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InVol.6Issue6
PresidentsPOV
June17,2015
Dinner/Lecture
RevisitingtheWright
BrothersandtheSoundof
BellsbyGeorgeAnderson
ElicitationandAnalysisof
RequirementsbyGary
Wieboldt
Seven(PlusorMinus
Two)byZaneScott
WhySystemsEngineers
areEssentialtoYour
OrganizationbyJohn
Thomas
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wearalargeMDcraborChesapeakeheroncostumeasanalternative.)
OtherplanningthismonthisdirectedtowardmakingourSystems
EngineeringProfessionals(SEP)receptionarepeatsuccess.Thisyear,
weareembracingourregionalchapters,WashingtonMetroand
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andindustryandotherengineeringandprofessionalsocietiestoattend
andenjoyaninspiringsocialeventwithfeaturedspeakersandan
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evening,the26thofAugust2015attheEngineersClubofBaltimore.
Theonlineregistrationfortheeventwillopenearlyforyourplanning
convenience.

TheChesapeakeChapterof
INCOSEisproudtorecognize
thefollowingorganizationsfor
sponsoringourendeavoursto
expandingtheunderstanding
andappreciationofSystems
Engineeringinthelocalarea:

TheSEPreceptionisnotcompletewithoutannouncingandhonoring
ournewcertifiedprofessionals.Wewillhonorthosewhohaveattained
thehighestlevelofachievement,theExpertSystemsEngineering
ProfessionalorESEP.
IampleasedtoannouncethatwehavetwonewESEPsasofthis
writing.MyraGrossofJovianConceptswasnotifiedinJanuaryand
CraigTylerofVencorewasnotifiedlastmonth.Wewillbehonoring
themandanyfurtheradditionsattheReception.
Aswemovethroughabusysummer,pleaserememberimportant
changestakingplaceaffectingthepracticeofsystemsengineering.The
biggestnewsthismonthisthereleaseoftwoDoDsupplementstothe
ISO15288:2015standard.Amongotherthings,thesesupplements
requiretheuseofthestandardinDoDprocurementprocesses.Thisis
asignificantchangeinDoDpolicyandahugevoteofconfidenceforthe
practiceofsystemsengineeringingeneral.We,ofcourse,expectedthis
becauseofourJanuarypresentationbyGaryRoedler,whoplayedan
importantroleindraftingthestandard.
Inclosing,Iwanttocontinuetourgeeveryonetobecomemoreinvolved
inthesystemsengineeringprofessionandtoconsiderthebenefitsof
spendingsometimehelpingtheChapterexecutetheimportantwork
thatwegraciouslyprovideasafocuson,andexampleof,systems
excellence.WebelievethatthiscontributesmeasurablytoMarylands
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17June,2015(6:00pm8:00pm):TheDemingof
AmericaProducedforTelevisionbyPriscillaPetty

Presentation:Thisvideo,originally
producedforTelevisionbyPriscillaPetty,
providesadramaticlookattheoriginsof
theprocessimprovementmovement.Our
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ourcrisis.We'rechallengedbyglobaland
localevents.Buttheprovenstrategiesin
thisdocumentarycanhelpourcountry
transformandinnovate.Dr.W.Edwards
Demingisshownathisunrehearsedbest
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provokingspeciallyselectedsegmentsfrom
analldayinterviewwithPriscilla.BriefremarksfromFortune100
CEOs,wholearnedfromDeming,showhowheaffectedtheirthinking
abouttheirlivesandcompaniesasheworkedwiththemtoeffectthe
transformation.Inspiring.Producedin1991byPettyConsulting
Productions.

