About Robert Halligan

Robert Halligan is described by PPI as an executive project manager, engineering manager and engineering practitioner with international experience in systems engineering practice and improvement. His background includes engineering and management roles across telecommunications, defence and technology organisations, followed by extensive international consulting and training work.

PPI attributes to him the development of a number of systems engineering methods and artefacts, including the Wedge Model, methods for requirements capture and validation, requirements quality measurement, trade studies and functional analysis.

Courses delivered (9)

Profile summary

Managing Director of Project Performance International, a former member of the INCOSE Board of Directors and a founding member and past President of the Systems Engineering Society of Australia.

Professional leadership

  • Former member of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Board of Directors
  • Former INCOSE Ambassador
  • Founding member and past President of the Systems Engineering Society of Australia

Standards contributions

  • Former INCOSE Head of Delegation to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7 on Systems and Software Engineering (three years)
  • Content in four of the five significant general-application systems engineering standards (as stated by PPI)

Methods and frameworks

  • The Wedge Model (attributed by PPI)
  • Methods for requirements capture and validation (attributed by PPI)
  • Requirements quality measurement (attributed by PPI)
  • Methods for trade studies and functional analysis (attributed by PPI)
  • A method for states and modes analysis (attributed by PPI)
  • Data item descriptions (DIDs) for key systems engineering documents, including system, software, interface and verification requirements specifications, the Concept of Operations and the Systems Engineering Plan (attributed by PPI)

Academic contributions

  • University of Sydney / University of Technology Sydney: Developed and delivered the master's module “Managing Engineering Projects”
  • Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University: One-week deliveries to master's and PhD students
  • University of Stellenbosch: One-week Winter Workshop in systems engineering for mechanical engineering students
  • National Defence University, Finland: Guest lecturer
  • Singapore Institute of Technology: Guest lecturer
  • Draper Laboratory at MIT: Presenter on several occasions

Selected organisations

  • Telecom Australia
  • Department of Defence (Australia)
  • Rockwell International
  • Andrew Corporation

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