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Projects fail for many reasons, but a lacking or inadequate system development process is always among the top reasons that are given. Scope creep, poor risk management, poor solutions, unassigned roles and unallocated tasks, or only considering a small part of a system's lifecycle are all factors that a good process should consider. If you would like to improve your system development process, this course is for you, as its purpose is to introduce or improve your existing development process.

Often, courses are deliverd in a very generic way. This is easy for the presenter, since (s)he doesn't have to adapt the contents for the intended audience. However, the learning impact for the audience is less effective, since most of us don't develop coffee machines or cash registers. We take a different approach, and adapt our course to the specific audience. So whether you are an engineering firm specialized in assembly equipment, or a public office responsible for inner city development, our examples will be based on your kind of business. Besides the fact that this gives you a better learning experience, it also provides you with good examples of requirements that can be reused later on. In addition, we can become part of your project team by facilitating the development process, helping you develop your system faster and clearer. This allows us to teach systems engineering principles as you go and when you need them. By immediately putting your learning into practice, the learning becomes even more effective.       Intended audience

• Organization members: the course would use organization-specific content, and in several sessions, the principles and practices of requirements specification are taught.
• Project teams: the course would be applied during the project's lifecycle, teaching relevant practices along the way, and immediately applying them to the project.

Course Outline

Courses can be given in Dutch or English (other languages on request). As explained above, every course is different, and will be tailored to your organization's or project's needs. The red line, however, consists of the following subjects.

1. Introduction
   Outline of the course, explain the importance of systems engineering.
2. Setting the stage
   Identify stakeholders, define your vision and context (what belongs to your system, and what not). Specify common useage scenarios (use cases).
3. The system lifecycle and solution development
   Every system will move through many phases: from inital needs, defining requirements, developing solution, implementation, testing and deployment. This section will cover the different aspects of the system lifecycle.
4. The systems engineering process
   Introduction to basic principles, concepts and elements.
5. Requirements Definition and Analysis
   Although the topic of requirements engineering is course on its own, here we will discuss the absolute basics in order tob e cable of doing systems engineering.
6. Developing Solutions
   How to translate a set of requirements to a functional and physical solution.
7. A word about TRIZ
   A brief introduction to TRIZ, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving.
8. Evaluating the effectiveness of solutions and Decision Making
   Based on multi-criteria analysis, choose the right solution for you.
9. Interfaces and Modules
   Using a divide-and-conquer approach to system development, you need to be able to specify very clearly the requirements for each module (a.k.a. sub-system or component) and its interfaces (desired and undesired) to the rest of the world.
10. Verification and Validation
    Did you build the house right (verification), and is it the right house (validation)? Here, we will talk about factory acceptance tests and site acceptance tests.
11. Summary