INCOSE 2012 Annual Report

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ABOUT INCOSE

The International Council on Systems Engineering – INCOSE – is a professional membership organization founded to develop and disseminate the interdisciplin-ary principles and practices that enable the realization of successful systems. Visionaries from industry, academia and government recognized the need for more engineers who possessed systems thinking capability able to deliver project results on-time, within budget and performance requirements.

An immediate and continuing benefit to members is a collaborative environ ment in which colleagues can share best practices, not only of systems engineering, but also of professional development. 2012 marked our twenty-second year and, in that time, INCOSE has grown to over nine thousand members ( as of 1 June 2013 ) representing a broad spectrum from student to senior practitioner; from technical specialist to corporate senior manager; from scientist and engineer to business development professional in commerce and industry; from educators and researchers in academic institutions to those serving their countries through the military and in government agencies. INCOSE is truly a community of members working together to advance their technical knowledge, exchange ideas, and promote the value of systems engineering.

INCOSE MISSION AND VISIONINCOSE’s mission statement commits its members to share, promote and advance the best of systems engineering from across the globe for the benefit of humanity and the planet.

The INCOSE Vision provides the focus to be recognized as the world’s authority on Systems Engineering.

INCOSE GOALS�Provide a focal point for dissemination of systems engineering

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�Promote international collaboration in systems engineering practice, education and research;

�Assure the establishment of competitive, scalable professional standards in the practice of systems engineering;

�Improve the professional status of all persons engaged in the practice of systems engineering;

�Encourage governmental and industrial support for research and educational programs that will improve the systems engineering process and its practice.

INCOSE’s organization, operations and initiatives all exist to serve these overarching goals.

3 Geographic Sectors

64 Fellows

44 International working groups

65 Chapters

88 Corporate and Academic Advisory Board members

123 Book contributions from INCOSE Fellows

1400 Certified Systems Engineering professionals

8344 Individual members

INCOSE Important Statistics

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

About INCOSEINCOSE Mission and Vision 2INCOSE Goals 2

Message From the President 4

INCOSE FinancialsFinancial Report 5

The Year In ReviewCertification 6Technical Operations 7IT Infrastructure 7Academic Matters 8INCOSE Fellows 8Strategy 8

The Year In Review (continued)

Industry Outreach 9International Outreach 9Corporate Advisory Board 9Communication/Publications/Social Media 10

INCOSE Events Calendar – 2012INCOSE Global Events – 2012 11

Awards – 2012Chapter Awards 12

Board of Directors – 2012Administrative Office 13

INCOSE Corporate Advisory Board Companies 14

INCOSE Geographic Sectorssector i: Americassector ii: Africa, Europe, Russia, Israel and Turkeysector iii: Asia (excluding, Russia, Israel and Turkey) and Oceania

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

I extend to you our members, systems engineering col leagues, and systems community stakeholders, a sincere greeting from the International Council on Systems Engineering. I hope you will find this year’s annual report useful and informative.

I believe our annual report stands on its own and feel no need to summarize what you can easily find in these pages. Instead, this note will highlight the focus and priorities that provide the energy behind the results and achievements of this year. There are three key business imperatives for our organization. My focus has been laser sharp on these imperatives, first as our President-Elect, and now as President of INCOSE.

Business Imperative # 1: It is in our best interests as an organization serving its members and the world wide community of systems engineers to advocate and promote:

� That a system engineer is a multi-disciplinary leader, professionally trained to deliver system behaviors that provide value to the stakeholder.

� That the systems engineering discipline is a critical tool of the systems engineer. The underpinnings of the discipline include both technical and manage-ment functions and can be tailored to a stakeholder’s desired risk position.

� That the well trained system engineer is a valuable asset to their organization; an integral part of a powerful leadership team in conjunction with the program manager. This team resolves problems, takes advantage of opportunities, and delivers desired system performance within cost and schedule.

