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Instructor: |
Dr. Harold Camp |
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Phone: |
(703) 585-7745
(with voice mail) |
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E-mail: |
hcamp@gmu.edu |
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Office Hours: |
Thursdays before and after class, others by
appointment |
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Course
Description: |
571
Systems Engineering Management (3:3:0) Prerequisite: SYST 471 or SYST
530. Study of more advanced topics in systems engineering management.
Seminar style; students expected to read a number of selections from the
current literature as well as make presentations and produce papers on
engineering management topics. Students will also execute a project involving
developing a Systems Engineering Management Plan, a Risk Management Plan, and
a Product Assurance Plan for a complex System. Topics include multiproject
management (Task Orders, IDIQ, CPAF, CPFF, T&M, and FFP), quality and
product assurance programs, independent reviews, risk management, and the
impacts of process change on an organization. The class focuses strongly on
the practical aspects of various system engineering management techniques and
practices on projects, organizations, and personnel. Students will be
required to research a systems engineering topic and present their findings
in class, half of each class will be devoted to student presentations and
content will be on the final examination. |
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Text: |
Any required
text will be assigned during October. The course materials will comprise
INCOSE, IEEE, EIA, ISO, and DoD literature available over the internet. This
literature includes articles, standards, handbooks, policies, processes and
procedures. |
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Grades: |
40% - Group Project:
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20% SEMP ·
10% Risk Management Plan ·
10 % Product Assurance Plan 30% - Research
and Class Presentations 30% - Final Exam |
Group Project
The Group Project is one focal point of student effort within this
course. The majority of effort toward
the group projects will be expended outside of class, with class time being
reserved for reporting on activities. Each group will produce three systems
engineering planning documents; a Systems Engineeirng Management Plan (SEMP), a
Product Assurance Plan (PAP), and a Risk Management Plan (RMP). Criteria and
guidance for these documents will be given in class.
Final Examination:
Final examinations are comprehensive over the work you and other students
presented or performed during the course and the course lecture material. The
final examination will be open book and open note since the final examination
will test you on the application of princeles learned. You will be expected to
interpret the material of the course, not to repeat it via rote memory. The
final examination is intended to enhance the student’s classroom experience and
challenge the student to correctly apply the course material. Final
examinations are not designed to punish the student.
CLASS SCHEDULE – Updated on
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Week
1> |
1
September |
¨
Lecture: Overview of Systems Engineering Management ¨ Lecture:
Systems Engineering Management Literature |
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Week
2> |
8
September |
¨ Guest
Lecturer (first half) ¨ Form and
Organize Groups |
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Week
3> Dahlgren |
15
September |
¨ Lecture:
Systems Engineering Management Plan ¨ Lecture:
Assign first topics research and presentation |
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Week
4> |
22
September |
¨ Note:
Guest Lecturer (first half of class) ¨ Work on SEMP |
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Week
5> |
29
September |
¨ Lecture:
Risk Management ¨ Student
Presentations |
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Week
6> Dahlgren |
6
October |
¨ Lecture:
Risk Management Plan ¨ Student
Presentations ¨ Assign
second topics for research and presentation |
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Week
7> |
13
October |
¨ Lecture:
Product Assurance ¨ Student
Presentations |
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Week
8> |
20
October |
¨ Lecture
Product Assurance Plan ¨ Student
Presentations |
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Week
9> Dahlgren |
27
October |
¨ Lecture:
Multi project management ¨ Student
Presentations |
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Week 10> |
3
November |
¨ Lecture: Process
Management ¨ Student Presentations ¨ Assign third topics for
research and presentation |
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Week 11> |
10
November |
¨ Lecture: Configuration
and Data Management ¨ Groups: Turn in SEMP ¨ Student Presentations |
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Week 12> Dahlgren |
17
November |
¨ Lecture:
Internal Project Reviews and Customer Reviews ¨ Student
Presentations ¨ Groups: Turn in RMP |
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Week 13> |
24 November |
¨ No Class -- Thanksgiving |
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Week 14> |
1
December |
¨ Lecture:
Integrated Product Teams ¨ Last Student Presentations ¨ Groups: Turn in PAP |
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Week 15> Dahlgren |
8
December |
¨ Lecture: Systems
Engineering Life Cycle ¨ Group Activity: Review
for Final Examination |
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Week 16> |
15
December |
¨ Final Examination
(includes requirements group evaluations) |
Note: Weekly minutes of
group activities to be emailed to hcamp@gmu.edu
beginning