ASEC 2017 Brochure by INCOSE UK

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2017 International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) UK

Annual Systems Engineering Conference 21st – 22nd November 2017 The Slate Conference Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL

“Pushing the Boundaries of Systems Engineering” Once again, ASEC 2017 will be a 2-day event bringing together world-class presenters and practitioners, providing an excellent forum for networking and sharing experiences. This remains the UK’s premier Systems Engineering event, and will feature: n n n n n

Keynote addresses given by an eminent speaker on each day: n Day 1: Prof Gordon Masterton, Edinburgh University n Day 2: Paul Schreinemakers, How2SE Technical presentations on contemporary Systems Engineering theory and practice Tutorials run by leading Systems Engineering practitioners An academic research showcase poster competition The conference dinner, with an entertaining after-dinner speaker from the world of STEM

Please join us whether you are an experienced Systems Engineering practitioner, new to Systems Engineering or want to find out if Systems Engineering is relevant to you.

This brochure is proudly sponsored by:

For the latest information visit our conference web site: www.ASEC2017.org.uk

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Welcome to ASEC 2017 Ivan Mactaggart - President of INCOSE UK A very warm welcome to ASEC 2017! As always our flagship event is a significant occasion in the Systems Engineering calendar and, consistent with this year’s theme, our Events Team has pushed its own boundaries in introducing two new features to this year’s proceedings. Firstly, INCOSE UK is delighted to be able to honour the memory of two icons of Systems Engineering. Day one features the “M’Pherson Lecture” in memory of the late Philip M’Pherson and day two, the “Arnold Lecture” in memory of the late Stuart Arnold. In this inaugural year these key note addresses will be delivered by two outstanding leaders in their field; Professor Gordon Masterton and Paul Schreinemakers. Secondly, this year also sees the first INCOSE UK Systems Summit. Running parallel to the conference the summit, facilitated by Professor Jon Holt (INCOSE UK Technical Director), will see INCOSE UK bring together key leaders and influencers from across the UK to discuss some of the most significant systems challenges. ASEC 2017 also sees the first formal meeting of the INCOSE UK Early Careers Forum. This is a significant development towards our vision and the result of excellent work by the INCOSE UK Advisory Board Chair David Venn and President Elect, Kirsty Akroyd-Wallis who, with the support of our UKAB members, brought together nearly 30 early career systems engineers at a workshop in April to identify, and look to resolve, key issues among their number. I am pleased to welcome Omer Elroubi as the forum’s interim Chair and most recent appointee to the INCOSE UK Council. Along with the new, we of course retain the most important feature of the conference, the opportunity for our members to showcase their work and share the knowledge and best practice that makes the UK a leading influencer in Systems Engineering. So, on behalf of the INCOSE UK Council I would like to thank our sponsors for their generosity in supporting ASEC 2017, our presenters and guest speakers for sharing their practice and wisdom and to you, our members, for joining with us and seeing how far we can “push the boundaries”. Have a great ASEC!

Key Note Addresses As always, we have two excellent key note addresses, brought to you by leaders in their fields. In a new development for this year we have decided to honour two of the pioneers of Systems Engineering, who we have sadly lost in the last two years, with the newly-created “M’Pherson Lecture” on day one, and the “Arnold Lecture” on day two.

M’Pherson Lecture: Prof Gordon Masterton (Edinburgh University) – Chair of Future Infrastructure The Chair of Future Infrastructure is a new post designed to help policymakers address large-scale challenges in transport and utilities. Professor Masterton will oversee a Future Infrastructure Research Centre which will draw upon worldleading expertise in fire safety and structural engineering, granular materials, railway engineering, non-destructive testing and large-scale data acquisition and analysis. Professor Masterton will embark on research to aid decisions on implementing appropriate infrastructure projects, such as high-speed rail, low carbon energy and sustainable water supplies. He will apply his industry experience to direct research into safe and successful project delivery. He also hopes to study infrastructure in Scotland’s urban and rural mixed economy, as a model to help to address problems created by world class cities in sparsely populated countries overseas. Until recently, Professor Masterton was a Vice-President within Jacobs Engineering. He is a past President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, past President of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, former Chairman of the Construction Industry Council, former Vice Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, and founder and current Chairman of the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame. Professor Masterton was the UK Government’s project representative on the £15bn Crossrail development in London – Europe’s largest construction project to date. Recently, he was appointed a member of the Independent Assurance Panel for the HS2 high-speed rail link. The Professor brings more than 35 years of industry experience and leadership of major infrastructure design, construction and commissioning to his new post.

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Arnold Lecture: Paul Schreinemakers (former INCOSE Technical Director)

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Paul Schreinemakers holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Mechanics and is a Master of Science in Engineering Product Design. His experience covers more than 25 years of product development and consultancy in various domains, which started as a Mechanical Engineer at SRON, the Netherlands Institute for Space Research. During the 10 years at SRON he learned and applied Systems Engineering while defining, designing and building satellite instruments in international teams. After 10 years at SRON it was time to move to Thales, being in the frontier of implementing CMMI in a hardware development environment. Since 2003 Paul has run his own consultancy company, called SEPIAdvies BV and since 2010 he combined forces with a companion in How2SE BV. In addition to activities for customers in the traditional domains of Space and Defence, Systems Engineering is applied to the transportation and civil construction industries, as well as Oil & Gas. His involvement in many of the projects consists of coaching interdisciplinary and multi-cultural project teams in the Netherlands, Belgium and the USA. INCOSE came into Paul’s life in 2001, and over the years he served in various roles. The first of these roles was as President on the Board of Directors of the Dutch Chapter. He was a member of various Chapter based and International Working Groups. His international involvement in INCOSE got more solid by serving as General Chair of the 2008 INCOSE International Symposium in the Netherlands and as the Associate Director for Events in the years 2009 to 2012. At the 2013 International Workshop Paul got installed in the role of Deputy Technical Director, moving to become the Technical Director during the period of 2015 - 2016. During his term as Technical Director he took up the task to ‘Systems Engineer’ Technical Operations, by defining and implementing its current organisational architecture. Finally, Paul Schreinemakers also participated in the start-up of the Oil & Gas Working Group, for which various activities are currently being done.

