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Systems Approach to Engineering
Short course
In Bedfordshire ()
Price on request
Description
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Type
Short course
Course structure The course is formally assessed, and provides the foundation module for the Systems Engineering for Defence Capability suite of courses.
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Subjects
- Approach
- Systems Engineering
- Systems
- Engineering
Course programme
What you will learn This course will be of benefit to military, MOD and industry involved in applying Systems Engineering in Defence Acquisition as well as individuals from research, industry or government wishing to understand the fundamental principles of a systems approach to complex problems. This may be to update existing knowledge, embark upon more detailed study or to take advantage of interaction with other delegates from a range of backgrounds in a classroom setting.
Core content
Core content
- Admissions Programme
- SE Professionalism (inc. Competency mapping)
- Intro to IT
- Online Access
- Emails
- VLE etc
- Student Experience
- Maximising value from study
- MBTI
- The Philosophy of Thinking about Systems
- Rationale behind Approaches to problem solving
- Types of Problem
- Types of thinking and their application
- Management of Defence
- The Evolution of Systems Engineering
- Academic Study Skills (1)
- Analysing the Research Question
- Understanding Systematic Research process(es)
- Approaches to research
- Reading & interpreting material
- Structured Writing
- Applying research process to a given case study
- Introduction to Systems and Systems Concepts
- What is a system?
- Systems Concepts and their definition
- Applying Concepts to Problem Types
- Library Study Skills
- Introduce library facilities
- Research Skills
- Critique case study example
- Systems Methods and Techniques
- Modelling the Systems Context
- Problem Structuring Techniques
- “The Systems Lifecycle”
- Introducing the Systems Lifecycle
- SE Technical Processes and their place within the lifecycle
- Systemic thinking applied to the acquisition lifecycle
- Lifecycle Modelling Workshop
- Applying SE across an example lifecycle
- Academic Study Skills (2)
- Undertaking an assignment
- Preparing for an Examination
- Revision styles
- Approaching the Examination
Systems Approach to Engineering
Price on request