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Overview Of INCOSE Tool Vendor Challenge

http://www.incose.org/symp2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=68&Itemid=134

Using Cognition Cockpit Version 5.3

(A Web 2.0 Application)

(As presented by Cognition as part of a Systems Engineering

challenge for a simulated total system)

“NotilHotel Parking System”

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INCOSE Challenge Problem Statement

1. General Background

NotilHotels is a world-wide hotel chain with head-offices in Paris, specializing in

low-cost, high valued business hotels in city centers around the world. Each
hotel has some space for parking, but the space is often occupied by people
working in nearby offices, causing arriving guests not to find space for parking
their car near the hotel. In order to secure parking space for their guests, they
plan to develop an automated parking system that can regulate the use of the
limited parking space.

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INCOSE Challenge Problem Statement

2. The requirements specified by the management are:

-One or two parking lots per hotel

-Optimum service to hotel guests

-User-friendly, minimum hassle operation

-Payment of a reasonable parking fee included in the hotel bill, or payable separately

-Easily adaptable to the local environment, because there are hotels in 50 different countries

-In case there is more space than expected guests on a given day, the remaining parking
space is to be made available to non-guests, in order to maximize revenues

- The system must be operational at the opening of their newest hotel January 25, XXXX

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INCOSE Challenge Problem Statement

3. Vendors are asked to provide the following:

-Compose the system specification

-Demonstrate requirements handling

-Define the system in its environment

-Define logical sub-systems, flows from sub-systems to the environment and

flows between sub-systems

-Define sub-system activities

-Don’t forget to include the particularities of the human sub-systems (=humans)

that are part of the total system

-Describe the functional modes of the system and transfers between them

-Draw a timeline for the development of the system

- Show how your tool supports the System Engineering activities

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INCOSE Challenge Problem Statement

4. Questions to the Customer

From Thursday June 12th, participants may send “questions to the customer”
(tvc@XXXX.com). We (the customer) will do our best to answer these questions to
all contact persons about once a day. However, the customer may have to think for
some time about some questions and may have no good answer to some
questions. Just a typical customer.

At the symposium, the Challenge and the questions (if any) will be posted on the
designated Tool Vendor Challenge notice board. Questions may be submitted until
Monday (June XX) 17:30. Questions should state the organization asking the
question. All challenge participants and (at the Symposium) all conference
attendees will be able to see all the questions and the answers.

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Schematic View Of Cognition Cockpit

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Automatically Generate Process Steps & Documents

Customer/Busines
Customer Needs

Business Needs

s Requirements
Influencers
Other

User Hazards
PREDEFINED OR CUSTOM
VOC/VOB/...
Requirements DATA-FLOW THROUGH PDP STEPS
Definition
& Weighting

System/Product
Requirements
Hazard
Meeting Minutes, Assessment COMPLIANT FORMATTING
and
Interview Guides, Mitigation & AUTOMATIC PREPARATION

Validation Tests
Electronic Affinity Planning OF PDP DELIVERABLES

System Risks
Diagramming
(KJ)

& Process Requirements

Sub-System, Component
System
Requirements
Definition,
Documentation
& Prioritization

Concept Selection, Pugh,

Benchmarking, Voting, LEAN EXECUTION
Attachments, Electronic Test Plans Risk Plans, AND FULL TRACEABILITY
& Trace FTA &
Notebooks, QFD, etc. Matrices System
FMEA

Failure Modes
Verification
Automatic Status
Flow-down to
Tracking,

Tests
Sub-System
Workflow Requirements
Including CPM
States & Reporting
Version Control,
Baselining, Visual
Legend: Differencing, Markups, Sub-System Sub-System,
Verification Component
Action Items, etc. Test & Process
Data flow from Protocols FMEAs
template to template & Trace
Transfer Function Matrices
Definition,

... Cpk/PNC Computation,

Monte Carlo, DOE, etc.
One or more system/user-defined
PDP templates or worksheets
...
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Conduct Customer Interviews

Built In MS Word Templates To Import Into Our Project

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KJ Analysis / Affinity On Customer Inputs

Here Are Your Inputs Organized With Electronics “Sticky Notes”

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Team Voting on Voices / Requirements Scores

Your Three Top Managers Voted On Customer Input Rankings

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Rank Voices / Requirements

We Used The Inputs And Voting To Prioritize The Customer Inputs

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Process & Data Flow

We Used Embedded Visio To Map The Project Data Flows

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Model The Use Cases: Use Visio Embedded In Cockpit

