About this course
An eight-week online course giving engineers and technical professionals a practical foundation in systems engineering: how systems thinking can define problems, develop requirements, architect solutions and manage complex systems through their life cycle, and the technical and management processes that contribute to successful system development and operation. After an introduction week, weekly topics are introduction to systems engineering; systems thinking and defining the problem; systems engineering and requirements; control functionality; terminology and goals, qualification approach, validation and verification; and technical management processes, including how systems engineering relates to project and program management.
Instruction is by UConn faculty at the Pratt & Whitney Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering, with a live virtual lunchtime session each week. Cohort options are available for organizations.
Facilitators
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Who should attend
- Engineers and technical professionals seeking a practical foundation in systems engineering
Course outline
- 01
Week 0: Introduction week
- 02
Week 1: Introduction to systems engineering
- 03
Week 2: Systems thinking and defining the problem
- 04
Week 3: Systems engineering and requirements
- 05
Week 4: Control functionality
- 06
Week 5: Terminology and goals, qualification approach, validation and verification
- 07
Weeks 6–7: Technical management processes; relating systems engineering to project and program management
Training areas
Related discipline: Systems Thinking & Complexity
Foundations & practitioner development
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One-day seminar introducing systems engineering and the business case for it at enterprise, project and technical levels.
Course presenters may include: Robert Halligan, John Fitch, Richard Beasley
Foundation1 day
- Access
- Public enrolment · Private / corporate
- Delivery
- Face-to-face · Live online
Foundations & practitioner development
Scarecrow Consultants
Three-day introduction to systems engineering across the full lifecycle, taught through fantasy-themed team storytelling in which teams define, design and deliver a system.
Course facilitators may include: Jessica Korzeniowska
Foundation3 days
- Regions
- United Kingdom
- Access
- Public enrolment · Private / corporate
- Delivery
- Face-to-face · Live online
Technical management
Scarecrow Consultants
One-day examination of agile practices in physical systems engineering, their applicability and limitations, and the role of MBSE.
1 day
- Regions
- United Kingdom