IAF0320 Computer Systems Engineering - 2014

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Here you will find all the information about the course, including reading materials, lecture notes, etc.

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The lectures and teamwork sessions will take place in the room ICT-315 (Akadeemia tee 15a, 1st staircase, 3rd floor). The first lecture takes place on September 1st at 16:00.

The next important dates:

• 01/12 No formal lecture/meeting. Lembit Jürimägi is available for consultations about SysML. He can be found either from his office (ICT-514) or from the 3rd floor of the ICT building.
• 08/12 Submission of the SysML homeworks. Discussions around the team reports.
• 15/12 Final test. Submission of the final individual assignment.

Homework

All homework should be submitted by e-mail to Gert Jervan latest on corresponding Sunday at 23:59, unless mentioned otherwize. The e-mail must mention IAF0320 in the subject.

The written text should be formatted according to the following guidelines. A4. Margins: 2,0 cm from all sides. Text: single spaced, 11 pt. The document must contain your name, email and student ID number.

Results

• The first homework (pdf). Updated 15/09/2014.
• Test 1 (pdf). Updated 14/11/2014.
• Summary of the student feedback (pdf)
• Teamwork results (presentations + report) (pdf). Discussions on December 8th. Updated 08/12/2014.
• Latest results (pdf). Updated 15/12/2014. Comments about SysML results (pdf)
• The final results (pdf). Updated 30/01/2015.

Lecture notes

• Lecture 1 (pdf) - Introduction. A short intro: Systems Story
  Reading assignments for the next lecture:
  • Chris Argyris, "Teaching Smart People How to Learn (pdf)," Harvard Business Review.
  • INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook (v.3 or later), chapters 1-2.
  • Eric Honour, Brian Mar, "Value of Systems Engineering (pdf)," INCOSE.
  • "NASA Systems Engineering Hanbook (pdf)," You don't have to read it. Just browse! It can be used in the future as a reference.
  • "Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK)," You don't have to read it. Just browse! It can be used in the future as a reference.
  
  Homework to be submitted by Sunday, September 14:
  • Individual written assignment (pdf)
    Written assignments can be presented either in English or in Estonian. Oral presentations must be made in English.
  
  
• Lecture 2 (pdf) - Systems Engineering
  Reading assignments:
  • Definition of Systems Engineering by INCOSE Fellows
  • Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK). Browse parts 1 and 2.
    
  Homework to be submitted by Sunday, September 21:
  • Individual homework (pdf)
    
  
  
• Lecture 3 (pdf) - Structure and Environment
  Reading assignments:
  • Ch. 3 - Generic Life-Cycle Stages. INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook.
  • Systems Engineering Guidebook for ITS (just browse, but take a closer look to the "Process View". NB! The image there is interactive. Hover and click!)
    
  
  
• Lecture 4 (Part 1 pdf, Part 2 pdf) - Systems Lifecycle, Needs Assessment, Stakeholders
  Reading assignments:
  • Read slides by R. Swarz and D. Washington. Module 5: Needs, Requirements, and Requirements Analysis
  • Read Chapter 6 from Systems engineering: principles and practice by A. Kossiakoff et al.
  
  
• Teamwork session on October 3rd
  
  • Stakeholder Needs and Requirements - Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK)
  • Stakeholder Identification and Analysis template (doc)
  Do not forget to submit your team formation report by October 6! The deadline of the stakeholder identification report is October 10
  
  
• Lecture 5 (pdf)
  Resources:
  • omgsysml.org
  • Language Spec
  • Some additional pointers
  Books:
  • Lenny Delligatti "SysML Distilled" 2013
  • S. Friedenthal, A. Moore, R. Steiner "A practical Guide to SysML" 2012
  Software:
  • Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
  
  
• Teamwork session on October 10th (pdf)
  • An example of the needs assessment template from the Systems Engineering Guidebook for ITS
  • Needs Assessment. Systems Engineering Guidebook for ITS
  
  Reading materials
  • Read Chapter 7 from Systems engineering: principles and practice by A. Kossiakoff et al.
  • Concept Exploration and Benefits Analysis. Systems Engineering Guidebook for ITS
  
  
• Lecture 7 (pdf) - Concept exploration, concept definition
  Reading assignments:
  • Read Chapter 7, Chapter 8 from Systems engineering: principles and practice by A. Kossiakoff et al.
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE Standard 29148-2011 - Systems and software engineering -- Life cycle processes --Requirements engineering. Chapters 5, 6.1-6.2. (Available from the TTÜ network)
  • Concept development MITRE Systems Engineering Guide
  • Concept Exploration and Benefits Analysis. Systems Engineering Guidebook for ITS
  
  
• Guest lecture by David Clark (pdf)
  
  
• Lecture 8 (pdf) - Human factors
  Reading assignments:
  • Jakob Nielsen’s site: http://www.nngroup.com/articles/
  • Usability evaluation site: www.usabilityhome.com
  • Examples of poor product designs: www.baddesigns.com

Contact:

Gert Jervan
Department of Computer Engineering
Akadeemia tee 15a, ICT-527