Fundamentals of Systems Engineering

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You can also participate in this course without taking the exam, you then leave with a course certificate. Requirement for being a sit-in is:

• 2-5 years of relevant work experience

The course is taught in English, it is expected that the candidate shall have sufficient English proficiency.

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What is Fundamentals of Systems Engineering?

This module presents the fundamental principles and processes for designing effective systems, including how to determine customer needs, how to distinguish between needs and solutions, and how to translate customer requirements into design specifications. The focus is on designing systems that not only provide the required capabilities, but that are reliable, supportable and maintainable throughout their lifecycle. The course concludes with students presenting their class projects.

Why study Fundamentals of Systems Engineering?

This course presents the systems approach, which is pivotal to the innovative design of systems that fulfil effectively and efficiently identified needs and perceived opportunities. A clear understanding of systems engineering framework and of the global view that characterizes the systems approach is essential, regardless of the position held. From junior engineers to top managers inclusive, this course will add significant value by enabling all practitioners to unleash the power of a structured, yet innovative approach to problem solving. This course helps to shorten significantly the time required to develop a high level of professional maturity and excellence.

Who should take this course?

This course is addressed to all practitioners who wish to reinforce their education and extract the best from their experience. This course sets the foundation on which all, from junior engineers to top managers, can significantly develop their skills and capabilities. This course is meant for all practitioners, from all industry or academic fields, and at all levels of responsibility in their organizations.

What you will learn

This course presents the origin and concept of systems engineering. Emphasis is on how to determine customer needs, separating the problem and the solution domain. The life-cycle phases are presented and the elements of the systems approach are explained. The main systems engineering models (Waterfall, Vee, Spiral) are addressed, coupled with a thorough explanation of the current systems engineering framework. The concept of stakeholders and of Concept of Operations are introduced. Stakeholder requirements and system requirements are explained, showing their differences ad connections. The identification of design concepts and the selection of a preferred one are explained, and it is shown how functional analysis leads to the system architecture. The role of formal design reviews, verification, validation, and integration are covered. Finally, the concepts of families of systems (federations of systems and systems of systems) are presented. The entire course is illustrated with abundant industry examples, and a team project is done during the week, to enable the application of the presented concepts.

Instruction

The course is organized into 5 intensive days of lectures. During these days, the lectures last from 08.45 to 16.30 each day. The course is a mixture of lectures and work in groups. Masterstudents and others taking courses for credit will work on a written assignment which is due 10 weeks after the end of the course. A completed course with approved written assignment will give 7.5 studypoints. Full attendance during the intensive course week is obligatory. The maximum amount of hours that can be missed is 4, duly justified.

Prices

The price for attending the course is NOK 25.000,- and includes supervision and grading of the written assignment.