Full Day Seminar @ General Dynamics C4S: Friday, November 20, 2009, 8:30 – 5:00

1. “Systems Engineering & Human Systems Integration (HSI) Tools Working Together” November 20, 2009 by Dr. Jennifer McGovern Narkevicius Full Day Seminar @ General Dynamics C4S:Friday, November 20, 2009, 8:30 – 5:00 Integration: Using Systems Engineering and Human Systems Integration Tools Together to Enhance Design Topic introduction by Dr. Waldemar Karwowski  To accurately define system requirements, the inherent capabilities and limitations of the user populations, the work environment, and the context in which the system will operate must be analyzed. Incorporating the data from analysis of humans in SE processes contributes to establishing accurate boundaries for the trade space and defining the successful system performance, ensuring that the complete system will perform as envisioned in the operational environment. This includes defining and incorporating requirements driven by people in and around the system as well as incorporating the body of knowledge about human contributions to performance into systems engineering practice.   Expectations for reduced cost, smaller workforces, improved training, and better user interfaces to equipment and facilities have made it increasingly important for HSI practitioners to be integrated into system design and to have a thorough understanding of the place of HSI in systems engineering and acquisition. In addition, systems engineers must have an understanding and an appreciation for the technical matter of HSI to ensure the tradespace is fully exercised to result in an optimized solution. One means of ensuring successful technical integration is to link HSI tools with SE tools, yielding richer tradeoffs and improved design and performance of the entire system. Primary HSI tools focus on modeling, requirements analysis and tradeoffs within the human domains. One of the current challenges is that many of the HSI tools do not directly feed or align with SE tools, resulting in data that must be tailored prior to use or integration into related SE tools.  Techniques such as top-down functional analysis, work methods and measurement engineering, human-computer interaction, personnel training impacts, and human performance modeling will be presented. These engineering methods are presented at an introductory level, but with sufficient detail to allow practitioners to understand the HSI principles involved and to gauge the level and quality of effort required to apply the principles to design projects. This tutorial will focus on identifying the HSI tools that should be used in SE process and practice, what data translations may be required, and the expected utility of the products. Building on the systems engineering design framework HSI will be discussed as a major component of system development and acquisition. Throughout the session, emphasis will be placed on engineering design strategies to facilitate operator interactions, reduce manpower and training requirements, and increase personnel safety and quality of life while enhancing system performance. Registration Info: Registration deadline: 5:00 pm, Nov 13, 2009 Registration Fee = $ 200 per person INCOSE Members = $125 (All INCOSE Members who register and do not attend, will be invoiced $75 for holding a seat.) Registration fee includes course materials, refreshments and lunch. Parking is not an issue. Security is a priority concern at General Dynamics C4 Systems.  Although the HSI Tutorial is not classified — all attendees must register as soon as possible to allow for verification of US citizenship.  Non-US citizens will need to have their registrations completed 10-days prior to the tutorial date.  Please plan accordingly. Complete the registration form on the next page and send to Becky Matz. **First 25 entered in door prize drawing** Location Info: General Dynamics C4 Systems 12001 Research Parkway, Suite 500 Orlando, FL  32826 Phone:  (407) 823-7000 Fax:      (407) 823-7012 Directions at: http://www.incose.org/orlando/Attach/ResearchParkMap.pdf For questions or additional information, contact Waldemar wkar@mail.ucf.edu or Ed Smith eddieboydsmith@gmail.com http://www.incose.org/orlando

2. “Systems Engineering & Human Systems Integration (HSI) Tools Working Together” November 20, 2009 About the Instructor: Jennifer McGovern Narkevicius, PhD is CEO of Jenius LLC whose clients have included the Air Force, Navy, and Federal Railroad Administration. She facilitates clients’ efforts to define and develop the interactions of the human with the other elements of systems. Throughout her career, Jen has worked in Human Factors Engineering and Human Systems Integration, focusing on identifying and defining the systems requirements that include human capabilities and limitations. She has worked in research, development, test and evaluation of diverse programs in high performance military aviation; civil aviation; rail and road ground transportation; as well as distributed networked social and work interactions, supported decision making, and design of web based enterprise applications. Previously, she served as an officer in the US Navy. Dr. Narkevicius is member of INCOSE, American Society of Naval Engineers, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Association of Computing Machinery, and The Ergonomics Society. She holds a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Florida, with master’s degrees in Systems Engineering, Adult Development Psychology and Special Education: Gifted and Talented. WALDEMAR KARWOWSKI, Professor and Chairman, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems UCF; Doctor of Science in Management Science, Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, December 1982. P.E., Registered Professional Engineer (State of Texas, License No 61616); Honorary Doctorate in Engineering, Moscow State Institute of Radio, Electronics and Automation (MIREA Technical University), Moscow, Russia, 2007. Member, Committee on Human Factors, National Research Council: National Academy of Sciences, USA (2007-2009). Editor-in-Chief, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 2000 - present. Senior Editor, Ergonomia: An International Journal of Ergonomics and Human Factors (in English; by the Polish Academy of Science), 2003- present. Invited Plenary Speaker, 6th International Conference on Occupational Risk Prevention, Coruna, Spain, May 14-17, 2008. Invited Plenary Speaker, 55th Annual Congress of the German Work Science Society (GfA), Munich Germany, April 9-11, 2008. Invited Keynote Address, International Conference on Computer-Aided Ergonomics, Human Factors and Safety: Information Technology, Knowledge Management and Engineering, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia, May 25-28, 2005. Registration Form Full Day Workshop Integration: Using Systems Engineering & Human Systems Integration Tools Together to Enhance Design (Workshop materials, refreshments and lunch are included in your registration fee.) INCOSE Members can e-mail registration form to BECKY.G.MATZ@saic.com. Cancellation Policy: Substitutions are permitted until the day before the course. Full refunds will be made prior to COB, 13 November 2009. No refunds will be made after that, although substitutions will be allowed. INCOSE-Orlando reserves the right to cancel the course with full refunds.