scholarly journals The Business Case for Systems Engineering Study: Results of the Systems Engineering Effectiveness Survey

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph P. Elm ◽  
Dennis R. Goldenson
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Engineering Study

Falling out of Trains

1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 501-505
Author(s):  
Stuart O. Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Warning Sign ◽  
Dangerous Situation ◽  
The Us ◽  
Engineering Study ◽  
Exit Door ◽  
Passenger Trains ◽  
Interlock System

Approximately ten cases have been documented of people falling out of the side exit doors of moving passenger trains throughout the US. Most of these individuals were elderly passengers and the events usually happened late at night. Amtrak has classified most of these accidents as individuals with mental disorders or suicidal tendencies. Legal actions at the present time have been dismissed by the courts due primarily to the lack of any witnesses to the events. An investigation was conducted of a passenger car allegedly involved in one of these accidents. A number of recommendations were made including: 1) a systems engineering study of the problem, 2) an interlock system which would prevent the side exit door locking handle from being activated while the train is in motion, 3) an “All Green Board” at the engineer's station to indicate that all doors on the train are locked before starting the train, 4) a protective translucent cover installed over the regular door handle to indicate the criticality of opening this door, 5) a new warning sign on the exit doors which follows the ANSI standard, and 6) a training program, related to this dangerous situation, for all Amtrak operational personnel.

scholarly journals Developing an Industrial Engineering Study Plan Using ISM Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Murad Andejany ◽  
Ahmad Elshennawy ◽  
Mohammed Darwish ◽  
Haitham Bahaitham
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Industrial Engineering ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Interpretive Structural Modeling ◽  
Engineering Study ◽  
Study Plan

Recently, engineering graduates who acquired different skills, as well as leadership capabilities, are very much demanded to maintain high-level innovation, dealing with emerging technologies, and fulfilling the various needs of the public. Consequently, it is necessary that academicians in engineering programs develop appropriate curricula to achieve excellence in engineering education. Being accredited from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is an indication that an academic program has fulfilled international standards in engineering education. The main element in ABET evaluation process is Student Outcomes (SOs) as they incorporate several capabilities and skills expected by stakeholders such as employers. In this study, we used Interpretive Structural Modeling technique (ISM), which is a soft operational research technique, to prioritize SOs and develop a precise study plan for the Industrial Engineering program at Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering (IMSE) at Kuwait University (KU). This plan showed an intelligible depiction of the relationships between the SOs and a clear direction on how to merge them within the engineering study plan. For data collection, surveys were developed and conducted to faculty members at IMSE Department at KU in addition to a set of employers within the country. The results indicated that ISM model facilitates a clear understanding of the relationships among SOs within the Industrial Engineering study plan at IMSE at KU. In addition, it recommended that students should understand the professional and ethical responsibilities at early stages of the study plan and that should be followed by training them on effective communication techniques.

scholarly journals Investigating a Distributed and Scalable Model Review Process

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dietmar Winkler ◽  
Marcos Kalinowski ◽  
Marta Sabou ◽  
Sanja Petrovic ◽  
Stefan Biffl
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Defect Detection ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Detection Efficiency ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Model Quality ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Inspection Process

[Context] Models play an important role in Software and Systems Engineering processes. Reviews are well-established methods for model quality assurance that support early and efficient defect detection. However, traditional document-based review processes have limitations with respect to the number of experts, resources, and the document size that can be applied. [Objective] In this paper, we introduce a distributed and scalable review process for model quality assurance to (a) improve defect detection effectiveness and (b) to increase review artifact coverage. [Method] We introduce the novel concept of Expected Model Elements (EMEs) as a key concept for defect detection. EMEs can be used to drive the review process. We adapt a best-practice review process to distinguish (a) between the identification of EMEs in the reference document and (b) the use of EMEs to detect defects in the model. We design and evaluate the adapted review process with a crowdsourcing tool in a feasibility study. [Results] The study results show the feasibility of the adapted review process. Further, the study showed that inspectors using the adapted review process achieved results for defect detection effectiveness, which are comparable to the performance of inspectors using a traditional inspection process, and better defect detection efficiency. Moreover, from a practical perspective the adapted review process can be used to complement inspection efforts conducted using the traditional inspection process, enhancing the overall defect detection effectiveness. [Conclusions] Although the study shows promising results of the novel process, future investigations should consider larger and more diverse review artifacts and the effect of using limited and different scopes of artifact coverage for individual inspectors.

scholarly journals IMPROVING QUALITY OF PREPARATION OF PROJECTS OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EXAMPLE OF KAMCHATSKY REGION

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Дмитрий Баталов ◽  
Dmitry Batalov
Keyword(s):  
Business Case ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
Front End ◽  
Kamchatka Region ◽  
Study Results

The article is devoted to the problem of poor quality preparation of projects for the development of territories in Russia, in particular the Kamchatka region. We consider the current approach to the preparation of projects - Early planning of the project. The article presents the results of the conceptual analysis of the state front-end systems in Norway, the Netherlands, and options for preparing projects / programs that are applied by Russian public authorities. The author formulates problems and conceptual inconsistencies in the preparation of Russian projects / programs. The article compares the approaches to the preparation of business projects by foreign companies with an approach to project preparation by Russian business in cooperation with the public authorities. The article presents the study results, which confirm the low awareness of participants in the project activity on front-end project planning and the initiating document. The results of the survey confirm the hypothesis that there is no phase of акщте-утв project planning in the activities of public authorities and business. The author emphasizes the importance of the application of the initiating document "Business Case", and formulates recommendations for improving the quality of the preparation of territorial projects

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