Technical Program       

Saturday, March 31, 2012

INCOSE-LA & LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY

“Systems Engineering for Agility and Affordability”

This Mini-Conference will feature a comprehensive discussion of agility and affordability as elements of the systems engineering process.  The conference will be informative, educational, and interactive - giving those in attendance an opportunity to participate and to better understand these latest issues.

A selected series of experts will present practical approaches to performing systems engineering more efficiently and effectively, bringing more agility into the SE process.

Each presentation and the panel discussion will be followed by a question-and-answer period.

Click HERE for the final program and welcome letter.

Keynote Speaker:

Ms. Gywnne Shotwell, President SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation)

Presentations:   (Click on title for copy of presentation)

Session #1
  "COINCOMO and Software Intensive Systems Engineering"  (A. Winsor Brown)
  "Boeing's Lean+ 10X Approach to Agile Software Development"  (Phyllis Marbach)

Session #2
  "Fixing the Acquisition System: Lean Enablers for Pre-Milestone B Program Management"  (Bo Oppenheim, Matt Trinca, Matt Ward)
  "Agile and Affordable Conceptual Systems Analysis"  (Rick Cline)
  "Engineering Resilient Systems (ERS): Agility through Adaptability"  (Yvette Rodriguez)

Session #3
  "Cost Effective Common Special Test Equipment"  (Nehal Patel)
  "Estimating the Costs of Systems Engineering"  (Dr. Christopher Rush)
  "Valuing System Flexibility via Total Ownership Cost Analysis"  (Barry Boehm, JoAnn Lane, Ray Madachy)

Panel Discussion: Observations and Comments on Systems Engineering for Agility and Affordability - An Interactive Discussion.  Panelists represent a variety of industries and perspectives.

Panelists:

    Dr. Cesar Palerm (Principal Scientist, Medtronics Diabetes)

    Taki Turner (Senior Manager, Effectiveness & Affordability, BR&T, The Boeing Company)

    Dr. Azad Madni (Director, Dept of Industrial and Systems Engineering, USC)

    Dr. Edmund Conrow (MIT Lincoln Laboratory)

  Moderator:  Marilee Wheaton (Executive Director, Aerospace Institute, The Aerospace Corporation)

Program Schedule:

07:30 am – Registration, networking, and hot breakfast buffet
08:15 am – Opening remarks
08:30 am – Keynote presentation – Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX
09:30 am – Session #1 Presentations (2)
10:30 am – Mid-morning break
10:45 am – Session #2 Presentations (3)
12:15 pm – Buffet lunch
1:30 pm – Session #3 Presentations (3)
3:00 pm – Afternoon break
3:30 pm – Panel Discussion and Q&A
4:45 pm – Closing remarks

If you have questions address them to Bruce Riggins, Conference Technical Program Chair ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or Michael Wallace, Conference Management Chair ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).