26 - 27 Sep 2010
System Architecture, Capability, and Technology Assessment: Return on Investment
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The course takes participants through the lifecycle of architecture development for large scale missions and the concomitant investment strategy for enabling and enhancing technology in order to realize the architecture(s) selected. Methodological formulation is accompanied by real case studies and actual data from NASA missions in each of several directorates, i.e. Exploration, Science and Aeronautics.
The methodology indicates how goals and objectives are quantified; agents, resources and constraints are delineated; productivity is explicitly formulated, and how large scale optimization is accomplished.
The next step also deploys optimization methods to determine temporal R&D investment profiles from need dates and required capabilities, and budget pools available for investment. This information is matched against alternative R&D proposals which purport to meet the desired capability levels, the cost and temporal profile for each R&D candidate, and the likelihood of success.
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26 - 27 Sep 2010
Systems Engineering Fundamentals
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In today's globalized environment, manufacturing and designing companies compete for business. To be successful, companies need to practice strategies that minimize the possibility of degradation of product quality, cost overrun, schedule slippage, customer dissatisfaction, and system development failures. In this course, you will learn why we need systems engineering; the systems engineering fundamentals, including requirements analysis and development, functional analysis and allocation, and design decision analysis based on requirements; risk, opportunity and issue management throughout the development and design cycle; Integrated Master Plan/Integrated Master Schedule and Work Breakdown Structure for development and design management; technical performance measurement for measuring, tracking, and validating design; interface management across in-house disciplines, supplier, and customer; and verification and validation of your products. |
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26 - 27 Sep 2010
Space Environment and Its Effects on Space Systems
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This course on the space environment and its effects on systems are intended to serve two audiences. Firstly, those relatively new to the design, development and operation of spacecraft systems. Secondly, those experts in fields other than the space environment who wish to obtain a basic knowledge of the topic. The focus is on the space environment and the interactions with spacecraft systems. The topics and their depth are adequate for the reader to address the environmental effects to at least the conceptual design level. Topics covered include spacecraft failures, elements of the solar system overview, Earth’s magnetic and electric fields, Earth’s neutral environment, Earth’s plasma environment, radiation interactions, contamination, and meteorites and orbital debris. |
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