Business Imperative # 2: To achieve the INCOSE mission we must increase our organization’s influence on worldwide systems issues by deepening our leadership connections and partnerships with sister organizations. INCOSE’s rela-tionships with sister organizations should mirror the rela-tionships we have as system engineers. There are too many candidates to share a complete list of such organizations. But a few examples include organizations involved with:

� Program Management

� The Engineering Disciplines: Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Chemical, Computer Science, Software …

� Safety, Privacy and Cyber (Information Security) specializations

� Reliability and Human Factors engineering

� Test and Evaluation, Costing, & Acquisition

Business Imperative # 3: To achieve the first and second imperatives we require additional resources to implement the thought leadership agenda of our mostly volunteer organization. The breadth of increased resources includes:

� Modernization of our Information Technology to connect our distributed membership base and sister organizations. Technology that is highly reliable to enable distance learning, collaboration, and synthesis of diverse perspectives.

� The addition of professionals to support existing operations and planning activities, help in execution of our strategic agenda, and simultaneously provide staff who can support the expansion of organizational relationships.

Lastly, I’d like to close with a short summary from the executive summit held in Rome during our INCOSE 2012 International Symposium. A 16-page document of the executive summit discussions called “Pathways to Influence” can be found on our INCOSE web site. I urge you to take a moment to download a copy for yourself. Three points from that document are worth emphasizing:

1. The most important ability of a system engineer is the ability to influence decisions.

2. The world’s greatest challenges need the power of systems thinking and engineering.

3. INCOSE should work to ensure that demonstrated leadership is recognized as a critical element of the technical track to which so many systems engineers aspire.

John A. Thomas, ESEP [email protected]

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INCOSE FINANCIALS

FINANCIAL REPORTIn compliance with INCOSE policy, this is a financial report of the 2012 fiscal year.

Although our world continues to experience financial uncertainty, INCOSE continues to maintain its mission to provide excellent service to members. Increased revenue from individual and CAB membership dues has allowed us to

meet our increased responsibilities in several ways. We continue to enable the growth of the systems engineering profession through investments in our certification program, along with supporting our conferences, academic outreach, commercial outreach and support to our chapters and sectors.

INCOSE’s income for 2012 was USD 1,712,000 (112% of plan), while expenses were USD 1,627,000 (101% of plan). This left us with a net surplus of USD 85,000. This income growth over the year was due to increased symposium income, certification application fees, CAB and individual membership dues. Our combined membership dues continue to provide approximately 75% of our operating income. In 2011, we initiated the opportunity to pay dues for 3 and 5 years, at a savings to members. Since then, 462 people have taken advantage of this opportunity. In addition, 287 people take advantage of the Senior member level. The expenses include various items such as sharing dues revenue with chapters, certification expenses, information-technology expenses, publication expenses, marketing, meeting costs to support Technical Operations, and the cost of running the administrative office. The INCOSE Board of Directors plans to continue its efforts over the next few years to enable our organization not only to grow, but to increase our income by supplying valuable products and services to our members and to all systems engineers and associations.

INCOME EXPENSES

Chapter Shares

Communications

IT Hosting & Development

Admin

Certification

Publications

INCOSE Foundation

Academic

Facilities, Insurance

Marketing

Tech Operations

Printing, Postage

Legal

Strategy Invenstments

Sectors

Advertising Revenue

Certification Revenue

CAB Dues

Membership Dues

Events Income

Job Bank Income

Member Publications

Product Sales

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287287seniormembers

462462multi-year members

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CERTIFICATIONINCOSE’s Professional Certification Program continued to grow in 2012, both in terms of reputation and numbers of SEPs. “The INCOSE certification program continues to be the worldwide standard for recognizing systems engineering professionals” according to Program Manager Dave Walden, ESEP.

As shown in Figure 1, INCOSE ended 2012 with over 1400 certified professionals, a 32% increase for the year. INCOSE certifications have been awarded in 24 countries. Several organizations have entered formal agreements with INCOSE regarding certification and two organizations now have more than 150 SEPs. INCOSE SEP credentials are being used as part of the process for the promoting and hiring of systems engineers. Each year, more and more organizations are using the INCOSE SEP credentials as a discriminator in their acquisition and supply activities.