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RevisitingtheWrightBrothersandtheSoundofBells
GeorgeAnderson,ESEP
3June2015
Apracticingsystemsengineershouldconsiderapproachingallprojects
ashavingunknownsthatwillrequireindepthexaminationandperhaps
newinsightsorunderstanding.Therearealotofknowledgeablesubject
matterexperts(SME)availablebutfewofthemcanhelpwhenthe
informationorpracticeisobscure,littlestudiedorjustunknown.The
arroganceofassumingadequateknowledgetoaccomplishataskisa
constantengineeringhazarddatingbacktoatleasttheancient
Egyptianswhoatonepointhadtheworldsgreatestbuildingfailure
whenanalmostcompletedpyramidcollapsedintoaheapofdressed
stoneblocks.Thegiantdebrisfieldstillexiststodayasanenduring
remindertodomorethoroughresearchonunknowns.[1]

Wemightbeabletoforgetthis4640year
olddisasterifmorerecentchallenges
werenotsosimilarintheformof
assumingadequateknowledge.Ihave
workedontwoprojectsthatstillamaze
meastothemethodsusedandthetypes
ofcriticalknowledgeinvolved.These
involvedtheWrightbrothersprogress
towardsmannedflightandtheanalysisof
Figure1:MeidumPyramid
thesoundofbells.Bothsubjectswould
2625BC
nothavebeenofinteresttomehadInot
beengivensystemsengineeringtasksthatrequiredmetofully
understandthetechnicaldetailsofthesetwosomewhatdifferent
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technologies.
TheWrightbrotherssagahasbeentoldmanytimesbutthelatestwork
byhistorianDavidMcCulloughentitled,TheWrightBrothers,ispopular
enoughtobecomefirstontheNYTbestsellerlistthisweekandinspire
metomentionanexampleoftheirperseverance.
IaminformedonmostoftheWrightstechnicaladvanceshaving
receivedmydegreeinAerodynamicsfromaninstitution[2]thatlies
onlyafewhundredyardsfromHuffmanPrairietheWrightsfirst
aircraftflighttestfacilityafterKittyHawk.Althoughthereismuchto
admireandconsiderabouttheWrightstechnicalexperimentationand
developmentefforts,thepointIespeciallywanttohighlightistheir
questioningofexistingdataonmannedflight.Theyweresoconcerned
thattheirearlytestflightswerenotconsistentwithexistingdataonthe
liftingforcesofwingsthattheybuilttheirownwindtunnel.Usingthis
tunnel,theyspenthourstestingwingshapesuntiltheyweresurethat
existingdatawaswrong.BeforetheWrightstunnel,therewereno
establisheddevicesthatcouldbeusedformeasuringforcesonthetest
wingspecimens.
Mywindtunneltestingoccurredin1973.Thiswasduringaperiodwhen
mathematicalmodelingofairflowoverwingswasheavilyfunded.News
fromthephysicalworldthatconflictedwiththemodelswasnotwelcome
andtherewasagreatdealofresistancetotestingingeneral.Thanksto
theexamplesetbytheWrightbrothers,windtunnelscontinuedto
providerealperformancedatathatwasusedtodesignnewaircraftand
reducerisk.Today,westillhaveareasthatarenotwellunderstood
suchasvortexflows,andsomeaspectsofhypersonicflight.Wealso
knowlittleabouttheregimeofmicroscopicflight(lowReynolds
numbers)wheremanywanttoexploreanddevelopunmannedmicro
vehicles.
TheproblemsfacedbytheWrightsare
similartomanythatweencountertoday.It
isalwaystruethatyouneedtoexploreall
theproblemspacetofindwhatyoudont
knowandmakeplanstodealwithit.Like
thecaptainonaship,ifyouseeanarea
ofpoorlychartedwatersyoumayavoid
failureoruncertaintybycircumnavigation.
Figure2TheWright
Ifyoumustsailintheunknownarea
BrothersWindTunnelon
prudencedictatesthatyoustudywhatever
displayattheUSAF
informationisavailable,makeestimates
Museum,Dayton,OH
andprovidecontingencyplansforcoping.
TheWrightbrothersdidnotseetheabsenceofasuitabletoolto
measurewingliftasaninsurmountablebarrier.Theysimplydesigned
anddevelopedtheirown.Myotherareaoftrackingtheunknownstakes
ustothemucholdertechnologyofbells.
Bellsrepresentanancienttechnologythatcontinuestoserveavariety
ofpurposesinalmosteveryculture.Bellswerebeingmadebeforeany
scientificanalysisusingmoderninstrumentsandtheoriesexisted.The
soundofthebellwasitsprimarydistinguishingfeatureandacustomer,
orcustomers,purchasingabellhadverystrongideaswhatthatsound
shouldbe.