After-Dinner Speaker: Rhys Phillips AKA ‘Rhys Lightning’ Engineer, science presenter, broadcaster & musician Rhys is a Research Engineer at Airbus Group Innovations, looking at protection of aircraft from lightning strike damage. He is a Member of the IET Electromagnetics Technical Network, Young Professionals Community Committee and Chair of Wales South East Young Professionals Section. He is a Science communicator and a STEM Ambassador and part of the Programme Committee for Cardiff Science Festival. He also presents science, jazz and news programming on Radio Cardiff, is a trumpeter and Musical Director of Imperfect Tenth jazz ensemble and a caller of ceilidhs with Uisge ContraBand.

Systems Summit INCOSE UK are looking to start a “Systems Engineering Summit” to look at the future direction of Systems Engineering, which will take place on 22 November 2017 as part of ASEC 2017. Some key influencers/shakers and movers from other Engineering Institutes, Academia and Industry have been invited to the summit to answer the question “What does the future of Systems Engineering in the UK look like?” The summit will be facilitated by Prof Jon Holt, Technical Director INCOSE UK and Phil Robinson, Secretariat INCOSE UK. The aim of the summit is to focus on specific issues and generate a report. The initial feedback from the summit will be given to the delegates at ASEC 2017 and a report will be generated which will include a 5-year plan with a road map, which will then be overseen by the UK Council.

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Keynote Lectures Named in Memory M’Pherson Lecture in Memory of Philip M’Pherson Philip was a practitioner, educator and intellectual leader in Systems Engineering for over 45 years and an early and inspirational member of the UK Chapter of INCOSE. His appreciation for precise mathematical modelling in complex system design was honed back in the fifties with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), where Sir John Cockroft appointed him to form and run a new Dynamics Group to invent the complex dynamic control systems needed for safe nuclear power generation. After early education at Winchester and Marlborough Schools and excelling in Mathematics, Philip went straight into the Royal Navy in 1944, spending a total of 15 years in dark blue. “It was the Navy,” he told us, “that discovered I had a brain,” and sent him to MIT in 1954 for a Masters degree, to learn state of the art inertial navigation and bring it back. From then on, he was regarded as a pioneering boffin – with the Admiralty, followed by the UKAEA, then headhunted by St John’s College at Oxford University as their first Fellow in Engineering, specialising in Control Systems. At City University in London, he set up the Department of Systems Science in 1972 – probably the first “Systems Professor” in Europe. His knowledge, passion and tenacity led the department into a position of intellectual leadership in applying systems thinking. After retiring from academic life, he developed the Inclusive Value Methodology (IVM™) to provide a mathematically valid measurement of all the tangible and intangible assets of projects and organisations. His lasting contribution to Systems Engineering is a clarity of understanding and quantifying of the dynamic relationships among and within complex systems. The prevailing view of the time was that there was no adequate theoretical basis, nor a suitable corpus of knowledge, for systems to be a university subject. However, City University in London gave PKM the opportunity of a Chair, initially in Production and Control Engineering, to thrash out a science of systems, and the department morphed into Systems Science. Forming a hand-picked multidisciplinary team, he brought Hard Systems into its own as a subject, and established the pre-eminent department in the UK, launching many successful Systems programmes. Philip stayed at City for 22 years, latterly as Pro Vice Chancellor before retiring as Emeritus Professor in Systems Engineering and Management in 1987. PKM would admit only to “being co-parent of Systems Science”, because he knew of one other person in the USA doing something similar at the time, and was far too modest ever to blow his own trumpet. He was the recipient of the INCOSE Pioneer Award in 2007.

Arnold Lecture in Memory of Stuart Arnold Stuart’s career started in microwave technology at Roke Manor Research in the UK. His Systems Engineering knowledge drew heavily on many years of international industrial experience working for Philips in the development, manufacture and product support of domestic, professional and defence systems. He was Software Engineering Manager for Thorn EMI Sensors, before moving into government service as Systems Engineering Manager in the UK’s Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, later becoming a QinetiQ Fellow and QinetiQ’s Systems Engineering Head of Profession. Stuart had a significant impact on the practice of Systems Engineering. As editor of the ISO/IEC 15288 committee he steered through the creation and adoption of the international standard for Systems Engineering. Agreeing any standard is a challenge. Agreeing ISO/IEC 15288 was doubly so, as there was no clear consensus as to what constituted good Systems Engineering. Stuart was able to bring together a diverse community and get them to agree the core of the standard. Stuart achieved this in his typically understated yet highly effective manner. His success was due to his almost endless patience, razor sharp intellect and naturally collaborative approach. Standards committees can be dominated by national interests and yet Stuart was trusted by several governments to ensure that ISO15288 met their needs. Stuart was an exceptional teacher, able to explain complicated concepts in a simple and clear manner. He was a Fellow of INCOSE and a Royal Academy of Engineering visiting professor at the University of Hertfordshire. Stuart’s impact on the international stage also helped build a reputation for Systems Engineering excellence in INCOSE UK. Along with a small number of other UK systems engineers, Stuart was responsible for building the credibility of the UK’s Systems Engineering community on the international stage. Now, when a UK voice speaks up in a technical committee, INCOSE meeting, or project review, we are benefiting from Stuart’s influence.

