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Learn what it takes to develop Complex Products
Systems Engineering is a multi-disciplinary approach that allows a development team to organize, define and manage their product development projects.
The Product Development and Systems Engineering course will provide you and your team the foundation you will need to begin developing successful systems.
The course is composed of over 100 videos (over 25 hours of content) that cover all of the key topics you will need to know in order to develop successful systems. These topics include: laying the groundwork; technical processes; the different management disciplines; enabling processes; and some of the more common subject matter areas used in system development projects.
These lessons are provided using in plain every-day English that don't require advanced degrees in engineering to decipher, yet these lessons are also not overly simplistic. The lessons in this course strike a balance, providing just enough breadth and depth in each topic to enable you to successfully support your product development projects.
Over 800 practice problems that will prepare you for the INCOSE Knowledge Exam!
These problems model the same format as actual INCOSE test questions, as provided here.
Be able to pass the INCOSE Knowledge Exam
With the course lessons coupled with over 800 practice problems, you will learn all the information you will need (and then some) in order to take and pass the INCOSE knowledge exam.
The Product Development & Systems Engineering course is based on international best practices and standards (ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288), INCOSE as well as NASA and the US Department of Defense.
Course Outline
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Introductory / Groundwork Topics
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- Course Introduction (15:40)
- System Defined (6:15)
- System Hierarchies (10:10)
- System Context (25:20)
- System Domains (21:39)
- Users & Stakeholders (7:07)
- Boundaries & Interfaces (12:10)
- Systems Engineering Overview (19:35)
- Alternative Systems Engineering Methods (5:04)
- Systems Thinking (5:10)
- Origins & Evolution of Systems Engineering (5:12)
- Why Systems Engineering is Valuable (6:31)
- Who is a Systems Engineer? (18:36)
The System Life Cycle
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Technical Processes
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- Technical Process Overview (11:27)
- The Business & Mission Analysis Process (23:09)
- The Operational Concept (5:59)
- The Need Statement (10:46)
- The Business Requirements Specification (BRS) (7:36)
- The Stakeholder Needs & Requirements Definition Process (19:36)
- Operational Life Cycle Concepts (12:09)
- The System Requirements Definition Process (18:00)
- Capturing System Requirements (26:19)
- The System Requirements Specification (SyRS) (6:43)
- The Requirements Domain (19:03)
- The Types of Requirements (8:08)
- Requirements Derivation, Allocation and Flow Down (18:34)
- Writing Good Requirements (47:23)
- The Architecture Definition Process (24:43)
- Architectures Overview (13:46)
- Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) (22:45)
- SysML & UML (26:44)
- System Behavioral Analysis (18:52)
- Use Cases (26:15)
- How to Construct the Behavioral Domain (32:57)
- How to Construct the Physical Domain (15:55)
- The Design Definition Process (32:54)
- The Proposal Process & Development Contract (15:40)
- Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) (9:11)
- The Principles of Design Definition & Implementation (24:25)
- The System Analysis Process (11:46)
- The Implementation Process (18:52)
- The Integration Process (16:50)
- The Principles of System Integration (15:01)
- The Verification Process (16:36)
- The Principles of Verification (13:46)
- System Production Overview (14:00)
- Low-Rate Production & Full-Rate Production (5:47)
- The Transition Process (9:10)
- The Validation Process (17:21)
- The Principles of Validation (15:55)
- The System Operation Process (13:03)
- The System Maintenance Process (16:03)
- The Principles of Transition, Operation and Maintenance (11:47)
- The Disposal Process (11:22)
Technical Management Processes
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- The Project Planning Process (21:55)
- The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) (7:25)
- The Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) (5:06)
- The Project Assessment Process (13:11)
- The Decision Management Process (6:31)
- The Principles of Decision Management and Trade Studies (23:42)
- A Decision Process Walk-through (26:38)
- The Risk Management Process (5:31)
- The Principles of Risk Management (31:11)
- The Configuration Management Process (14:54)
- The Information Management Process (7:17)
- The Measurement Management Process (16:33)
- The Quality Assurance Process (14:21)
The Agreement Processes
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The Project-Enabling Processes
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Tailoring Processes
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Specialty Engineering Processes
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- Affordability (18:00)
- Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) (5:45)
- Environmental Engineering (3:48)
- Reliability (20:55)
- System Safety (14:43)
- Models & Simulations (29:04)
- Human System Integration (HSI) (16:08)
- System Security (11:53)
- Product Support Engineering (19:09)
- Value Engineering (8:47)
- Resilience Engineering (16:18)
Course Closeout & INCOSE Information
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Meet your instructor
Christopher Olson, MSSE, CSEP, PMP
Your instructor for this course has over 20 years of experience in the US Defense industry, primarily in aircraft and helicopter development, testing, support and operations.
Mr. Olson has A BS From Embry Riddle Aeronautical and MS in Systems Engineering from Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering. He also has Level III DAWIA Certifications for Systems Engineering and Program Management from the Defense Acquisition University, INCOSE CSEP, PMI PMP and OMG OCSMP Certifications.
Mr Olson is a course developer, manager and adjunct professor for graduate level Systems Engineering related courses.