Course Description

Lifecycle, Processes and Systems Engineering (APPEL-LPSE)

 

Audience

This course is designed for NASA's technical workforce, including systems engineers and project personnel who seek to develop the competencies required to succeed as a leader of a project team, functional team, or small project.

 

Goal

This three-day course introduces systems engineering processes, NASA life-cycle phases, key technical reviews, and systems engineering management techniques. The course helps you realize the value of well-established systems engineering processes and deliverables.

 

Learning Methods

Lectures, discussions, exercises, and other activities including structured systems engineering processes and management undertakings enhance the learning experience.

 

"Real-world techniques were helpful, especially talks on conducting trade studies and the Monte Carlo approach."

Specific Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Define and demonstrate engineering of systems processes as illustrated in the NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) for systems engineering (NPR 7123.1A) and project management (NPR 7120.5D*).
• Explain operations concepts, their development and their impact on the system of interest.
• Define system architecture functions and analyze their functional performance.
• Define system technical solution options and describe how trade studies are performed.
• Map architecture functions to subsystems and define the relationships among the subsystems.
• Describe internal and external interface definitions, designs, and changes for products and product components.
• Explain the importance of establishing a technical planning process for a given system of interest.
• Identify tools used for systems engineering activities.

Competencies and Technical Areas Addressed

• NASA Project Management and Systems Engineering Procedures and Guidelines
• Project Planning
• Systems Engineering

Notes

The American Council on Education (ACE) has recommended that 1 transferable graduate level credit be awarded for the successful completion of this course.