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Programme at a Glance

Please note: each morning there will be a plenary session in the Conference Theatre, with additional parallel elements starting in the second morning session. This year the half-day tutorials are being held either side of lunch, rather than just in the afternoon as in previous years. These are limited to a maximum of 30 delegates each and should be registered in advance. Although INCOSE UK will make every effort to provide the programme as advertised, it may become necessary, for reasons beyond our control, to make changes to speakers and / or to the timing and content of the programme. INCOSE UK will not be liable for any costs incurred by delegates in relation to such changes. Registration is open each day from 08:00.

Day 1: Tuesday 21st November 08:50 - 09:00

Introduction to Day 1

09:00 - 09:45

President’s Address & INCOSE UK Highlights

09:45 - 10:30

“M’Pherson Lecture”- Prof Gordon Masterton

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee

Conference Theatre

Tutorial

11:00 - 12:30

“Model Based approaches in

“Aligning System Goals to

“Don’t Panic! The Absolute

the Automotive Industry”

High Value Business and

Beginners’ Introduction to

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

“Cross Disciplinary Systems

Engineering”

Stakeholder Goals” Kim Stansfield, Stephen

Dimelow, John Fraser

Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE)” Jon Holt, Simon Perry

15:00 - 15:30

Tea

15:30 - 16:15

“Reading Between the Lines – Developing the MOD Acquisition Requirements & Acceptance Tube Map”

16:15 - 17:00

Interactive Panel Session

17:00 - 17:45

INCOSE UK Annual General Meeting

19:00 - 19:30

Pre-Dinner Drinks

19:30 - 22:00

Conference Dinner - Guest speaker: Rhys Phillips AKA ‘Rhys Lightning’

Day 2: Wednesday 22nd November 08:50 - 09:00

Introduction to Day 2

09:00 - 09:45

“Arnold Lecture”- Paul Schreinemakers

09:45 - 10:30

“Modelling a Legacy System”

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee

Conference Theatre

Tutorial

11:00 - 12:30

“Developing a Systems

“Fundamentals of Model

“Executable MBSE Made

Engineering Organisation”

Execution”

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

“Requirements, Models

Aurelijus Morkevicius,

Simple” OR

Fraser Chadburn

Nerijus Jankevicius

and Trade-Offs” 15:00 - 15:30

Tea

15:30 - 16:15

“Walking the Walk – Systems Engineering INCOSE UK”

16:15 - 16:30

President’s Closing Remarks

See page 6 for the parallel elements (Professionalisation, Fringe, & Working Group sessions). See following pages for details of all presentations, tutorials and workshops.

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Additional Programme Elements n The Early Careers Forum will be having an inaugural meeting to agree their Terms of Reference and appoint their committee. n Groups will have the opportunity to bid for up to five 45 minute sessions across the two days to conduct working group business, or engage with delegates who may not normally be able to attend their meetings. n Following on from the last two ASECs where we have had successful Professionalisation slots, this year’s session will be looking at “Helping to develop the Training/Guidance session on the certification exam”:

Writing a good test question is harder than you think, and the correct answer is not always (or even usually) “C.” Learn how to write test questions like those found on the INCOSE knowledge exam. Whether you’re already certified, studying to take the exam, or just want to learn how to write test questions for another purpose, you’ll enjoy this session. The 90 minutes will teach you how to write questions, and in the second 90 minute session you’ll apply those skills by generating your own test questions. This is a great way to improve your understanding of the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook version 4.

n Day two will feature a “Fringe” session. The exact content of this session is yet to be fully determined, but the intent is to be engaging and informative, providing a space where delegates can explore aspects of Systems Engineering and its relationship with its wider context. Watch out for further details on INCOSE UK media channels and social media as we approach the event n Finally, following on from feedback last year we are introducing the ‘Posters that Talk’ slot, where the two winning poster entries will each be given 15 minutes to talk about their poster. These additional elements will take place in parallel to the main conference, as indicated below.

Day 1: Additional Elements

Breakout

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee

11:00 - 12:30

Exam Question Workshop

Tutorial 1 – Part A

Tutorial 2 – Part A

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

Exam Question Workshop

15:00 - 15:30

Tea

15:30 - 16:15

Posters that Talk

Early Careers Forum

Working Group Session

16:15 - 17:00

Return to the main programme in the conference theatre

Tutorial 1 – Part B

Lunch Tutorial 2 – Part B

Day 2: Additional Elements

Breakout

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee

11:00 - 12:30

Systems Summit

Tutorial 1 – Part A

Tutorial 2 – Part A

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

Fringe

15:00 - 15:30

Tea

15:30 - 16:15

Working Group Session

16:15 - 16:30

Return to the main programme in the conference theatre

Tutorial 1 – Part B

Lunch Tutorial 2 – Part B

Academic Research Showcase Poster Competition We are pleased to announce that we will once again be holding an Academic Research Showcase poster competition, and there will be posters on display. Delegates will have the opportunity to read the posters and discuss the research findings with the poster authors throughout the event.

