SYSTEM ENG 1&2

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SYSTEM ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

1. For a system of interest to you (your own work or something found on the internet), show a breakdown of the system into its subsystems. Discuss the role that each subsystem plays in satisfying the requirements and how testing of key performance measures can take place at each level of decomposition

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2. Describe some of the considerations associated with the initiation of design changes resulting from test and evaluation

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3. Why is understanding how the requirements are determined and managed so important for the engineering manager?

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4. Select a system of your own—one you work on, one you are interested in, or one you find on the internet—and draft the outline of a Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) for it.

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5. Using the same system that you chose for the above question, construct a high-level WBS.

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6. What provisions might be included in a design in order to avoid the introduction of problems that might be caused by the lack of properly dealing with the interfaces? How might these problems be ameliorated with proper planning?

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7. What are some of the technical trends in the world that relate to and could affect, either positively or negatively, customer, contractor, and supplier activities?

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8. How can political, social, cultural, and economic factors influence the supplier selection process? Give an example.