Title: Famous System Failures
Slides: Famous Failures
Published paper: Bahill, A. T. and Henderson, S. J., Requirements development, verification and validation exhibited in famous failures, Systems Engineering, 8(1):1-14, 2005.

November 26, 2008
Title: The Systems Engineering Started in the Middle Process
Slides: Systems Engineering Started in the Middle
Published paper: Bahill, A. T. and Briggs, C, The systems engineering started in the middle process: a consensus of system engineers and project managers, Systems Engineering, 4(2), 156-167, 2001.

December 1, 2008
Title: CMMI
Slides: CMMI, a Collection of Best Business Practices

December 1, 2008
Title: DAR
Slides: DAR, Decision Analysis and Resolution

December 3, 2008
Title: A Zachman Framework Populated with baseball Models
Slides: A Zachman Framework Populated with Baseball Models
Published paper: Bahill, A. T., Botta, R., and Daniels, J., The Zachman framework populated with baseball models, Journal of Enterprise Architecture, 2(4): 50-68, 2006.

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