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To position the program for future growth, and after a rigorous application and interview process, INCOSE has selected Courtney Wright, CSEP, as the new Certification Deputy Program Manager. About her new position, Courtney said,

“I was grateful to be chosen as the new DPM. I am excited to work with the INCOSE certification team to bring the program even more success.” Courtney will assume the role of Certification Program Manager in July of 2013.

Figure 1. INCOSE Certification Continues to Experience Significant Growth

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THE YEAR IN REVIEW (continued)

TECHNICAL OPERATIONSTechnical Operations brings value to INCOSE stakeholders by providing information through events, products, working group participation and technical information repositories. Led by Jean-Claude Roussel and Bill Miller, Technical Director and Deputy Technical Director respectively, 2012 saw 44 formally chartered international working groups and two major initiatives: Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Standards. Technical Operations also provides technical resources to INCOSE projects such as BKCASE and SE Vision 2025.

There were several notable accomplishments in 2012: Harmonization of working group activities by mapping

group objectives to ISO/IEC 15288 and the INCOSE SE Handbook to assess coverage and gaps

Creation of four new working groups:

• Model Based Concept Engineering WG (from a SESA/Australian Chapter initiative)

• Object Oriented Systems Engineering Method (OOSEM) WG (from Chesapeake Chapter initiative)

• INCOSE/PMI Alliance WG to reinforce the link between Systems Engineering and Project Management

• Agile System Engineering WG

• In addition, an Automotive Special Interest Group was launched at the international symposium

Issuance of significant Technical Products:

• Lean Enablers for Managing Engineering Programs (joint MIT-INCOSE-PMI initiative) in May 2012

• Guide for the Application of Systems Engineering in Large Infrastructure Projects in June 2012

• Guide for Writing Requirements in June 2012

• SEBoK (Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge from BKCASE) in September 2012

• GRCSE (Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering from BKCASE) in December 2012

Technical Operations contributed significant efforts to reviewing and finalizing SEBoK and GRCSE throughout 2012. In the second half of the year, work was launched to prepare a new version (V4) of the SE Handbook, to align with SEBoK V1.0 and the upcoming release of an updated ISO/IEC 15288.

Finally, 2012 included increased communication and interaction with the CAB to analyze the needs of industry, government and academia and to respond to those needs through products and Webinars.

IT INFRASTRUCTUREIn 2012, INCOSE invested in an IT infrastructure solution that supports the increased IT needs of the organization. When fully launched, this solution will use proven and mature technology to support organizational growth, increase revenue, and realize our goals. INCOSE selected Appnovation to develop the new site in 2012. The new website will replace both the public incose.org site and the access-controlled connect.incose.org.

The goal of this new site is to increase the value of INCOSE membership by continuing to support and expand core functions of the current site while providing a common platform for members, chapters, working groups, and other collaboration sites. A common platform will streamline training and support issues while the new tools provided by the IT infrastructure will empower members to establish connections and foster improved collaboration across organizational and geographical boundaries.

INCOSE Working-Group Awards presented at the 2012 International Workshop

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THE YEAR IN REVIEW (continued)

The new site is built on open source platforms that facilitate modular expansion of new functions for all members. To promote organizational sustainability, the site will enable INCOSE to bring in revenue through a mature storefront that offers the sale of electronic products to non-members such as the SE Handbook and individual papers now located within the iPub database. After implementation is complete, the site will leverage integrated analytics to measure effectiveness and continuously improve based on these metrics.

STRATEGYThe natural lifecycle of all organizations includes a time when leaders review and reflect. In 2012 INCOSE began a process to measure itself against its mission. The initial results show progress toward achieving stated goals, a direction to meet emerging new goals and affirmation that the organization remains on track as the leading authority for systems engineering in the world.

ACADEMIC MATTERSThe value of INCOSE to the academic community continued to grow during 2012. GRCSE, the Graduate Reference Cur-riculum for Systems Engineering (www.bkcase.org/grcse) — a set of recommendations for master’s programs in systems engineering — was published, along with the Systems Engi-neering Body of Knowledge (www.sebokwiki.org). INCOSE will jointly manage both products with the IEEE Computer Society and the Systems Engineering Research Center.