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A Guide to the Event Programme Event Structure Each day of the conference consists of the following elements.

Early Morning Session The early morning session each day features a keynote speaker. On Tuesday this will be preceded by an address from the President of INCOSE UK, covering the highlights from the previous year. On Wednesday this will be followed by a technical presentation.

Late Morning Session & Early Afternoon Session At this point, delegates have the option to choose between a set of parallel tracks: n n n

The main conference theatre offers back to back sessions of two presentations each, covering contemporary topics expected to be of general interest to the audience, with a break for lunch half way through There are two tutorials running each day in parallel to the main conference session, which need to be booked in advance when booking for the conference. Details of these tutorials can be found on page 8. Attendance at these tutorials will be strictly limited on a first-come-first-served basis when booking Additional sessions are outlined in page 6 of the brochure, including ‘Professionalisation’, ‘The Fringe’ and ‘Posters that Talk’

Late Afternoon Session The final afternoon session is primarily based in the main conference theatre, but also offers the opportunity for delegates to attend 45 minute Working Group sessions running in parallel with the first paper of the session.

Signposting Each presentation has been characterised in two dimensions, indicating the content and target audience. Accessibility. This indicates the level of knowledge required by the delegates to fully understand the paper and gain the maximum benefit from its content. There are three levels here: ‘Beginner’ which is aimed at people who are new to the topic and will typically hold the Awareness level of competence in this area; ‘Practitioner’ which is aimed at people who have performed some work in this area and are looking to increase their knowledge and who will typically hold the Supervised Practitioner or Practitioner level of competence; and ‘Advanced’ which is aimed at people with extensive experience, who are looking to hone their skills and knowledge in the area and who will typically hold the Expert level of competence. Application. There are three levels here, which are: ‘Research’ aimed at new ideas that have been carried out as part of a research project; ‘Case Study’ that details examples of how Systems Engineering good practice has been applied on real projects, showing real results; and ‘Good Practice’, that details how mature Systems Engineering practices are being disseminated, deployed and adopted. These are indicated on the following pages using a set of icons depicted below.

Accessibility: Beginner

Practitioner

Advanced

Research

Case Study

Good Practice

Application:

So for example, a presentation aimed at Practitioners and containing a Case Study, would have the following set of icons after the title:

We hope that this will assist delegates in choosing which elements of the event programme they will attend.

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Tutorial Sessions Day 1

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Aligning System Goals to High Value Business and Stakeholder Goals Lead Presenter: Dr Kim Stansfield (Warwick University) Co-Presenters: Stephen Dimelow (Rolls Royce), John Fraser (AWE)

Don’t Panic! The Absolute Beginners’ Introduction to Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Presenters: Simon Perry (Scarecrow Consultants Ltd), Jon Holt (Scarecrow Consultants Ltd)

Ensuring system development programme goals are systematically aligned to deliver high priority business goals is a fundamental success factor for high value Systems Engineering programmes.

‘It’s too complicated’, ‘I don’t have the time’, ‘I can’t change the way that we have always worked’, ‘My project has already started’, ‘My staff won’t understand it’ are just some of the many reasons given for why people won’t even consider, let alone implement, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). This tutorial is intended to be used as a primer for MBSE for people who are new to the area and a number of key points will be addressed in it to:

This tutorial aims to introduce systematic methods to structure the ‘Voice of the Business (VoB)’ to: n n n n

Confirm business goals and supporting hierarchy of system programme and project goals Introduce methods for systematic prioritisation of the hierarchy of goals using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) Show how the context and scope of a system can be clarified to help focus the system programme and project goals Establish which customers and stakeholders are key to delivery of business and programme goals i.e. help identify who will help ensure success of the programme

The tutorial is aimed at: n n n n n

Enterprise Architects Business Architects Programme and Project Managers Systems Engineering Leaders Systems Engineers

Dr Kim Stansfield CEng, MIET, MINCOSE has worked in advanced flexible automation, collision avoidance, enterprise business and sustainable energy systems development for 25 years, before moving into academia in 2016, where he lectures on advanced quality systems and Systems Engineering at Warwick University WMG. He was the recipient of the Akao Prize in 2016, only the second UK engineer to receive this prize in its 20 year history.

n Nip in the bud bad practice and common pitfalls that have been learned the hard way n Dispel some of the many myths and misconceptions associated with MBSE n Spell out some of the fundamental concepts that must be understood n Alleviate people’s fears concerning MBSE and its adoption in business n Highlight some of the many benefits (some obvious, but many not-so-obvious) associated with MBSE This tutorial is intended to be simple enough to give to anyone with good common sense and a modicum of technical knowledge, a clear understanding of exactly what MBSE is and what it isn’t. This tutorial is aimed at Systems Engineers, Managers, Board Members, Students and anyone who is seriously interested in using modelling for their existing Systems Engineering activities. Professor Jon Holt is an international award-winning author and public speaker and has authored 12 books on MBSE and its applications. Simon Perry is the co-author of seven books in the field of applied Model- Based Systems Engineering.

Maximum number of delegates: 20

Maximum number of delegates: 30

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Fundamentals of Executing System Models Presenters: Dr. Aurelijus Morkevicius (No Magic Europe), Nerijus Jankevicius (No Magic, Inc.)

