Thursday, August 10, 2017

INCOSE SFBAC August, 14 2017 Meeting

Topic:  Thinking 'Outside the Box'
Presented by:   Dr. Scott Workinger, Ph.D., Stanford Engineering 
· Date:  Monday, August 14, 2017   5:30 - 7:30 PM
· Location:  Rinconada Library in Palo Alto

AGENDA:
5:30 - 6:00 PM  Social time
6:00 - 7:00 PM  Presentation and Q&A with Scott

LOCATION:
Rinconada Library, Embarcadero Room
1213 Newell Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94303

REMOTE ATTENDANCE:
Meeting Details Web Address:  https://incose.pgimeet.com/GlobalmeetSeven
Join as GUEST
Access Number:  1-719-234-7872
Guest Passcode:  529 771 4673

ABOUT THE EVENT:
We often hear it suggested that we should 'Think Outside the Box.'  But rarely do we see concrete suggestions regarding how to do so.  Yet, practical thinking skills do exist that we can use to open up a larger solution space in order to solve very difficult problems.  Experience has shown that these skills can be learned and practiced.  For example, as a starting point, it is useful to see the box.  

We will review examples of transformational thinking that significantly changed organizations and industries as diverse as optical fiber manufacturing, professional sports, and consumer electronics.  This lecture is recommended for anyone who wants to stretch their thinking skills.  

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Dr. Scott Workinger, Ph.D., Stanford Engineering has 35 years of experience leading people that create innovative, practical solutions to business problems and field working systems in a broad spectrum of industries. His academic research focused on how engineering processes connect to engineering models in an end user programming environment.  He currently teaches  technical leadership, systems architecture, test engineering, problem analysis, systems engineering, design thinking, systems thinking, and system of systems thinking.  The students who attend his courses come from a broad cross section of backgrounds and include experienced leaders and technologists from such diverse backgrounds as the US Navy, NASA, pharmaceutical companies, aircraft program management, and engineering consulting firms. Scott has a passion for empowering his students through research, application, and teaching. His teaching style emphasizes coaching students in practical problem solving exercises, dialog, and class discussion. 

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

INCOSE SFBAC June, 12 2017 Meeting

Cyber-security in the Medical Device Industry

Presented by Rollie Olson (Varian Medical Systems)
  • Date:  Monday, June 12, 2017   5:30 - 7:30 PM
  • Location:  Rinconada Library in Palo Alto

AGENDA:
5:30 - 6:00 PM  Social time
6:00 - 7:00 PM  Presentation and Q&A with Rollie Olson

LOCATION:
Rinconada Library, Embarcadero Room
1213 Newell Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94303

REMOTE ATTENDANCE:
Meeting Details Web Address:  https://incose.pgimeet.com/GlobalmeetSeven
Join as GUEST
Access Number:  1-719-234-7872
Guest Passcode:  529 771 4673

ABOUT THE EVENT:
Today's interconnected world has brought numerous advances in health care and with it increased risk.  Connected medical devices are susceptible to multiple vulnerabilities from cyber attacks; the most catastrophic of which is death to those who the intended use of the device is to treat.  Pressure is on medical device developers to identify these vulnerabilities and implement safeguards.  This presentation will explore some of the vulnerabilities and the challenges faced by medical device developers to eliminate or protect the patients for harm.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Rollie Olson is a Systems Engineer with Varian Medical Systems responsible for risk management.  He has over 20 years of experience as a systems engineer in both defense and medical systems.  He worked on the signal processing of the advanced synthetic aperture radar for the US Air Force SR-71 Blackbird, the intel processing for the U-2 Dragonlady, and the command and control for the digitized battlefield for the US Army M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, before transitioning to work at Varian on radiotherapy systems to eliminate the fear of cancer.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

[INCOSE San Francisco] Tonight's Webinar at 6 PM on Decision Analysis

Hello All!

Brian Putt is offering a FREE webinar this evening on the SIPmath Tool Bar at 6 PM.  This will be a great follow up to his presentation at our chapter meeting last week, so check it out!  I've copied the connection info below, and you can read on for more information on the webinar.
  • Register Here
  • Select the March 21 option under the 3.0 SIPmath Modeler Tools event listed in the "Dates and Times" box
  • Promotional Code for Free Webinar:  CON387 
Thank You,
Robin Reil

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

INCOSE San Francisco Bay Area Chapter March 13 Meeting



INCOSE SFBAC March 2017 Meeting

Decision Analysis and Systems Engineering
Presented by Brian Putt - Decision Analysis Consultant
  • Date:  Monday, March 13, 2017   5:30 - 7:30 PM
  • Location:  Applied Strategies in San Mateo
AGENDA:
5:30 - 6:00 PM  Social time
6:00 - 7:00 PM  Presentation and Q&A with Brian Putt

LOCATION:
Applied Strategies
951 Mariners Island Boulevard, Suite 400
San Mateo, CA 94404

REMOTE ATTENDANCE:
Join as GUEST
Meeting Details Web Address:  https://incose.pgimeet.com/GlobalmeetSeven
Access Number:  1-719-234-7872
Guest Passcode:  529 771 4673

ABOUT THE EVENT:
Decision Analysis (DA) embraces System Engineering and has many similarities.  We will discuss what is decision analysis and look at the similarities and the differences with system engineering.  Chevron’s $54 Billion Gorgon LNG project will be used as an example.   We will discuss the elements of Decision Quality, to include framing the opportunity and decision criteria.   Using only Excel, we will demonstrate decision analysis using a modeling method called SIPmath that enables making decision considering uncertainty using continuous variables.  Projects are frequently over cost (budget) and/or behind schedule.   We will look at how decision analysis can assist in better assessing cost and schedule using probabilistic analysis.  We will look at a live model and discuss how to represent mitigations of the cost and schedule.   We can also discuss the “Pugh Concept Selection” process and how it might be enhanced with Decision Analysis.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:


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Thank you,
Robin Reil
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INCOSE SFBAC Secretary
robin.reil@incose.org