Based on recommendations from INCOSE and the Institute of Industrial Engineers, US News and World Report agreed to begin ranking systems engineering graduate programs in the US in a combined industrial/manufacturing/systems engineering category. The first rankings came out in April 2013.

Articles from Systems Engineering, INCOSE’s flagship publication, were downloaded more than 37,000 times in 2012 — the largest number of downloads ever. At the end of 2012, MIT Professor Oli deWeck was selected as editor-in-chief of Systems Engineering, taking over that role from Professor Andy Sage, who retired after more than a decade of dedicated service.

INCOSE continued to sponsor FIRST Robotics and Engi-neering is Elementary as major components of its Youth Outreach Initiative. Two new student divisions, at USC and LMU, were launched, and 190 new students joined INCOSE.

The Academic Council expanded in number and geo-graphic reach with 19 members representing universities from Europe, Asia, North America, and Australia.

INCOSE FELLOWSINCOSE Fellows are individuals with significant verifiable contributions to the art and practice of systems engineer-ing in industry, government and academia. A survey conducted in 2012 showed that the INCOSE Fellows have produced over 123 published works in books, chapters and editorial contributions.

The Fellows serve as judges for three INCOSE Awards. One is the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), where the INCOSE Award is given to the best

In this era of accelerating change INCOSE is committed to producing the Systems Engineering Vision 2025, a collaborative forecast of the anticipated trends and implications on systems engineering theory and practice.

The development of the SE Vision 2025 began in 2012 with a preliminary document of consensus created by engaging with other organizations and institutions having an interest in Systems Engineering. INCOSE anticipates that this will support the future directions, provide guidance to SE stake-holders and partners worldwide and reinforce the position of INCOSE as the Systems Engineering thought leader.

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THE YEAR IN REVIEW (continued)

INTERNATIONAL OUTREACHTat Soon Yeo is the Director for International Outreach. With the help of appointed ambassadors, he develops, implements, and maintains a strategy and plan for reach-ing out to untapped areas of high-potential membership. The goal is to increase membership and member services at the individual and corporate level on a global scale. The goal is the same in all sectors: expand our reach to com-panies, organizations and systems engineers who are not aware of INCOSE and foster a willingness to work together and share the best practices of systems engineering. 2012 saw growth in membership numbers in each of the three sectors, with a corresponding increase in certifications.

interdisciplinary project that can produce technologically appropriate solutions to meet societal needs. The 2012 recipient was Kelles Diane Gordge of Great Mills High School, Great Mills, Maryland for her project entitled Direction Detection: A Novel Device For Detecting The Approach of Emergency Vehicles.

In conjunction with the INCOSE Foundation, Fellows selected the winners of two additional awards. The 2012 Stevens Institute of Technology Doctoral Award was presented to Clement Smartt, CSEP. He is pursuing a Ph.D. degree, with a focus in systems engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington, is a Research Scientist with the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). His current research interests include architecture, proposal management, modeling and simulation.

The 2012 James E. Long Memorial Post Doctoral Fellowship was presented to Ola Batarseh, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engi-neering at Georgia Tech. Her research interest is in model-based systems engineering and discrete-event simulation.

Two new Fellows were initiated in 2012: Stephen Cook and Olivier deWeck.

INDUSTRY OUTREACHThe Industry Steering Board, led by Anne O’Neil, Director for Industry Outreach, focuses on how to communicate with and how to increase INCOSE’s relevance to all industry sectors. In the past several years INCOSE has witnessed a growing number of companies and organizations in automotive, ground transportation, biomedical/healthcare, and power/energy sectors evaluate and apply systems engineering in their respective domains.

The steering board’s vision is to position INCOSE as a source of knowledge of SE processes to sectors that have not historically applied systems engineering. As complexity and systems challenges increase, it is critical to understand the underlying business needs and core competencies to know which systems engineering tools and principles will work best in the diverse domains.