Executable Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) made simple Presenter: Fraser Chadburn (MBSE Training and Consulting Ltd)

The ability to simulate high level system design provides a comprehensive view of the system as a whole, and helps to gain understanding of a system without manipulating the real prototype. This tutorial focuses on the simulation as a tool for Systems Engineers. This tutorial:

This tutorial aims to explore the use of Executable MBSE to build integrated use case models to generate test specifications. The tutorial will:

n n n

Provides a foundation on how to create precise system models in SysML that can be executed combining fUML and SysML parametric techniques Is based on an educational case study model, which explains model execution semantics and demonstrates how to perform trade studies, Monte Carlo simulations for analysing uncertainty propagation, requirements verification, and co-simulation of external models Will allow you to learn how executing models can help to better understand and communicate them, debug complex behavioural models, create functional system prototypes, verify requirements, create test case scenarios, and perform various kinds of engineering analysis tasks

n n n

Start with a use case workshop to define a system in principle from scratch Provide hands on opportunity for participants to turn this into an executable form through a transformation process from use case steps to auto-generated sequence diagrams via SysML activity diagrams Allow participants to execute the simulations they develop with a panel and generate user-level test cases

Free open-source software will be made available that provides the automation to support the above (www.executablembse. com) together with some guide information on the steps of the method. Instructions on how to download, install the necessary modelling tool software with an evaluation licence and set it up for executable MBSE will be provided. This tutorial is aimed at System Engineers.

This tutorial is aimed at Requirement Engineers, System Architects, System Engineers, Software Architects and other stakeholders who are creating and using models, or are planning to create and execute models. Aurelijus Morkevicius is an OMG® Certified UML, Systems Modelling and BPM professional. Currently he is a Head of Solutions at No Magic Europe. Nerijus Jankevicius is a Product Manager at No Magic and is responsible for managing and envisioning the development of the Model-Based Systems Engineering environment.

Fraser Chadburn has over 15 years of experience in SysML/ UML working in telecoms, commercial electronics and rail. Over the last 3 years he has worked as an independent contractor/ consultant and trainer in MBSE/SysML/Rhapsody for customers including Jaguar Land Rover, HORIBA MIRA, Daimler AG, Cobham and Siemens Rail. Prior to that he worked for IBM for 7.5 years, running over 50 workshops covering IBM Rational tools for complex systems and software engineering including DOORS, the Jazz suite and Rhapsody.

Maximum number of delegates: 30

Maximum number of delegates: 15

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AM - Session 1.1: “Model Based approaches in the Automotive Industry” 11:00 - 11:45

Tailoring the Harmony/SE MBSE Method for Automotive Fraser Chadburn (MBSE Training and Consulting Ltd) The Harmony/SE process is an executable Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) process developed by Hans-Peter Hoffmann Ph.D., chief Systems Methodologist for i-Logix, Telelogic (and then IBM). First published as “Harmony/SE” in 2006, it exploited the executable state-machine semantics of the i-Logix Rhapsody® UML tool, a highly mature product feature of the toolset (Harel, Kulger 1996). The process makes use of Harel statechart semantics to build executable specifications of systems, starting with use cases. Harmony/SE puts an emphasis on the identification and allocation of needed functionality and state-based behaviour, rather than on the details of its functional behavior. The method was used in traditional Systems Engineering markets such as aerospace and defence, although has had some exposure also in the automotive market. With the explosion in the complexity of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and other similar systems, this paper will overview the method but look at real experiences in adapting the method in the automotive domain and identify how it is both similar and different to the traditional Systems Engineering market. Aspects covered will include reflections on extending the method to support use of the state machine inheritance, engaging stakeholders with mock user-interface design, and – importantly – the human aspects, such as adjustment of behavioural notations to align with the expectations of a typical control engineer community who are familiar with tools such as The MathWorks® Simulink®.

11:45 - 12:30

Product Line and Platform Architecting in Automotive Electronics Karl Barker (Jaguar Land Rover) Although coming relatively late to Systems Engineering, there are requirements and use cases within the automotive industry that has lead vehicle manufacturers (OEMs) to spontaneously adopt advanced Systems Engineering concepts, such as product line and platform engineering; often before they have formalised and established their Systems Engineering frameworks and processes. Typical medium and large automotive manufacturers have 10s of vehicles marques, each with significant levels of variance and configurability within them. Competition for market share is intense, there are ever increasing requirements from legislation and disruptive new entrants are bringing consumer like technology and life-cycles into the sector. This leads to development cycles needing to be as short as possible, feature and technology innovation needing to be continuous and a shift towards true whole life upgradability. The only way for this to be sustainable and for OEMs to remain competitive has been to adopt product line and - increasingly - platform engineering approaches. Using examples from the presenter’s role on the solution side of on-vehicle electrical architectures, some of these drivers are explored, as well as how his company (Jaguar Land Rover) has made the transition from traditional ‘bespoke’ products with minimal re-use and interoperability between vehicles, to a portfolio of vehicles derived from a common product line that is continuously evolving in capability over time. Additionally, this paper will explore how the processes and techniques developed compare against formalised product line theory, and touch upon some of the modelbased techniques required to develop and maintain a product line of this complexity.