Afewyearsago,Iwasaskedtooverseethefoundingofasizablebell
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andassureitsperformanceinmycapacityasatestengineer.Why
anyonethoughtIknewanythingaboutbellssaysalotaboutthe
managementoftheautoindustryatthattime,butalsoitmayhavemore
todowiththeassumptionthatbellswerejustshapesofmetal.Istarted
mytaskwithjustthatassumptionandinseveraldaysofresearchwas
considerablyhumbled.Inotonlydidnotknowhowabellwasmade,I
didnotknowhowthebellmadeitssounds,whattheywere,orhowone
controlledtheprocesstoachievethesesounds.SMEscouldnotexplain
whattheyknewinenoughtechnicaldetailformetomakeanyprogress.

Iconsideredtheexplanationoftuningabellespeciallybaffling.Clearly,
Ineededfurtherstudy.Later,Iunderstoodonereasonformyconfusion
wastheterminologyusedbythefewpeoplewhoknewaboutbells.
Afterallatthattime,therewereonlythreebellfoundersintheUSand
lessthaneightinEurope.
Thankfully,thebellprojectwascancelledbeforemyprojectwas
memorializedinatwotonmassofcoppertinalloyscrap.WhatIhad
learnedinthemeantimewasconsiderable.Thehighlightswere:
Acompletecourseinsoundmeasurementpermittedmeto
understandhowtotestabellssoundpressureemissionsand
describetheminacceptablelaboratorytermsusingcalibratedand
repeatableprocesses.
Ilearnedthelanguageofthebells.Peoplewhowriteaboutbells
talkinthelanguageofmusic,andearlydesignrulesofthumb
furtherobscuredthisbyusingcenturiesoldjargonprobablymade
legitimatebymedievalguildsprotectingtheirart.
Tuningabellalmostalwaysinvolvesremovingmetalfromthe
insideofanewlycastbell.
Removingmetalfromabellmaynotalwaysproducethedesired
result.
In2015,thereismore,butstillincomplete,theoryonprecisely
howbellsproducetheirsoundspectrumandwhatconstitutesthe
bestormostdesirablesounds.[3]
Ihavelearnedthatresearchershaveestablishedthatthebell
soundsarenotthetotalsystemunderstudy.Thehumanearwith
itsperceivedpitchandauralharmonicsaltersthesoundofthebell
toanotherpitchheardbythebrainsauditoryreceptors.[4]This
effectissosignificantthattestingofhumansintheloophas
drasticallychangedthedesirablespectralspecificationsforabell.
Overall,Iconcludedthatinthebell
industry,nobodyunderstoodhowtomeet
acustomersexpectations.Thiswaspartly
becausetherewerenomoderntechnical
standardsandpartlybecausethe
customerwasprobablyexpectingthe
soundproducedbyanotherbell.Rulesof
thumbandproprietarysecretsruledthe
industryandintheendyougotaproduct
Figure3.TheTenTon
thatatbestwastunedtonominalsound
WeightBerlinFreedomBell
spectrum.Customersboughtfromthe
mostprestigiousoroldestfoundryandhumblyacceptedtheproductas
delivered.Adeliveryspecification,ifsuchwasinvolved,wastypically
vagueastospectralperformance.

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measurementcapabilitywasuselessifthetestspecificationwas
defectiveornotvalidated.
Unlikethepyramidcollapse,neitherofmylearningexperiences
producedimmediatedisaster.Ontheotherhand,theytaughtmetobe
verycarefulaboutunknowns.TheWrightbrothersinspiredmeto
aggressivelypursueknowledgeandtheshortlivedbellprojecttaught
menottodependcompletelyonSMEstocompletelyfilltheknowledge
gap.Specialknowledgeiscumulativeandhasawayofhelpinginfuture
projectsandprovidingspecialsatisfaction.Istillenjoyreadingabout
newdiscoveriesinvortexflowandhearingthesoundsofchurchbells
onSundays.

