Review of the Autumn Assembly  2001

Presentation material from the UK Chapter Autumn Assembly  2001: Hot Topics for Systems Engineers and Product Developers held on 12-13th November 2001 at the Four Pillars Hotel, Abingdon

(where available and authorised for release)

Session 1 - Understanding and Dealing with Systems chaired by Prof. Philip John

1. Introduction by Prof. Philip John (94kb)
2. Systems Engineering : Past, Present & Future by Professor Philip John, Cranfield University (517kb)
3. A Context for System Design Method(ologie)s by Andrew Farncombe, John Boardman Associates  (162kb)
4. Principles and Practices of Systems Engineering by Rick Adcock, Cranfield University, RMCS, Shrivenham  (498kb)

Session 2 - Systems Engineering the Enterprise chaired by Allen Fairbairn

• Introduction and Opening Slides by Allen Fairbairn, JBA and Ellipsis (Zip PPT 150kB)
• Optimising Team Interaction by Christopher Dean and Jim West, Airbus UK (296kb)

Session 3 - System Modelling chaired by Bob Briggs

1. System Modelling – Requirements are never enough! Session Chair - Bob Briggs (52kb)
2. Requirements Alone Are Not Enough by Paul Hicks, Callisto Consulting Limited  (791kb)
3. Modelling Myths by Graham Bleakley, I- Logix UK Ltd.   (2,472kb)
4. Where Does Modelling Fit Into Systems Engineering, Steve Whittle, BAE SYSTEMS   (351kb)
5. Behaviour Modelling - The missing link? by Bob Briggs, Robert Briggs & Associates Ltd  (531kb)
6. The move to object-oriented approaches by Dr. Jon Holt , Brass Bullet Ltd  (80kb)

Session 4 - Requirements Engineering Workshop chaired by Paul Davies

1. The State of the Union in Requirements Engineering by Paul Davies, Thales Sensors & INCOSE RWG   (771kb)
2. Metrics for Requirements Management by Ken Jackson, Telelogic   (210kb)
3. Requirements Categorisation - A Report from the INCOSE Requirements Working Group by Toby Waters   (37kb)