2008 Program Theme

1. 2008Program Theme Back to Basics Emphasis - Systems Engineering Life Cycle

2. Tonight’s Agenda • 6:15 PM – Registration, Networking, Pizza • 6:45 PM – Welcome and Chapter Overview Neill Radke, Chapter Co-President • 7:00 PM – The Old I-35W Bridge Ron Voelker • 7:45 PM – The New I-35W Bridge Peter Sanderson • 8:30 PM – Adjourn (or later depending on questions)

3. Chapter Meeting • Chapter Calendar • A note on attendance • International Events • Ambassador Program • Chapter Organization • ChapterWeb Site

4. 2008 Spring Tutorial • What: “How to Write Good Requirements” • Who: Lou Wheatcraft • Senior Consultant/Instructor for Compliance Automation, Inc. • When: Saturday, 19 April 2008, 08:30 – 16:30 • Where: MTS in Eden Prairie • How to Sign Up: • Go to the North Star website. • Click on “Tutorial Page”. • Download the announcement and application form (Deadline – COB 11 April). Lou Wheatcraft is a well known expert on requirements. When you leave this session you WILL know how to write good requirements!

5. 2008 Meeting Calendar • 17 January - Technical Management: Planning, Controlling, & Managing Systems Engineering Success • Timber Lodge • 21 February - Requirements Analysis Process Telelogic at BAE Systems • 13 March- Functional Decomposition Medtronic World Headquarters • 10 April - Architecture - as Reflected in the I35W Bridge - Both Old and New University of Minnesota • 8 May – INCOSE IS 2008 Paper Review plus Presentation • on Requirements Development University of St Thomas • 15 - 19 June – INCOSE Symposium • Meeting TBD

6. 2008 Meeting Calendar • 10 July - Summer Social, Including IS 2008 Debrief Place to be Announced • 14 August - The Integration Process Boston Scientific • 11 September –System Verification and Validation Process MTS • 9 October - Operations, Maintenance, and Disposal UPS Tour • 6 November - Risk Management ATK • 14 December - Annual Holiday Party Place To Be Announced

7. May Meeting Presenter Morris Oslin is a Senior Business Analyst for Trissential, LLC. Trissential is a consulting organization that enables client to improve in the the areas of effective strategy, efficient management and exceptional execution. As a business analyst, Morris has performed in all three of these areas forhis clients developing considerable experience along the way.Morris comes from a technical background of software engineering and application development for medium and large organizations including IBM, US Bank, Medtronic, Verifications Inc, ELCA Board of Pensions, and Land 'O Lakes. He is currently leading the Trissential effort in Minnesota todefine high performing business analysis that effectively feeds software development. Presentation With the development of better software development processes and tools over the past 40 years, Morris asks why is the finished software product still missing the business mark in many cases? What makes for software requirements that are traceable to the business and consumable by the technical staff? The answer is; it depends. We will explore some of the upstream drivers of business analysis/requirements and the downstream software development drivers of requirements that seem to be case specific.

8. Attendance • Why sign in? • For the past several years we have had the chapter incentive program to encourage attendance at our meetings. We will continue offering an incentive. • For guests or members attending for the first time, this also insures your notification by email of all subsequent events. • PLEASE WRITE SO WE CAN READ IT!! SO - BE SURE AND SIGN THE ATTENDANCE LIST!

9. International Events June 15-19, 2008 INCOSE International Symposium Utrecht, Netherlands January 31–February 3, 2009 INCOSE International Workshop San Francisco, CA July 19-23, 2009 INCOSE International Symposium Singapore Details online @http://www.incose.org 9

10. Ambassador Program • In the past we had an active list of Chapter Ambassadors • Ambassadors are representatives at local companies who are willing to post flyers and otherwise publicize Chapter events • We need to reactivate the Ambassador Program. • If you would be willing to periodically place announcements on bulletin boards and otherwise spread the word, please contact John Palmer at: jpalmer@usfamily.net • The chapter will host an Ambassador’s lunch later this summer

11. President Neill Radke & John Palmer North Star Leadership President Elect Neill Radke & John Palmer Communication Eileen Arnold Past President Elliot Abrons Secretary Bob Hunter Dir. Industry John Palmer Treasurer Mark Elpers Dir. Acad/Govt Eileen Arnold • Contact Eileen Arnold • Systems Science • SE Technical Process • Architecture • SE Management Process • Requirements • Risk • SE Support Processes • Measurement • Modeling & Tools • Specialty Engineering • Application Sectors INCOSE Technical Leadership Team Eileen Arnold 2008Chapter Organization Contact for Technical Activities

12. Communication North Star Chapter Web Site: www.incose.org/northstar North Star Newsletter – The Integrator (April Issue Being Compiled)

13. Ronald J. Voelker Ronald J. Voelker is a native Minnesotan; born in St. Paul and educated at the University of Minnesota, receiving his M.S. in Civil Engineering in 1962. Ron has 35 years with the MNDOT, including six months of bridge design at the Central Office designing overpasses and other small bridges, six years performing bridge construction in District 9 - St Paul and East Metro – (where he was in charge of construction of as many as 19 bridges at one time), six years as a District 9 Soils Engineer investigating soils for road construction (making recommendations for thickness of pavements, swamp removals, rock removals, etc.) and another thirteen plus years as a District 9 Design Engineer managing the preparation of detail construction plans for highway projects. Ron retired from MNDOT in 1993 but then worked for a small consulting firm on many civil engineering projects until his final retirement in 1998.

14. Peter F. Sanderson Peter F. Sanderson is Flatiron-Mason’s Project Manager for the St. Anthony Falls (I-35W) Bridge Design-Build Project in Minneapolis. Mr. Sanderson has over 38 years of heavy civil construction experience that includes management and direction of construction for bridges, highway and rail projects totaling over $2 billion in construction value. Mr. Sanderson has led the successful construction of major bridge projects including, most recently, the Benicia Martinez Retrofit Bridge (Benicia, CA), Sagadahoc Bridge (Bath, ME), and the CO1A6 – South Boston Interchange (Boston, MA).