We are proud to welcome Dave Walden ESEP from INCOSE headquarters to provide an overview on the acccreditation scheme followed by the lecture described below:

Systems Engineering ensures that the customer and stakeholder's needs are satisfied in a high quality, trustworthy, cost efficient, and schedule compliant manner using an interdisciplinary engineering approach that considers the system's entire life cycle.

This presentation will give a brief overview of the discipline of Systems Engineering, describe some of the fundamental Systems Engineering maxims, and provide examples of why Systems Engineering is important.

Systems Engineering Maxims:

• Systems engineering focuses on the whole
• Every system has a life cycle
• Systems have boundaries, interfaces, and hierarchies
• System form follows function follows purpose
• A balanced system solution requires trade-offs
• All systems have risks and opportunities that must be managed
• Following a Systems Engineering process increases your probability of success