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Day 1 : Afternoon Sessions - Presentation Abstracts PM - Session 1.2: “Cross Disciplinary Systems Engineering” 13:30 - 14:15

Use of Systems Approaches in Cross-Disciplinary Healthcare Improvement - a Successful Engagement Julian Johnson (Holistem Ltd), Fran Beck (Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group), Gary Smith (Airbus Group), Alan Harding (INCOSE President & BAE SYSTEMS) UK Healthcare is facing a number of different trends: a changing demographic of an ageing and ‘frail’ population; an increasing number of the population living with two or more long term conditions; improvements in medical care and interventions which can treat a larger number of conditions; continued budget pressures and raising expectations. It is challenging in a complex socio-technical system, such as healthcare, to identify and devise interventions with clear net benefits and we see a classic ‘wicked problem’. An exploratory INCOSE-NHS dialogue with a specific NHS area in mid-2016 suggested that the application of systems approaches may be beneficial and synergistic with the ongoing development of that area’s Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP). From September 2016, several members of INCOSE (linked to its Healthcare Working Group) have worked with a multidisciplinary group of healthcare stakeholders, led by NHS Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group, to facilitate cross-disciplinary meetings. The engagement has brought additional experience in systems thinking and approaches, and provided facilitation focused on the ‘frailty’ situation via three workshops, involving up to 30 attendees over 20+ healthcare organisations. Topics tackled included: issues, opportunities, inter-agency communications, recommendations and prioritisations. Techniques applied successfully included: structured “round tables”, concept mapping, N-squared charts and causal loop modelling. The outcome from the workshops was a coherent work programme, with prioritised improvement objectives, buy-in from all stakeholders, and traceability back to the original issues and opportunities. This presentation will explain the context, the engagement from INCOSE, the nature of the workshops and techniques applied, and the outcomes. It will explain how the developed programme supports the realisation of the Shropshire and Telford NHS STP, and that arguably, handling complexity and coherence across multiple stakeholder perspectives remains the biggest ongoing challenge.

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Systems Engineering Approach to Asset Management Tim Ingram (MMI Engineering Ltd) Systems Engineering can be applied in any sector, to any project, but often gets lost in translation. For example, common issues can be that core terminology is tailored to Systems Engineering professionals rather than operators/designers, or the misconception that implementation of Systems Engineering is expensive. The Institute of Asset Management (IAM) recognises Systems Engineering as a useful tool to help deliver a successful asset management system. However, the intricacies of how to communicate such a diverse topic have not fully been realised. To support the key Asset Management Standards (ISO 55000 [1] & The Anatomy [2]), a document called Subject-Specific Guidance (SSG) for Systems Engineering is being prepared by the IAM community, to demonstrate where the Asset Management and Systems Engineering processes can complement each other pragmatically. To achieve this, the main elements of Asset Management (Strategy and Planning; Asset Management Decision-Making; Lifecycle Delivery; Asset Information; Organisation and People; Risk & Review) have been decomposed to enable a clear understanding to be presented of where Systems Engineering can add tangible value to the Asset Management process, and in so doing, to try to initiate a paradigm shift. We propose that we will present our current thinking within the SSG and key messages that we are trying to extol, through the articulation of tools and techniques that can be used to support an asset management system. For example, how requirements management principles can be used to support the development of corporate objectives, and how they are linked to strategy and planning. The paper will address some of the more complex issues of interaction across an enterprise, but also the simpler topics of terminology and definition of “systems”, which can be lost in translation and lead to misunderstanding and failure to deliver.

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PM - Session 1.3: “Reading Between the Lines” 15:30 - 16:15

Reading Between the Lines – Developing the MOD Acquisition Requirements & Acceptance Tube Map Ian Gibson, Andy Price (Jacobs), Wg Cdr Ian Blake, Sam Williams (UK MOD DE&S) How do you visualise a large complicated problem? With a large complicated diagram obviously! But what if the diagram used a familiar notation that needed little or no explanation? What if the subject matter could be carved up into distinct interwoven threads that would be easily recognised by the reader? Welcome to the MOD Acquisition Requirements & Acceptance Tube Map. The authors have been engaged in a task to rewrite the UK MOD Acquisition System Guidance intranet site for Requirements, Test, Evaluation and Acceptance. Whilst the task has resulted in a major overhaul of the guidance, it has been underpinned by a novel depiction of parallel threads of Requirements; Test, Evaluation & Acceptance; Portfolio, Programme and Project Management (P3M); and Solution Development - running through the parallel interrelated lifecycles of Programme Management (based on the Generic Capability Model) and Project Management (based upon the CADMID lifecycle). This has taken the form of an underground “tube map”, with lines representing technical threads, minor stations representing technical activities, and interchange stations representing review points. This paper summarises: n n n n

16:15 - 17:00

The process development methodology, and use of the Tube Map to underpin the generation of guidance material (principles, processes, products, and templates) as a single source of truth Overview of the new Requirements, Test, Evaluation & Acceptance pages on the MOD Acquisition System Guidance intranet site Stakeholder validation approaches taken, including workshops and wider consultation Forward plans for the Acquisition Requirements and Acceptance Tube Map

The Interactive Systems Engineering Panel Now in its third year, this light-hearted session will explore contemporary Systems Engineering issues and opportunities, with a hand-picked panel of experts and plenty of audience participation.

