International systems engineering training and consulting organisation offering professional development for individuals and organisations.
Project Performance International (PPI) is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and provides systems engineering training, consulting, coaching and related professional services internationally. PPI states that its personnel are based across multiple countries and that its work has reached clients across six continents.
PPI states that all of its courses are available for corporate delivery worldwide, usually onsite, through PPI Live-Online, or in hybrid formats.
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
Two-day introduction to a structured systems approach to design, including model-based techniques, trade studies and design-related engineering disciplines.
Workshop on using AI, especially large language models, for systems engineering tasks such as requirements, architecting, traceability, verification and risk analysis.
Presented by: John Fitch, Francois Retief
Five-day systems-oriented architectural design course covering physical and logical architecture, MBSE, design decision-making, interfaces and design for reliability, safety, maintainability and producibility.
Course presenters may include: John Fitch
Three-day version of PPI's design course: physical and logical design, trade-off studies, functional and state-based design and specialty engineering.
Presented by: Robert Halligan
Systems engineering applied to infrastructure projects: stakeholder problem definition, intended-use descriptions, design and engineering management.
Presented by: Dr George Sousa
Course on defining and managing interfaces to avoid delays, rework and disputes, built around eight interface-management practices.
Presented by: Paul Davies
One-day awareness course on the requirements problem and effective methods for capturing and validating requirements.
Introductory course on managing engineering projects, combining systems engineering basics with planning, organising and engineering management controls.
Course presenters may include: Pat Byrne
Foundations of MBSE for requirements capture and validation and for design, placed in the context of lifecycle-based system development.
One-day course on converting individual requirements into effective specifications through structure and language.
Formal techniques for managing risk and opportunity together across the system lifecycle, from acquirer, supplier and developer perspectives.
Course presenters may include: Robert Halligan, Pat Byrne
Workshop-based course on capturing and validating requirements received from stakeholders, independent of domain.
Five-day practical requirements engineering workshop covering requirements analysis, quality, specification development, traceability and methods for discovering and correcting requirements defects.
Course presenters may include: Robert Halligan, John Fitch, Paul Davies
Four-day version of PPI's requirements engineering course for non-native English speakers, covering requirements management, analysis and specification but excluding English-language issues.
Overview of requirements analysis and requirements specification writing: capturing, validating and measuring requirements and structuring them into specifications.
Course presenters may include: Robert Halligan, John Fitch, Paul Davies
Five-day immersion in problem definition for military capability: requirements, Operational Concept Descriptions (OCD) and Concepts of Operations (CONOPS).
Presented by: Robert Halligan
Workshop-oriented course on software requirements analysis and on writing and structuring Software Requirements Specifications, regardless of development approach.
Activity-based course on converting requirements into effective requirements specifications: structure, language, specification types and templates.
Five-day practical systems engineering course covering the lifecycle from problem definition and requirements through architecture, design, integration, verification, validation and engineering management.
Course presenters may include: Robert Halligan, John Fitch, Richard Beasley, Dr Chris Hales, Kartal Cagatay
In-depth course on managing engineering projects: planning and organising engineering, requirements, design, configuration, interface, V&V and risk management.
Course presenters may include: Robert Halligan, Pat Byrne
Overview of systems engineering principles and process elements for people who work alongside systems engineering rather than practise it in depth.
Course presenters may include: Robert Halligan, John Fitch, Richard Beasley, Dr Chris Hales
PhD (Astrophysics), University of Sydney · BE (Aerospace, First Class Honours), UNSW · Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng)
Engineering leader and systems engineer with senior roles at the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory, now a PPI Principal Consultant and course presenter.
BEng and MSc (Industrial Engineering), University of São Paulo · PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering), Virginia Tech · Founding member and past President, INCOSE Brasil
Systems engineer and educator who co-developed PPI's Engineering Successful Infrastructure Systems course and facilitates it worldwide, in collaboration with Engeflux.
B.Eng (Electronic), University of Stellenbosch · Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) · Technology Advisory Board member, Cape Peninsula University
South African systems engineer, consultant and trainer. CTI states he was the first presenter of its Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) exam-preparation course.
Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) · Member, INCOSE Crossroads of America Chapter
Systems engineering consultant and trainer with more than four decades in engineering, engineering management, consulting and training. PPI Principal Consultant and editor of PPI's Systems Engineering Newsjournal.
MSc (Control Systems and Mechatronics), METU · BSc (Mechanical Engineering), METU
Systems engineering professional with almost 20 years in product development across defence, automotive, medical devices and electronics manufacturing, and a PPI course presenter.
Master of Technology Management · BA (Managerial Economics)
Former Australian Army officer and consultant in program recovery and complex project management who presents PPI's engineering management courses.
MA (Cantab) · Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) · Chartered Engineer (IET)
UK systems engineer with over thirty years in defence and aerospace, plus nuclear and rail experience, and a Certification Training International course facilitator since 2017.
BSc (Physics), Bristol University · MSc (Gas Turbine Engineering), Cranfield University · Chartered Engineer (CEng)
Systems engineer with more than 37 years' experience, formerly Associate Fellow in Systems Engineering at Rolls-Royce, and a PPI Principal Consultant and course presenter.
FIE Aust · CPEng · IntPE(Aus)
Systems engineering practitioner, consultant, trainer and methodology developer with extensive international experience in technology-based projects.