CORPORATE ADVISORY BOARDIn 2012, the INCOSE Corporate Advisory Board (CAB), under the leadership of Garry Roedler and Max Berthold, continued to influence INCOSE as a key stakeholder group and expanded to almost 90 member organizations (corporate, government, and academic).

The successful webinar series initiated by the CAB transi-tioned to Technical Operations in 2012.

During 2012, the CAB defined and started implementation of efforts to ensure the CAB’s effectiveness as it continues to grow. The efforts include better integration across the INCOSE entities, interactive exchange on technical program planning, a structured approach to address CAB needs, and a framework to support CAB sponsored projects. The improvements will further enable the CAB role as a key advisory group and “voice of the customer.” The CAB also continued its support for the INCOSE IT infrastructure, including investment in the knowledge/ content management. The improved access to INCOSE products throughout CAB organizations, along with improved collaboration and corporate login environments, are intended to enhance the value of CAB membership and the value of INCOSE.

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What’s InsideWhat’s InsideFrom the President 3

Special Feature 6

Textbook Authorship: A Half-Century Overview by Wolt Fabrycky 11

Meet Erik Aslaksen 14

Meet Ben Blanchard 14

Meet Dennis Buede 14

Meet John Clymer 15

Meet Olivier de Weck 16

Meet Charles Dickerson 17

Meet Avner Engel 17

Meet Tom Gilb 17

Meet Jeffrey O. Grady 19

Meet Derek Hitchins 19

Meet Jon Holt 20

Meet Ivy Hooks 21

Meet the INCOSE Authors

Meet Scott Jackson 21

Meet Joe Kasser 22

Meet Harold “Bud” Lawson 22

Meet Mark Maier 23

Meet James Martin 23

Meet Gerrit Muller 24

Meet Gregory Parnell 24

Meet Andy Sage 25

Meet Walt Sobkiw 25

Meet Charles Wasson 26

Meet Tim Weilkiens 26

Forum 28

Getting Past Face Value 28

Technical Operations 30

INCOSE Working-Group Awards Presented at the 2012 International Workshop 30

Systems and Software Engineering Standards for Very Small Entities 32

Papers and Posters for the 2012 International Symposium: A Great Variety of Topics 33

Ontology and Systems Engineering 34

INCOSE Operations 36

INCOSE’s Finances and Operations: Review of 2011 36

INCOSE Certification Reaches a Milestone 37

INCOSE Certification Agreements Signed 38

INCOSE Events 41

Green Growth and Systems Engineering in South Korea 41

17th Annual Conference of the International Test and Evaluation Association 43

Reflections from the 2012 International Workshop 45

INCOSE Foundation 45

INCOSE Spotlight 48

In Memoriam 49

William W. Schoening 49

Book Reviews 54

Final Thoughts 56

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What’s Inside

22nd Annual INCOSE International Symposium

Rome, Italy

What’s InsideFrom the President 3

Special Feature 6

INCOSE’s 22nd Annual International Symposium 6

Michael Chertoff – The Dilemma of the Digital Age: Positive Creation, Negative Consequences 8

Andrew McNaughton – The Systems Engineering of High-Speed Rail 9

Terry Cooke-Davies – Systems Engineering and Project Management: Complementary Disciplines, or Competing Paradigms? 11

Lorenzo Fiori – Leveraging Systems Engineering to Exploit Opportunities in Adjacent Markets and Foster Cross-Sector Innovation in a Multi-Domain Industrial Group 13

IS 2012 Academic Forum 17

Tool Vendor Challenge 22

The Role of Decision Analysis in Early Systems Decision-Making 23

Can We Train for Systems Thinking? or, Is Systems Thinking Ability Inherited (Innate) or Learned (Acquired)? 25

Identifying the Top Challenges for International Research in System-of-Systems Engineering 27

