1. Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 North Star Chapter 1 2009 Program Theme Practical Applications of Systems Engineering Emphasis – The Program Life Cycle

2. Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 North Star Chapter 2 Tonights Agenda 6:15 PM – Registration, Networking, Pizza 6:45 PM – Welcome and Chapter Overview John Palmer, Chapter Co-President 6:50 PM – Systems Engineering in Production at PaR Systems Steven Siegel 7:30 PM – Tour of the PaR Development and Production Facilities 8:30 PM – Adjourn (or later depending on tour duration)

3. Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 North Star Chapter 3 The ISO 15288 SE Life Cycle Chapter Calendar A note on attendance International Events Chapter Organization Chapter Web Site Chapter Meeting

4. Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 North Star Chapter ISO 15288 Systems Engineering Life Cycle

5. Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 North Star Chapter Nehemiah, Chapter 3 –Requirements Based –Organized PDTs with specific responsibilities –Insisted on: – Communication – Cooperation – Coordination –End product driven Wall completed on time and to spec Nehemiah (The First System Engineer?) 5

6. Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 North Star Chapter 6 8 January – SE Initiatives at Starkey Labs, with a detailed tour of the Starkey facilities Starkey Laboratories 12 February – SE in Production Systems with a tour of the PaR Facilities PaR Systems 12 March – SE in a Student Project Wayzata High School 9 April – SE in Determining Architecture Eaton Corporation 14 May – SE in the Solar House Student Project National Competition University of Minnesota 11 June – Dry run of papers for INCOSE 2009 plus a tour of the ION Corporation laboratory facility ION Corporation 2009 Meeting Calendar

7. Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 North Star Chapter 7 9 July – The North Star Summer Social, including IS 2009 Debrief Place - TBD 13 August – SE in Design ADC Corporation 10 September – SE in Conducting Trade Offs Medtronic 8 October – SE in Operations and Maintenance Minneapolis Water Works 12 November – SE in Requirements Development Honeywell 13 December – Annual North Star Holiday Party Place - TBD 2009 Meeting Calendar

8. Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 North Star Chapter 8 Why sign in? 1. For the past several years we have had the chapter incentive program to encourage attendance at our meetings. The incentive for 2009 will be the award of two $25 gift certificates for the TimberLodge Restaurant to any member attending six or more regular meetings or brings one new member into the chapter. 2. For guests or members attending for the first time, this also insures your notification by email of all subsequent events. 3. Tonight – So we know who are IEEE or INCOSE members. Attendance SO - BE SURE AND SIGN THE ATTENDANCE LIST! PLEASE WRITE SO WE CAN READ IT!!

9. Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 North Star Chapter Our Meetings are Growing but so is the cost of PIZZA! We will continue to have a social time and serve pizza with soft drinks – BUT - we ask that you help us a bit by making a voluntary donation. You decide the amount and place it in the gold box. Many thanks PIZZA 9

10. Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 North Star Chapter 10 International Events Details online @http://www.incose.org March 2 - 5, 2009: 2nd International Conference on Model-Based SE Herzeliya and Haifa, Israel March 3 - 4, 2009: Systems Engineering Summit: Harnessing Best Practices Huntsville Alabama March 17 - 19, 2009: Human Systems Integration Symposium 2009 Annapolis, MD April 20 - 22, 2009: Conference on Systems Engineering Research Loughborough, UK July 19 - 23, 2009: INCOSE International Symposium Singapore

11. Chapter Overview 8 May 2008 North Star Chapter Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 2009 Chapter Organization INCOSE Certification Advisory Group (CAG) Eileen Arnold Co-Chair Contact Eileen Arnold Systems Science SE Technical Process Architecture SE Management Process Requirements Risk SE Support Processes Measurement Modeling & Tools Specialty Engineering Application Sectors President Neill Radke & John Palmer Secretary Bob Hunter Treasurer Mark Elpers Dir. Industry Mark Feitel President Elect Mark Elpers Past President Elliot Abrons Dir. Acad/Govt Eileen Arnold North Star Leadership Communication Eileen Arnold Technical Operations

12. Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 North Star Chapter Communication North Star Chapter Web Site: www.incose.org/northstar - North Star Newsletter – The Integrator - December 2008 Issue published and viewable/downloadable on the website - Next issue in early March - Prior North Star Meeting Charts - Also viewable/downloadable on the website

13. Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 North Star Chapter For opportunities, either with your company or that you know of: Go to www.incose.orgwww.incose.org –Select Education and Careers –Select Post a Job –Create an account –Post job openings –Select View Jobs to see the listings Job Opportunities 13

14. Chapter Overview 8 May 2008 North Star Chapter Chapter Overview 12 February 2009 Steven Siegel Steven Siegel holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and Microbiology from the University of Michigan and an MS in Management of Technology degree from the University of Minnesota. Prior to joining PaR he worked for Unisys Corporation on the design of a scalar vector scientific processor. He joined PaR Systems in 1987 and has worked in both the software and controls engineering departments. He has made significant contributions as a Project Manager and Program Manager and is currently the Engineering Director responsible for the Engineering group at Shoreview, coordinating multisite engineering efforts, and engineering process development for all PaR engineering offices