System Design and Integration

Course aim

To provide students with knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to conduct the design and integration processes of systems engineering. This course establishes a foundation of knowledge that will enable students to convert a conceptual design into a system definition that is suitable for detailed design and subsequent manufacture. The course covers both classical systems engineering design and systems-integration-based design that exploits existing subsystems to the greatest extent possible.

Course content

The architectural design process including: 

• Requirements analysis, validation of the design inputs including customer expectations, requirements flow down through design tiers, identification of technical performance measures. 
• Functional analysis, in particular, in the presence of constraints on the system design imposed by the use of commercial-off-the-shelf and military-off-the-shelf components. 
• Functional and physical partitioning. 
• Generation of solution concepts that involve both bespoke and pre-existing components. 
• Trade-off analyses to determine the preferred design concept. 
• Describing the design through architectural views, specification of subsystems, and interface definitions.

System implementation aspects

• Off-the-shelf, modified OTS, or design trades for system components
• Selection of configuration items
• Choice of appropriate specification standards for components

Introduction to design assurance aspects 

• Discussion of factors sought in a good system design: reliability, maintainability, availability, manufacturability, testability, electromagnetic compatibility, integratability, safety, security, flexibility, interoperability, capability growth, disposal, etc.
• Design reviews 
• Interface management 
• Use of modelling and simulation during design and integration
• Process products and documentation; model-based systems engineering

Integration and Test

• Integration and test planning from a design perspective; test coverage
• The integration and test process
• Accepting components into integration

Textbook(s)

INCOSE 2015, INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook: A Guide for System Life Cycle Processes and Activities, 4, John Wiley & Sons, New York

Buede D.M., & Miller, W.D. 2016, The Engineering Design of Systems: Models and Methods, 3rd, John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	30 hours x over 4 days
Workshop	8 hours x 1 day
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE (INTENSIVE)
External	30 hours x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Essay, Report, Technical documentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.