Welcome and Overview: USC Center for Systems and Software Engineering Convocation and Executive Workshop Barry Boehm, USC Center for Systems & Software Engineering October 25, 2006

2 Outline  Thanks to USC-CSSE Affiliates  Welcome to New and Prospective Affiliates  Upcoming Events  Agenda and Workshop Guidelines

3 USC-CSE Affiliates (33)  Commercial Industry (10) –Cost Xpert Group, Galorath, Group Systems, IBM, Intelligent Systems, Microsoft, Motorola, Price Systems, Softstar Systems, Sun  Aerospace Industry (8) –BAE Systems, Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman(2), Raytheon, SAIC  Government (6) –FAA, NASA-Ames, NSF, US Army Research Labs, US Army TACOM, USAF Cost Center  FFRDC’s and Consortia (6) –Aerospace, FC-MD, IDA, JPL, SEI, SPC  International (3) –Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, EASE (Japan), Samsung

4 Welcome to New and Prospective Affiliates  New Affiliates –Intelligent Systems Technology, Samsung  Prospective Affiliates –Booz Allen Hamilton, Bosch, Cisco, Wind River, Xerox

5 Upcoming Events  21 st International COCOMO/Systems and Software Cost Estimation Forum, Herndon, VA (SSCI), November 7-9, 2006  14 th Annual Research Review and Executive Workshop, USC Campus, February 12-15, 2007  11 th Annual Ground Systems Architecture Workshop (with Aerospace Corp.), Manhattan Beach, CA, March 26-29, 2007

6 Convocation and Workshop Agenda  Tuesday, October 24 –USC Research presentations and Demos –Keynotes: William Wulf and John Stenbit  Wednesday, October 25 –8:25 am – 12:00 noon: Executive Workshop Presentations: SoS Context; SoS Architecting Critical Success Factors –12:00 noon – 1:30 pm: Lunch and Keynote speaker –Mark Schaeffer, Director, Systems and Software Engineering, OUSD/AT&L –1:30 – 5:00 pm: Executive Workshop Presentations: SoS Process; SoS Acquisition and Management Critical Success Factors  Thursday, October 26 –8:00 am – 3:00 pm: Working Groups (tentative titles)  SoS Architecting Critical Success Factors  SoS Process Critical Success Factors  SoS Acquisition and Management Critical Success Factors –3:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Workshop Summaries and Discussion

7 Workshop Guidelines  Product: briefing, preferably with notes  Topics should include: –Most critical success factors in each area –Current best practices for addressing them –Areas for further research  Rated 0-10 on value and difficulty of research

Research Topics: Agile Methods 1.Relationship between plan driven and agility a.For individuals b.For organizations 2.Differences between agile and plan driven outcomes 3.Effect of Gurus 4.Mismatches between development approach and acquisition practices 5.How do you measure quality in an agile environment? 6.Data collection; agile experience base 7.Team of teams 8.Agile Development and Evolutionary Prototyping 9.Shared Code and/or module ownership 10.Architecture: when, how much, how to express 11.Lack of user consensus 12.Dynamic Homegrounds Research Topics: Agile Methods

9 Tuesday (October 24) Morning Session - Davidson Conference Center, Embassy Room  8:20 – 9:50: Systems and Software Architecting Views –Systems and Software Architecting Views; Dr. Elliot Axelband, Rand Corporation –Moving Architectural Description from Under the Technology Lamppost; Prof. Nenad Medvidovic, USC CSSE –Systems Architecture & Engineering Program; Mr. Ken Cureton, Boeing / USC  9:50 – 10:20: Break  10:20 – 11:50: Systems and Software Engineering Theory Developments –My Career in Communication Systems (The Early Years); Prof. Solomon Golomb, USC CSSE –Theory of Value-Based Systems and Software Engineering; Mr. Apurva Jain, USC CSSE –Two Vectors Towards a Grand Unified Theory of Systems Engineering; Dr. George Friedman, USC CSSE

10 Tuesday (October 24) Afternoon Session - Davidson Conference Center, Embassy Room  1:30 – 3:00: Systems, Software and People –Prof. Lewis Johnson, USC CSSE / ISI –Prof. Stephen Lu, USC CSSE –The Role of Shapers in Virtual Firm-based Practice Networks using Wikis: Implications for Systems Engineering; Prof. Ann Majchrzak, USC CSSE / Marshall School of Business  3:00 – 3:30: Break  3:30 – 5:00 Views of the Future –Professor Berokh Khoshnevis, USC CSSE / ISI –A View of Future Systems and Software Engineering; Prof. Barry Boehm, USC CSSE  5:00 – 7:00: Reception and Tool Demonstration (Board Room)  7:00 – 9:00: Dinner and Keynote speaker

11 Wednesday (October 25) Morning Session - Town & Gown  8:25 – 10:00: Systems of Systems (SoS) Context –Systems of Systems: Characteristics and Challenges; Prof. Barry Boehm, USC CSSE –Future Combat Systems SOS Characteristics and Critical Success Factors; Mr. Edgar Dalrymple, Future Combat System Program, US Army –Space System of Systems Engineering; Dr. Wanda Austin, Aerospace Corporation  10:00 – 10:30: Break  10:30 – 12:00: Systems of Systems (SoS) Architecting Critical Success Factors ; –System-of-Systems Architecting: Critical Success Factors; Dr. Azad Madni, Intelligent Systems Technology –Industry & INCOSE Perspectives On SOS Architecting Critical Success Factors; Mr. Paul Robitaille, INCOSE –Critical Success Factors for System-of-System Architecture/Engineering; Mr. Neil Siegel, Northrop Grumman Corporation

12 Wednesday (October 25) Afternoon Session - Town & Gown  1:30 – 3:00: Systems of Systems Process Critical Success Factors –SoS Process: Critical Success Factors; Dr. Paul Nielsen, Software Engineering Institute –Dr. Art Pyster, SAIC –Systems and Software Trends Critical Success Factors in Process; Mr. Walker Royce, IBM/Rational  3:00 – 3:30: Break  3:30 – 5:00:Systems of Systems Acquisition and Management Critical Success Factors –Systems of Systems Acquisition and Management Critical Success Factors; Dr. Richard Selby, Northrop Grumman / USC CSSE –Mr. DeWitt Latimer, USC CSE, US Air Force –SOS Acquisition and Management Critical Success Factors; Dr. Richard Turner

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