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Day 2 : Morning Sessions - Presentation Abstracts AM - Session 2.1: “Modelling a Legacy System” 09:45 - 10:30

“Using 21st Century Systems Engineering to Monitor a 19th Century Plant” Jon Willis and Mike Rodd – Crofton Beam Engines, Kennet & Avon Canal Trust (KACT), Jon Holt, Scarecrow Consultants The Crofton Pumping Station was built in 1807-9 as the primary source of water for the summit pound of the Kennet & Avon Canal, using (then) state-of-the-art coal-fired beam engines to pump the water. It stopped work in 1959, and following abandonment in 1968, it was purchased and restored to full working order some 50 years ago by KACT volunteers, thereby preventing it from being scrapped by its previous owners. It still houses two engines dating back to 1812 and 1846. However, the station now has urgent structural issues that need to be addressed in order to secure the long-term future of this Grade 1 listed site, one of the most important surviving (and uniquely, fully operational) monuments of the Industrial Revolution. The Georgian and Victorian beam engines themselves are in good working condition, but are fragile, especially as they run under full load conditions. Most historic engines such as these have failed. So, in a joint project with Bath University and Scarecrow Consultants, and as part of a Heritage Lottery funded project, a unique Mechatronics initiative exploiting modern industrial technology in a heritage-acceptable fashion to provide real time data monitoring of the plant’s internal operation, has been undertaken. This will allow operating and maintenance engineers, students and visitors to observe how the various components of the pumping station are functioning in real time, and will provide a deeper understanding of the critical 200-year old station’s operation and the condition of its components, for both experts and the more casual visitors. Following experimental pilot work undertaken by Bath University Mechanical Engineering students, the key to taking this project forward to implementation has been the development of a complete set of requirements and system specifications for the Mechatronics system to be installed. The methodology adopted, described in this paper, was led by Scarecrow Consultants and involved many Crofton steam experts. This paper describes how an agreed initial set of requirements and the system specification can be developed and used as a basis for the commercial tender for developing the actual solution system. The systems modelling approach adopted was as described in [Holt & Perry 2013]. This project is supported by The Heritage Lottery Fund and Bath University.

AM - Session 2.2: “Developing a Systems Engineering Organisation” 11:00 - 11:45

Yanking the Chain - Applying SE Principles to an Organisation’s Value Chain Simon Perry (Scarecrow Consultants Ltd) Many organisations find it difficult to know where to apply limited resources for the most return. All face questions like ‘Should we attend the ACME Conference this year?’, ‘E-Corp want another meeting. We’ve already had three and got no work. Should we bother?’ One way of tackling such questions is by capturing your organisation’s value chain through a Value Chain Framework (VCF) that allows an organisation to apply Systems Engineering principles to some of the financial and planning aspects of the business, as well as the systems engineered. It is based around the concept of an engagement with a customer, consisting of business activities, both paid, such as delivering a system, and unpaid, such as presenting at a conference. Business activities come from a contact or an existing business activity. At a higher level, an engagement with one customer may lead to an engagement with another. All business activities have an associated cost. This is justified by its business value, which may be a financial value quantified by quotations that are contractualised by purchase orders against which invoices are raised, or by a reputation value. The VCF captures these relationship chains. The difference between a business activity’s cost and its resulting business value gives the return to the organisation. Understanding this is key and, most importantly, this return is often indirect, e.g. conference attendance leads to no direct work, but results in presenting at an interest group, which leads to a contact within an organisation that leads to a series of meetings that results in paid work. Often this chain of relationships is not understood or captured. The VCF forces you to capture it and allows these indirect links to be followed and the types of questions posed above to be considered in a more structured and reasoned way.

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Day 2 : Morning Sessions - Presentation Abstracts 11:45 - 12:30

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Not Everyone Wants to be a Chief Systems Engineer Kirsty Akroyd-Wallis & Samuel Lewis, MBDA The INCOSE UK Competency Framework has become an internationally recognised (de facto) standard for developing the technical competence of Systems Engineers. However, the development of technical competence alone does not indicate the fitness of a given Systems Engineer to undertake a particular role. The culture of an organisation and its required behaviours must also play a part. Recognising that the development of Systems Engineers to meet the expectations of an everdemanding and developing industry needs to be specifically tailored to the varied roles that the engineers are working in, MBDA (UK) have undertaken a project to adapt the Competency Framework to fit the Systems Engineering roles recognised in one of its key functional areas: Systems Design & Validation UK. This is currently being piloted on a cross-section of the function’s population. This paper discusses issues that arose when applying the Framework, and how it needed to be adapted in order to be effective, relevant and useful. Specifically, the Framework lacks depth in assessing the behavioural competencies of Systems Engineers, who, due to the nature of their role, require strong inter-personal and other behavioural skills to succeed. However required behaviours will differ between organisations, so MBDA (UK) used its own Behavioural Competency Framework alongside the Technical Competency Framework in order to define the ‘shape’ of the given roles. The paper also discusses how, using a self-assessment tool built entirely around the behaviourally adapted Framework, new and experienced Systems Engineers are able to visually compare their views of their own competencies and behaviours with that of the defined roles. The use of a comparison tool allows Systems Engineers to easily identify areas of improvement, and takes steps to suggest various methods in which this may be achieved.

