System Planning Concepts

Course aim

On completion the student should be able to:

• Identify project and system stakeholders;
• Compare and contrast alternative system implementation strategies;
• Apply principles of risk-based systems engineering; 
• Compare and contrast appropriate system lifecycle models;
• Apply principles of systems engineering management to the planning of project execution.

Course content

Systems engineering lifecycle – concept to disposal; Defence Acquisition model; Risk based system engineering – (System engineering in Tendering, system engineering during development); Organisational models – project level and enterprise level; Why Plan - Technical management (iaw EIA-632); Systems Engineering Master Schedule (MIL-STD 499B); Development Lifecycles (and their tradeoffs); Technical Effort Definition (including WBS, TPM, Risk); Planning for the unknown; Technical Plans; Assessing progress against integrated plans; Technical Reviews.

Textbook(s)

Blanchard S.B and Fabrycky W.J. 2011, Systems Engineering and Analysis, 5th ed., Prentice-Hall International Inc, Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA

Prerequisite(s)

Graduate Certificate in Engineering (Military Systems Integration)

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Workshop	10 hours x 1 day
External (Synchronous Online (Live Virtual Classroom lectures, tutorials and meetings in support of course objectives))	17 hours x N/A
External (Asynchronous Online (Blend of reading, discussion forums and recorded lectures covering core content of the course))	51 hours x N/A
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External (Synchronous Online (Live Virtual Classroom guest lectures, tutorials and meetings in support of course objectives))	27 hours x N/A
External (Asynchronous Online (Blend of course orientation, key lectures, reading, discussion forums and recorded lectures covering core content of the course.))	51 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

Group project plan Assignment, Individual Written Case Study (Individual project planning case study analysis), Participation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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