Skills Areas Performed by Certified Systems

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Skills Areas Performed by Certified Systems Engineers International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) 23 March 2021 Dr. Dan Surber, PhD., ESEP Biography Dr. Surber is an INCOSE Certified Expert Systems Engineering Professional. He has worked as a pilot, systems engineer, accident investigator, and systems engineering manager for avionics systems and heavy equipment engineering. He has worked over 45 years with US Air Force, US Army Reserve, three large defense contractors, and a large, commercial corporation. He helped design cockpits for the AFTI/CAS F-16, F-16R, F-16 Block 50/60, RAH-66, F-22A, and MV/CV-22, He is a rated senior pilot, flight examiner/ instructor, and parachutist. He worked extensively as a human factors engineer, systems safety engineer, and military accident investigator. He has accumulated over 5,000 hours of flight and simulator time in 17 types of military and commercial aircraft; holds a pilot rating in single and multi-engine aircraft; and, is a rated parachutist. In 1998 he retired after 29 years of military service with the United States Air Force, the Army National Guard, and Army Reserve in various armor, mechanized infantry, aviation, and military intelligence units. He is a retired Engineering Fellow from Raytheon, where he worked on the Osprey program, A-10C, international border security systems, and supported process improvements as a Raytheon Six Sigma Specialist. Dr. Surber has been a member of INCOSE since 1998, and is currently affiliated with the INCOSE Crossroads of America chapter (Indiana). Systems engineering technical activities include but are not limited to those identified in the table below. Please refer to the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook (V4.0): Systems Engineering Experience Areas (15): Principle SE Activities associated with each SE experience area Requirements Engineering Preparing for or managing a Business or Mission analysis; Defining a Problem or opportunity space; Characterizing a solution space; Evaluating alternative solution classes; Preparing for Stakeholder Needs & Requirements Definition; Defining stakeholder needs; Developing Operational Concept and other Life Cycle concepts; Transforming needs into stakeholder requirements; Analyzing Stakeholder Requirements; Managing Stakeholder needs and requirements definition; Preparing for System Requirements Definition; Defining System Requirements; Analyzing System Requirements; Managing System Requirements. System and Decision Analysis Preparing, performing and managing a system analysis; Decision Management, including Preparing for System Engineering Decisions; Analyzing decision information; Making and managing SE decisions. 1 Architecture/ Design Development Preparing for architecture definition; Developing architecture viewpoints; Developing models and views of candidate architectures; Relating architecture to design; Assessing candidate architectures; Managing the selected