1. 1 Class #5 Assignments Mark E. Sampson UPDATED 4/8/09 EMIS 8340 Systems Engineering Tool—applying tools to engineering systems

2. 2 Deliver Design Specification …appended with your functional spec.: 1.Requirement verification matrix that includes test mapped back to design, functions, and requirements 2.Documented Failure modes (at least 2) in the form of FMEA’s or Fault Tree, Petri Net,… 3.Maintenance concept 4.A Technical Budget/Constraint allocation (one of…cost, weight, power,…) Each team will deliver finished design spec with project checklist at the next class (30 minutes each) Final write-up delivered in paper form to instructor during class and electronic form at our TcCommunity site before our last class.

3. 3 Tools Application Case Study One from each team (individual grade) 1-2 page written brief on a systems problem and how it could be addressed by systems engineering tools. Delivered also in presentation form to the class (5-10 minutes) …see Ford and Mars Spirit Rover examples

4. 4 Tool Contributions… Tool (defined generically as any method, computerized tool, technique, etc.) contribution is a brief <5 minute presentation on a tool germane to systems engineering. The point is to educate your fellow students & instructor on the tool and its potential application One from each team for our next class (individual grade) Entered in the INCOSE General Tools Database ( http://www.paper-review.com/tools/tdb/home.php) http://www.paper-review.com/tools/tdb/home.php …see Design Structure Matrix example

5. 5 Term Papers Term-paper delivered in paper form to instructor during class and electronic form at our TcCommunity site before our last class.

6. 6 Delivered at our next class… Questions: email mark.sampson@siemens.com msampson@smu.edumark.sampson@siemens.com msampson@smu.edu Office: 972 987-3227 Urgent: Cell: 469.855-1461

7. 7 Final Exam Individual short answer/paragraph written test Emailed a week before our last class Filled out in Word Due Sunday Night Midnight after last class. Emailed to instructor. Instructor will respond with a receipt when received (as well as update Community assignment status page) …taken by yourself…remember the honor system.

8. 8 Course Follow-up Grades posted by end of following week. Course improvement survey will be posted shortly on Community Site…suggestions on how to improve the course please.