Duration
About 3 months (12 training days in four modules)
Access
Public enrolment
Delivery
Face-to-face · Live online · Hybrid
Sessions and enrolment
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Price
Price not published. Check with the provider.
Languages
German · English
Facilitator
Not identified in public sources checked
Certification / credential
Relevant to GfSE SE-ZERT® certification preparation

About this course

An open course preparing for the Certified Systems Engineer (GfSE)® Level B exam under the SE-ZERT® curriculum, aimed at leading a moderately complex project or subproject and a small multidisciplinary team. Twelve training days in four modules cover introduction and basics, system life cycle concepts and requirements definition; system architecture, design and system analysis, integration, verification and validation, project planning and control, and systems engineering procedures and roles; agreement and organizational support processes, configuration management, decision management and quality characteristics; and technical management with exam preparation.

Runs are listed in Cologne (two on-site and two virtual modules, German), Kiel (four on-site modules, German) and Aarhus, Denmark (four on-site modules, English).

Facilitators

Facilitator not identified in public sources checked.

Prerequisites

  • SE-ZERT® Level C certificate (or the lateral-entry test) and 5 to 9 years of experience depending on qualification, with 3 years in three or more competence areas

Learning outcomes

  • Application-safe knowledge of systems engineering and systems engineering management.
  • Apply domain-specific methods and procedures with confidence.
  • Lead a moderately complex project or a subproject of a complex project with technical responsibility.
  • Lead a small multidisciplinary team.

Course outline

  1. 01

    Module 1

    Introduction and basics · System life cycle concepts · Requirements definition

  2. 02

    Module 2

    Definition of the system architecture · Design and system analysis · Integration, verification and validation · Project planning and control · SE procedures and roles

  3. 03

    Module 3

    Agreement processes · Organizational support processes · Configuration management · Decision management · Quality characteristics

  4. 04

    Module 4

    Technical management · Exam preparation · Exercises and Q&A

Certification and professional development

UNITY is listed by GfSE as a licensed SE-ZERT® training provider. The course prepares candidates for GfSE's certification assessment; it does not itself confer certification.

Certification relevance indicates subject-matter relevance only. It does not imply accreditation, formal alignment or endorsement by any certifying body.

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