Competency Assessment: Is It Really Worth The Effort? 28

Engaging the Grid of the Future: Power and Energy Systems Track 29

Biomedical Industry Roundtable 30

Transportation Working Group: Industry Roundtable Session 31

Congratulations to All of Our Award Winners 32

INCOSE Crosses the Rubicon 33

Forum 36

Adaptive System Design: Planning a Trip To Tuscany 36

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Technical Operations 39

INCOSE-ISSS Knowledge Exchange Continued at ISSS 2012 39

INCOSE Operations 43

INCOSE Foundation 47

Clement Douglas Smartt Awarded 2012 INCOSE Foundation/ Stevens Institute Award 47

Ola G. Batarseh Awarded 2012 INCOSE Foundation/ James E. Long Award 47

INCOSE Spotlight 51

INCOSE Spotlight on . . . INCOSE Ambassador Grace Najjar 51

INCOSE Spotlight on . . . INCOSE Ambassador Nauman Arshad 52

In Memoriam 53

David Michael Hedley Wright 53

David Wright: A Photo Essay 57

Final Thoughts 59

COMMUNICATION/PUBLICATIONS/SOCIAL MEDIAIn 2012, INCOSE used a variety of media channels to spread the word about its accomplishments, events and other relevant topics. The INCOSE home page still remains the most up-to-date source of news about chapters’ events, webinars, and happenings.

INSIGHT offers special features for and about INCOSE members, as well as reporting on the state of the art and emerging practices within the field of systems engineering. It started out as a newsletter and has since evolved to a magazine published four times a year. A new Reader’s Choice award was launched this year as an annual way for readers to indicate their opinions about the best issues and individual articles.

The INCOSE journal, Systems Engineering, and The Journal of Enterprise Transformation (JET), are also published quarterly. JET represents collaboration with the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and is designed to provide a forum for original articles on trends, new findings, and ongoing research related to enterprise transformation. These journals are published by Wiley and Taylor & Francis, respectively.

We continue to expand our digital footprint through our presence in the social media. Our Facebook page now boasts over 600 ‘friends’ and our LinkedIn group has grown from just over 2000 members to nearly 9000 members in one year. This online presence supports dissemination of information, while stimulating a healthy exchange of concepts and experiences. The LinkedIn group alone generates nearly 200 comments each month.

This year 25 press releases were generated, an article by Bill Miller was solicited and published in CrossTalk, and Reuters ran an op-ed piece about rebuilding post-Sandy with a systems engineering approach, by INCOSE President John A. Thomas and Dr. Ali Mostashari with contributions from IS2012 keynote Andrew McNaughton.

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What’s InsideEngineering Health-Care SystemsWhat’s Inside

From the President 3

Special Feature 7

Engineering Health-Care Systems 7

Platforms for Engineering Experimental Biomedical Systems 9

Clinical Engineering: A Systems Focus on the Point of Care 16

Applying Systems Engineering to Improve Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Therapy 22

The Facility Location for Emergency Response: A Multi-Objective Approach 31

A Systems Approach to Medical-Device Compliance with IEC 60601-1:2005 39

Technical Operations 45

Lean Systems Engineering Working Group Links Program Management to Systems Engineering 45

Agile Systems and Systems Engineering Working Group Chartered — Kickoff Planned for International Workshop 48

SEBoK Goes Live 49

INCOSE Operations 50

Feedback Now Provided on the INCOSE Certification Exam 50

INCOSE and SEP Logo Items Now Available for Purchase 50

INCOSE Spotlight 52

INCOSE Spotlight on . . . Brad Peck 52

Book Reviews 54

The Structure of Rebounding 54

Final Thoughts 55

From the Chief Editor 55

INSIGHT Readers’ Choice Survey 55

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What’s InsideSystems of the Third Kind

What's InsideFrom the President 3

Special Feature 6

Theme Editors’ Introduction: Systems of the Third Kind 6

Systems of the Third Kind: Distinctions, Implications, and Initiatives 9

Determinism and Determination in Socio-Technological Systems 12

Non-Determinism in Systems Engineering 15

A Test-of-Design Rubric for Autonomous Systems 18

Decisions of the Third Kind 21

Simulation-Based Engineering of Context-Sensitive Systems 26

Challenges for Simulating Stochastic Behavior in Systems of Systems 29

Righteousness and Conscience as a Path to Socially Acceptable Autonomous Behavior 32

