Chapter Overview 16 March 2006 North Star Chapter Program Theme Integrated Product Development Emphasis - Systems Engineering Interaction with Other Disciplines

Chapter Overview 16 March 2006 North Star Chapter 2 Tonights Agenda 6:15 PMRegistration, Networking & Pizza 6:45 PMChapter Meeting and Introductions – Elliot Abrons, 2006 Chapter President Elect 7:00Introduction to Cummins Power Generation – Charlotte Wiley or Martin Myers 7:10 PMPresentation: Design for Six Sigma: A Critical Parameter for Success 7:55 PMBreak 8:10 PMQuestions 8:30 PMAdjourn

Chapter Overview 16 March 2006 North Star Chapter 3 Meeting Calendar A note on attendance National Events Chapter Organization Chapter Web Site Chapter Meeting

Chapter Overview 16 March 2006 North Star Chapter 4 12 January - Identifying and Managing Customer Requirements - Boston Scientific 9 February – Evaluation of COTS OS Malfunction Mitigation Methods - ATK 9 March – 6 Sigma Implementation - Cummins Power Generation 13 April – SE Education - General Dynamics April – Tutorial – Six Sigma - Boston Scientific 11 May – TBD - Goodrich 8 June – Symposium Paper - Medtronic 2006 Meeting Calendar

Chapter Overview 16 March 2006 North Star Chapter 5 13 July – No Chapter Meeting July INCOSE 2006 (Orlando, Florida) 10 August – Symposium Debrief & Dinner To Be Announced 14 September – Environmental Environ Labs 12 October – Logistics/Life Cycle Support Eaton 9 November – Human Engineering Ecolabs 14 December – Seasonal Party To Be Announced 2006 Meeting Calendar

Chapter Overview 16 March 2006 North Star Chapter 6 Note on 13 April Meeting at GDAIS Because of strict export compliance rules, all foreign nationals visiting GDAIS (whether or not you have a "green card") need to contact Paul Maggitti ais.com) not later than March 23 with the following ais.com - Visitor Name - Nationality - Country of Birth/Birthplace - Date of Birth - Company Name/Address - Immigrant Alien (yes/no) - Resident Alien; Green Card #

Chapter Overview 16 March 2006 North Star Chapter 7 A Reminder BE SURE AND SIGN THE ATTENDANCE LIST!

Chapter Overview 16 March 2006 North Star Chapter National Events April 06: 2006 INCOSE Systems Engineering and Architecting Doctoral Student Network (SEANET) Workshop2006 INCOSE Systems Engineering and Architecting Doctoral Student Network (SEANET) Workshop April : 2006 Conference on Systems Engineering Research2006 Conference on Systems Engineering Research May : PMI Project Risk Symposium 2006PMI Project Risk Symposium 2006 July : INCOSE 2006, the 16th International SymposiumINCOSE 2006, the 16th International Symposium September : RE' th IEEE International Requirements Engineering ConferenceRE' th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Details

Chapter Overview 16 March 2006 North Star Chapter Organization Head of Technical Events Technical Leadership Team Eileen Arnold Communication -open- Communication -open- Region 1 Director Neill Radke Contacts for Technical Activities President Secretary KrisBlanshan Treasurer Hugh Perry Dir. Industry Keith President Elect Eileen Arnold Past President John Palmer Dir./ NeillRadke Board of Directors President Bob Hunter Secretary Peter Lucking Treasurer Ed Anderson Dir. Industry John Palmer President Elect Elliot Abrons Past President Paul Maggitti Dir. Acad/Govt Neill Radke Board of Directors SE Applications Eileen Arnold Education and Research Neill Radke Management Joint with PMI Modeling and Tools Paul Maggitti Processes Improvement Eileen Arnold Risk Management John Palmer Standards Bob Hunter SE Initiatives Eileen Arnold Membership ElliotAbrons Membership ElliotAbrons Membership Elliot Abrons Communication -open- Communication -open- Communication Eileen Arnold

Chapter Overview 16 March 2006 North Star Chapter 10 Communication North Star Chapter Web Site hosted on INCOSE server: North Star Newsletter – The Integrator

Chapter Overview 16 March 2006 North Star Chapter The Program Design for Six Sigma: A Critical Parameter for Success Martin Myers Cummins Power Generation

Chapter Overview 16 March 2006 North Star Chapter 12 Our Speaker Martin Myers has been employed by Cummins Power Generation for 15 years and is currently its "Master Black Belt (MBB), responsible for conducting DFSS training within the company. Prior to his MBB position, he was the Director of Metallurgical Engineering at Cummins Technical Center. While an engineer he worked in the metallurgical Engineering area at the Technical Center, concentrating his research on R&D and Government projects, as well as providing product support and support to new platform teams. He is the co-author of several US patents. His academic achievements include: BSc, MSc and PhD in Metallurgy from the University of Manchester in England. Martin is a Professional Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and a Chartered Engineer Member of SAE.