Including Version Control And History Of The Visio Files

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Model The Use Cases: Create Directly In Cockpit

Here Is The Use Case For A Car Approaching The Gate From Outside

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Automatically Generate Requirements Documentation

We Will Have Cockpit Create Your Documents

Create New
Document / Deliverable

Choose From Template Library

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Your Current System Requirements Document

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Your Requirements Document In “PRD” Format

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Your Requirements Document In “MIL STD 961E” Format

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Automatically Generated Deliverables On Your Web Site

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Link Inputs / Voices To Specific Requirements For Trace

Use The Standard Template To Create The Trace Relationships

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Competitive Assessment Of Project Performance

Comparing You To Your Competitors

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House Of Quality To Prioritize Requirements

Mapping Your System Requirements To The Customer Inputs

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Automatic Trace: Voices To Requirements

Confirming All Customer Inputs Have A System Requirement

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Automatic Trace: Requirements To Voices

Confirming All System Requirements Have A Customer Input

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The First House Of Quality With Excel Embedded In Cockpit

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Pugh Concept Selection

Ranking Your Two Main Concepts Against Customer Inputs

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Flowdown / Cascade Requirements And Specifications

Defining Your Lower Level Requirements

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Test Plans
We Automatically Created Your Test Protocols

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Test Plans
We Automatically Created Your V & V Plan

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Real Time System Trace Matrix

Checking The Trace: Inputs-Requirements-Specs-Tests

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Statistical Analysis Of Critical Parameters

We Will Now Analyze Some Of The Most Critical Requirements

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Transfer Function Overview

Transfer Functions are Required for Predictive Engineering

Calculate nominal output value given a set of inputs
y = f(x1, x2, … xn)
or
Y = f( x, y, n)
Where: x = input specs, y = subordinate results, n = noise

 Popular Methods for Developing Transfer Functions

 Explicit Engineering Equations
 Experiments; DOE & Monte Carlo (Physical & Simulated)
 Testing: Regression Analysis (Physical Only)
 “Black Box” Application Software Tools
 Company “Tribal Knowledge”
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Statistical Analysis Of A Requirement

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Automatic Change Notification Of Numeric Changes

If Your Booking Rate Goes Up . . .

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This Requirement Will Improve: Note New Cpk

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Status Summary Report Of “My Requirements”

A Sub Team Is Monitoring Their Requirements’ Performance

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Critical Parameter Management (CPM)

Let’s Check Who Is Causing This Requirement To Miss Its Target

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Cockpit’s Mind Map Mode

Some People Like To Work In A Graphical Layout

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You Can Modify Your Requirements In Mind Map Mode

Feel Free To Explore, Change, And “What If” Various Configuraitons

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Scorecard With Requirement Status

Here Is Statistical Data On An Important Requirement

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Design And Test Values For A Requirement

Let’s Look Even Deeper To Learn More

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Design Margin Plot For A Requirement

We Can Look Real Time At This Requirement’s Behavior

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Statistical Analysis Gives Us A Holistic Perspective

Prioritize Requirements and Critical Parameters. Identify

possible hot spots early in the process. Reduce cost by
eliminating over design.

Y’s
Risk

Y’s

X’s

Opportunity
(over-
design)
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FMEA And Risk Plans

We Created A System FMEA For Your Project

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Associate Risks/Failures With Requirements

We Can Tell You Which Requirements Have Which Failure Modes

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Scoring The Causes In An FMEA Flowdown Exercise

Here Are Your Project’s Biggest Possible Causes Of Failures

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Automatically Generated FMEA Report

We Have Risks, Causes, Mitigations, And Design Controls For You

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Discovery Session Primary Tools

We Have Combined Your Risks With Your Requirements

Requirements Management Design Failure Modes

Flow Down & Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
Applied to “Optimistic” Requirements Applied to “Pessimistic”
Requirements
EX: What happens if a person forgets their car
X: How do we ensure an easy walk to the car?
How can we maximize space usage? What security problems might we have?

System
Radar Project

Subsystem Subsystem

Comp Vendor Comp Mat’l

Both Methods/Tools Capture Engineering “Tribal Knowledge”

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Cost Rollup And Cost Tracking

Here Are The Cost Metrics For The Project

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Cost Reports
What Are The Key Cost Drivers For The Entry Gate?

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Cost Waterfall Chart

Are We Trending Towards Our Cost Goals For This System?

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Automatic Graphical Trace For A Requirement

Here Is The Graphic Mode Again Showing Some Of The Links

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