Quorum Sensing in Multi-Agent Systems 35

System Development Progress Disambiguation 38

Forum 44

Ontology in Engineering Systems 44

The Top 12 Signs You Are a Systems Engineer 46

Technical Operations 48

Toward a Common Language for Systems Praxis 48

INCOSE’s Liaison Representation at Recent ISO Subcommittee 7 Meeting 50

Seven Years and Counting: The 2012 Workshop of INCOSE’s Systems Engineering and Architecting Doctoral Student Network 53

INCOSE Operations 54

INCOSE Signs an Additional Academic Certification Agreement 54

INCOSE Events 56

The 6th Annual Asia-Pacific Conference on Systems Engineering, Brisbane, Australia 56

INCOSE Spotlight 58

INCOSE Spotlight on . . . David M. Springstead 58

People on the Move 59

Book Reviews 60

Flexibility in Engineering Design 60

Final Thoughts 63

From the Chief Editor 63

THE YEAR IN REVIEW (continued)

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70007000new LinkedInmembers

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INCOSE EVENTS CALENDAR – 2012

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The International Symposium is the flagship event for INCOSE and Systems Engineers worldwide. Volunteers, who are the nexus of this organization, also gather annually

at the International Workshop. In addition to those two major events, INCOSE events occur worldwide throughout the year.

• International Workshop (IW2012) Jacksonville, Florida

• Ontologies influences in Systems Engineering Carlos III, Madrid University Spain

• Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) St. Louis, Missouri

• SETE/APCOSE 2012 Brisbane, Australia

• 1st Annual Systems Engineering in Washington DC (SEDC 2012) | Washington, DC

• 2012 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference | Hilton Creek, Orlando Florida

• Kongsberg Systems Engineering Event (KSEE) Buskerud University College, Kongsberg, Norway

• The Third International Symposium on Engineering Systems – CESUN 2012 | Delft, The Netherlands

• 22nd Annual International Symposium (IS2012) Rome, Italy

• INCOSE Systems Science WG sponsor session at ISSS 2012 | Rome, Italy

• IEEE SOSE 2012 Genoa, Italy

• 16th ANNUAL PSM Users’ Group Meetings and Workshops | Portsmouth, Virginia

• 9th Annual INCOSE South Africa Chapter Conference Pretoria, South Africa

• MORS Affordability Workshop Arlington, Virginia

• 6th Annual INCOSE Great Lakes Regional Conference Schaumburg, Illinois

• ICSSEA 2012 24th International Conference Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France

• Fourth Annual Medical Device Connectivity Conference and Exhibition | Joseph B Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

• ASEC2012 – “Building a Better Future” University of Warwick, Coventry United Kingdom

• 3rd International CSDM Paris, France

The INCOSE Webinar series is also conducted throughout the year. Selected titles from 2012 include:

• Foundations of Relational Complexity Theory Dr. John J. Kineman

• IceCube as an Engineering Case Study Randall C. Iliff

• Nine Laws of Effective Systems Engineering Zane Scott

• The Organization Mind-Set: Learning to Think and Act in Terms of Systems Professor Harold “Bud” Lawson

• Agile Systems and Processes–Necessary and Sufficient Fundamental Architecture Rick Dove

INCOSE GLOBAL EVENTS – 2012 (selected list)

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AWARDS – 2012

pioneer: David Arthur Hall, III (Posthumous) (USA) Jung Euk Seo (Korea)

founders: Valerie Gundrum (USA)

outstanding service: Eileen Arnold (USA) Don Boyer (USA) Bruce Elliott (USA) Robert Levin (USA)

president’s award for outstanding chapter• South Africa Chapter

director’s award for most improved chapter• Three Rivers Chapter

gold circle award• AFIS • Michigan• Chesapeake • North Star• Enchantment • Orlando• Hampton Roads • South Africa• Israel • Southern Maryland• Los Angeles • Three Rivers

working group awards: Product of the Year | BKCASE / SEBoK & GRCSE Sustained Performance | Systems Science WG Sustained Performance | Requirements WG Sustained Performance | SE for VSME WG Achieving the SE Vision | UK Chapter Collaboration | Lean Systems Engineering WG / Lean Enabler for PM Sub Group Collaboration | SESA / Australian Chapter