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Day 2 : Afternoon Sessions - Presentation Abstracts PM - Session 2.3: “Requirements, Models and Trade-Offs” 13:30 - 14:15

Integrating Requirement Expressions with System Models Jeremy Dick (SyntheSys), Lou Wheatcraft (Requirements Experts), David Long (ViTech Corporation), Mike Ryan (University of New South Wales), Juan Llorens (University of Madrid), Rick Zinni (Harris Corporation) Carl Svensson (FMV) This paper proposes an approach to developing and managing textual requirements using a language-based model, that integrates closely with the wider system model. It allows parsed requirement statements to be mapped to the ontology defined within the system model. At the foundation of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) lies the creation of an integrated system model, represented by an integrated dataset that describes the system of interest. The integrated dataset forms an information model that represents various artefacts of the Systems Engineering lifecycle processes, which are often visualised as diagrams that draw in a coordinated way on the underlying integrated data. If the dataset is integrated in the way proposed in this paper, the integrated system model can also be used to develop and manage requirements as part of the modelling effort. The resulting artefacts represented by the integrated dataset, including requirements, could also be presented in non-diagrammatic forms, such as tables, reports, and electronic documents that support activities associated with requirement development and management (RDM). Because these visualisations, no matter the form, are all drawn from the same underlying information model and dataset, the consistency and coherence across the various diagrams, tables, reports, and documents can be assured.

14:15 - 15:00

A Method to Construct a Trade-Space of Life Cycle Cost and Technical Requirements in System Specification Nadirah Binti Abdul Rahim (University of South Australia), Timothy L.J. Ferris (Cranfield University) The paper presents a method for creating a trade space including life cycle cost (LCC) and the technical parameters of reliability and maintainability (RAM characteristics). We use a Monte Carlo modelling of the system life cycle to generate a distribution of the selected LCC measure, including prediction of the failures and cost and time to repair. The model we describe, and for which we show preliminary results, analyses a system as a set of subsystems arranged in a physical architecture, where each subsystem is represented by cost and RAM characteristics data. The concept of a tradespace of RAM characteristics and LCC outcomes, focuses on the objective of a system being to provide a defined service at the best possible financial outcomes. The preliminary results of our model show that the concept of a trade-space of technical requirements of the RAM characteristics of sub-systems and LCC, shows promise of providing system solutions that provide the required service at lower LCC than may be the case if technical specification is given primacy.

PM - Session 2.4: “Walking the Walk” 15:30 - 16:15

Walking the Walk – Systems Engineering INCOSE UK Jon Holt, Ivan Mactaggart (INCOSE UK) The INCOSE mission is stated as to: ‘… foster the definition, understanding, and practice of World Class Systems Engineering in industry, academia and government.’ In order to promote the principles of Systems Engineering it is essential that INCOSE fully embraces its own ideals in defining and developing its own capabilities. Further, a key statement of the INCOSE 2025 Vision is that by 2025 there will be a significant, if not total, shift towards Model-Based Systems Engineering (INCOSE 2015). INCOSE UK has seen significant growth over the last five years, with membership increasing of a rate of around 100 members per year and we now have around 1000 members. Alongside the increase in member numbers, INCOSE UK now also provides many more services, such as more Groups, professional accreditation routes, formal publications, and more events. As INCOSE UK grows so does our responsibility to members to deliver a professional capability that is based on solid Systems Engineering principles. The aim of this project is, to define and develop a model of INCOSE UK that can be used to understand how INCOSE UK delivers the INCOSE mission. Initially, the scope of the project will be limited to providing a model that describes the INCOSE UK Chapter in the form of a Systems Engineering Architecture that will then be disseminated and, where appropriate, adopted by other INCOSE Chapters.

16:15 - 16:30

President’s Closing Remarks Ivan Mactaggart (INCOSE UK)

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Venue and Travel Information

Visit our online registration facility at www.ASEC2017.org.uk. Here you can register for the event, book accommodation, and pay by card through a secure payment facility with Lloyds TSB Cardnet via SagePay. Options to pay by cheque or company order are also available.

We have visited Warwick before, but not like this! This year we are delighted to be holding our ASEC at the brand new Slate Conference Centre at Warwick University. Bigger, better, more facilities and the outstanding service that we have come to expect from this world-class location.

If you are unable to take advantage of our on-line registration facilities, please contact the INCOSE UK Secretariat either by email at: events@incoseonline.org.uk or by telephone via: 01460 298 217 or fax at: 0845 280 5304.

The Slate Conference Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.

Prices and Accommodation

Free car parking is available in a car park to the rear of the venue.

The event prices for INCOSE UK members are:

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£300

£550

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£150

£275

Non-members are welcome, but you will be charged an additional £120 that will give you the benefits of INCOSE membership for one calendar year. Student membership for non-members is an additional £35. The senior rate only applies to those already registered as INCOSE Senior members.

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Associate or Certified Systems Engineering Professionals (ASEPs or CSEPs) INCOSE Associate or Certified Systems Engineering Professionals will receive 1 PDU (Professional Development Unit) for every hour they attend the conference (totalling 8 PDUs per day). Furthermore, for ASEPs or CSEPs who are not currently members, joining INCOSE UK when registering for ASEC 2017 will earn an additional 5 PDUs for your year of membership.

Prices include lunch and morning and afternoon coffee on each day.

About INCOSE

Overnight accommodation is available at the event venue and must be booked with the event registration. Full pricing details are available on the website. Accommodation is charged at cost so there are no discounts or concessions.

The International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit membership organisation founded to develop, disseminate and advance Systems Engineering. There are around 10,000 members worldwide.

Non-residents who wish to attend the Conference Dinner will be charged an additional £35.

INCOSE UK was formed in 1994 and is highly active, currently having around 1,000 members. INCOSE UK is supported by the UK Advisory Board (UKAB) comprising nearly 40 world-class UK organisations drawn from industry, government and academia.

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Registration now open - please book early Please use the online facility at www.ASEC2017.org.uk to register and pay for your attendance.

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