Systems Engineering Foundations and Implementation

This assignment delves into the foundational principles of systems engineering, covering knowledge areas such as systems fundamentals, science, thinking, and model representation. It explores related disciplines like industrial and specialty engineering, highlighting practical examples like the NASA/ESA Cassini/Huygens mission and project management case studies. The learning table emphasizes understanding system complexities, building system models, and assessing risks in system portfolio management.

Weekly Portfolio Learning Table
Description of
topics including
reading samples
Learning outcomes of the course Learning from your experience, this
and prior unit reading, assignments
Supporting documentation including
your prior learning
Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems
Fundamentals';
Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems Science';
Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems Thinking';
Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
1.Definition of system and
understanding system
complexities.
2.Models and concepts of system
representation.
3.Assessment of risks in system
and PPPM.
A collaboration of different matters
altogether to fulfil a common purpose. I
can classify engineering systems into
hardware, software, services and others.
Different complexities like structural,
dynamic and socio-political
complexities can affect a system. These
complexities tell me the relationships
and elements of the system.
I can build a concept of system thinking
based following some steps like
regularity, behaviour to survive, control
behaviour and functions, hierarchy,
complexity and disclosure.
A system model is the simplified
representation of concepts that makes a
clear realisation of a system. Obtaining a
system model makes a system more
concrete, elevates its quality and
productivity and makes pathway for
Kerzner, H., 2013. Project management:
a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley &
Sons.
Boehm, B., Pyster, A. and Olwell, D.,
2013, June. Clarifying the Context of SE
for the SEBoK. In INCOSE International
Symposium (Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 1021-
1033).
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Description of
topics including
reading samples
Learning outcomes of the course Learning from your experience, this
and prior unit reading, assignments
Supporting documentation including
your prior learning
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Representing
Systems with
Models';
Part 6: Related
Disciplines -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems
Engineering and
Industrial
Engineering';
Part 6: Related
Disciplines -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems
Engineering and
Specialty
Engineering';
Part 7: Systems
Engineering
Implementation
Examples: How
Lack of
Information
innovation (Kerzner 2013). A few
examples of system models those I can
give are integrated circuit simulation,
flight simulation, 3D computer models
for mechanical engineering and few
others.
Integration of system engineering
generates several risk factors in portfolio
management. These risks factors are
mainly associated with manufacturing,
marketing and research and
development (Boehm, Pyster and Olwell
2013). From my viewpoint, these risk
factors must be controlled according to
the priorities where top priority is time,
next is quality and last is cost.
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Description of
topics including
reading samples
Learning outcomes of the course Learning from your experience, this
and prior unit reading, assignments
Supporting documentation including
your prior learning
Sharing
Jeopardized the
NASA/ESA
Cassini/Huygens
Mission to Saturn;
Part 7: Systems
Engineering
Implementation
Examples: Project
Management Case
Study;
Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 17.12-
17.17;
AS/NZS ****8:2015
Chapter 5;
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