CHAPTER AWARDSsilver circle award

• Atlanta • San Diego• Australia • San Francisco• Chicagoland • Singapore• Cleveland–Northern Ohio • Snake River• Colorado Front Range • Texas Gulf Coast• Finger Lakes • Washington Metro Area• Midwest Gateway

bronze circle award• Alamo

Chapter Award recipients at the 2012 International Workshop(Photos by Tim Ferris)

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS – 2012

president: John Thomas, ESEP, Booz Allen Hamilton (retired)

president-elect: David Wright, Lockheed Martin UK (deceased July 2012) David Long, Vitech Corporation (December 2012)

secretary: Richard Grzybowski, Corning

treasurer: Marsha Weiskopf, The Aerospace Corporation

technical director: Jean-Claude Roussel, EADS

director for strategy: Ralf Hartmann, Astrium Satellites

director for international growth: T.S. Yeo, Temasek Defence Systems Institute

director for commercial outreach: Anne O’Neil, New York City Transit

director for academic matters: Arthur Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology

director for it: Ryan Mortimer, Lockheed Martin Corporation

director for communications: Cecilia Haskins, CSEP, NTNU

corporate advisory board: Garry Roedler, Lockheed Martin

americas sector director: Ray Jorgensen, Rockwell Collins

emea sector director: Asmus Pandikow, Syntell AB

asia-oceania sector director: Horng Leong Lim, Singapore Ministry of Defense

board member: Eric Belle

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICEmanaging executive: Holly Witte

operations manager: Christine Kowalski

The INCOSE Annual Report 2012 was produced by INCOSE Administration. Every attempt has been made to be accurate. Please address any comments to: [email protected]

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Annual Report 2012

INCOSE CORPORATE ADVISORY BOARD COMPANIES

Air Force Center for Systems Engineering

Airservices Australia

Alliant Techsystems

Analytic Services-Applied Systems Thinking Institute

Astrium an EADS Company

ATKINS

BAE Systems

Bechtel

Beihang University School of Reliability & Systems Engineering

Boeing Commercial Airplane Co.

Boeing Defense, Space & Security–East

Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.

C.S. Draper Laboratory, Inc.

Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute

CASSIDIAN

Cranfield University

Cummins, Inc.

Defense Acquisition University

Deloitte

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering, US Department of Defense

DRS Technologies, Inc.

EADS N.V.

Exelis

Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.)

Ford Motor Company

General Dynamics

General Electric

George Mason University

Honeywell International

IBM Corporation

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Johns Hopkins University

KEIO University

L-3 Communications

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Los Alamos National Laboratory

ManTech International Corporation

MAP systeme

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Medtronic, Inc.

Missouri University of Science & Technology

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Nanyang Technological University

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

National Reconnaissance Office

National University of Singapore

Naval Postgraduate School

Naval Surface Warfare Center–Dahlgren Division

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Procter & Gamble

Project Performance International

Raytheon Corporation

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

Rolls-Royce

Saab AB

SAIC

Sandia National Laboratories

Scitor Corporation

Selex ES, a Finmeccanica Company

Serco-NA

Siemens

Singapore University of Technology and Design

SRA International

Stevens Institute of Technology

Swedish Defence Materiel Administration

TASC, Inc.

Tectura Corporation

Thales

The Aerospace Corporation

The MITRE Corporation

The SI

The University of New South Wales, Canberra

UK MoD

United Technologies Corporation

University of Maryland

University of South Australia Defense and Systems Institute

University of Southern California

University of Texas at El Paso

US Army ARDEC

US Army TARDEC

Vitech Corporation

Volvo Construction Equipment

Woodward Inc

Worcester Polytechnic Institute- WPI

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