HeartheFreedomBellRing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=AxWJnbQyexI
_____________________________
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meidum
[2]TheAirForceInstituteofTechnology,WrightPattersonAFB,OH,
Established1919.
[3]http://www.hibberts.co.uk/index.htm
[4]OurAcousticEnvironment,FrederickA.White,JohnWiley&Sons,
NewYork,1975
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ElicitationandAnalysisofRequirements
GaryWieboldt,ESEP
27April2015
IntheclassicsystemengineeringVeediagram,akeystone,early
activityintheprocessarerequirements.Theprocessconsistsof:
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1.
2.
3.
4.

RequirementsElicitation(getthem)
RequirementsAnalysis(cantheybedone?)
Specification(documentthem)
RequirementsValidationandVerification(didyoubuildtheright
thingandwasthethingbuiltright?)
5. RequirementsManagement(howdoIchangethem?)
Webelieveinthemantraofacompletebutminimalsetof
requirementsisimportanttopreventovercomplexity(hencereduced
reliability,andahostofotherissueslikecost)ofasystem:

Communicationofrequirementsiskey,sothatallstakeholdersand
engineersknowwhatproductorservicetheyaregoingtoreceive.They
cannotbedevelopedinavacuum,heavyinteraction,withall
stakeholdersarenecessarytogetgoodrequirements.:

HereIwouldliketofocusonthedifficultyinstepsoneandtwo:getting
them(RequirementsElicitation)andunderstandingiftheyaredoable
(RequirementsAnalysis).
Interpersonalrelationshipsarekeyinthefirsttwosteps:between
customerandvendorandallthepeoplewhomakeuptheconsolidated
team.Theelicitationprocessisasystemofpeople,interpersonal
relationships,thoughtsandideas.Intheelicitationphaseitiskeytonot
onlyidentifystakeholders,buttoclearlyunderstandtheirrolesandhow
youaregoingtomanagetheirvariedrequests.
Asweelicitweoccasionallyperforminsiturequirementsanalysisto
understandthevalidityofconsequencesoftheproposedrequirements.
Sometimesthisanalysishastobeperformedofflinefromtheelicitation
processduetotheinterrelationshipsandcomplexityoftherequirements
set.Buttherearetimeswhereduringtheelicitationphaseobvious
conflictsarepresentandneedtobeadjudicated.
Thatbringsustothisvideo:https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=BKorP55Aqvgwhich,althoughafarse,doesshowhowelicitation
andanalysisofrequirementsfromdifferentstakeholderviewscanmake
anengineersjobverydifficulttoaccomplish.Especiallyifhe/sheisAn
expert,andthepeoplearoundthemarefarfromit.
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Seven(PlusorMinusTwo)
byZaneScott
GeorgeA.MillerdiedJuly22,2012atage92.Hewastrulyagiantin
theworldofpsychology.In1956hepublishedanarticlein
PsychologicalReviewentitled"TheMagicalNumberSeven,Plusor
MinusTwo:SomeLimitsonOurCapacityforProcessingInformation".
Hisideaswereespeciallyimportantbecausetheywereintroducedinto
thestimulusresponseworlddominatedbybehavioralpsychology.As
hedevelopedhisthoughthepositedaninformationprocessingtheory
ofhumancognitionwherebehaviorresultedfromtakinginand
processinginformationinsteadofbeingthedeterministicoutcomeof
conditionedresponsestoexternalstimulithatbehavioristsbelieved
droveapersonsbehavior.
Thishadparadigmshiftingimplicationsforthefieldofpsychologyin
generalbutperhapsthemostimportanttotheworldofcommunications
washisresearchshowingthat,whilelongtermmemorycapacitywas
practicallyunlimited,theshorttermmemorythatweusetotakein
informationforprocessingisessentiallylimitedtosevenchunksplus
orminustwohencethetitleofhisarticle.Anyattempttoholdmore
chunksinshorttermmemoryresultsinlossordegradationinthe
processingaswithobjectsfallingoffanoverloadeddesktop.
Inapracticalsensewedonothavedirectaccesstotheunlimitedlong
termmemorywhenwecommunicate.Weareonlyabletoplacechunks
ofinformationbeforeourreceiversforreceptionintoshorttermor
workingmemoryforprocessing.Therefore,weneedtorespectthe
existenceofashorttermmemorylimitationaswechunkourinformation
andorganizeitforpresentation.
Therehasbeenagreatdealofworksuggestingthatthelimitisdifferent
fordifferentkindsofinformationandthatthelimitmaybelowerthan
seven.Someresearchershavesuggestedfouritemsandsomethree,
butwhateverthenumberthereisnowbroadacceptanceofthe
existenceofthelimit.ForthatwemusttipourhatstoMiller.
Thenexttimewedoapresentationweshouldpausetothinkofhimand
heedhiswork.Doourslidesviolatetheprincipleofalimitedworking
memory?Doesourorganizationhonortheprinciplesbehindchunking
informationforprocessing?Wecanallthinkofviolatorsandtheir
violationsoftheseprinciples.PerhapsbyrememberingMillerwecan
avoidjoiningthoseranks.Wemaynotbecomeslavestothenumber
three,orfourorevensevenbutwecancertainlyavoidthenumbers20
and30and50!
Aswedoso,wethankyouGeorge.Mayyourestinpeace.
VitechCorporation2015,ReprintedbyPermission
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Organization
byJohnThomas
Asystemsengineerisinvaluabletoanorganizationbypreventing
systemproblemsfromimpactingthecostandscheduleofprograms.
Theyrelyontheirtechnicalandleadershipskillstoreducethepotential
forreworkassociatedwithchangesindesign,interpretationswith
requirements,orconfusionwiththeusersintent.Theyaretheones
whopayattentiontothesystemdetailsandensuretheuser,thebuyer,
andtheinvestorareallsatisfiedwiththeprojectsoutcomewhichis
theultimatemeasureofsuccess.
Itisthesystemsengineersroletounderstandtheintendeduseand
ultimatepurposeofthesystem,andthentoclearlycommunicatethe
propersystemdesigntocomponentbuilders.Thisbeginsbytranslating
theusersvisionintoinformationrequiredbythearchitectureteamto
generateanoptimalsystemsdesign.Itisfollowedbythesystems
engineerprovidingcomponentbuilderswithatranslationofthe
architectureteamsvision,alongwiththeappropriatetechnical
requirementsforbuildingeachcomponentwithinthesystem.
Yetsystemsengineersknowitisnotenoughsimplytodeliverasolution
thatworks.Tomeettheusershighestexpectations,theyusetheirskills
andinsighttounderstandtheusersperspectiveandtoestablishthose
expectationsinthetechnicallanguageofsystemsbuilder.Often,this
involveshelpingtheenduserthinkthroughamorecompletedefinition
ofasuccessfuloutcomebyproducingmissingdetailscriticalfor
influencingthesystemsdesign.Onlywhenthesystemsengineergetsit
right,willtheuseraswellastheinvestorandthebuyercompletely
embracetheresult.
Systemsengineersalsorecognizethattheyhavetomatchwhatthe
architectureteamishopingtoaccomplishwithwhatthecomponent
builderscanbestprovide.Throughtheirleadershipskills,thesystems
engineerworkstowardanidealbalancebetweentheusersvision,and
asystemsdesignthatiseasilyimplemented.Whenthisbalanceis
achieved,thesystemsengineerpackagesthebuilderinformationinto
threecriticalareas:1)howthecomponentmustfunction2)howit
needstointerfacewiththeothercomponentsand,3)howitmustadapt
tothelargeroperationalenvironment.
Whenthesetranslationactivitiesoccurcorrectly,theusersvisionis
achievedakintoprovidingafinelytunedracingbikesuitableforthe
TourdeFrance.Whentheseactivitiesaremissingorpoorly
accomplished,thebikeintendedfortheTourdeFrancemaywindup
withknobbytiresandaheavyframe,nottheidealbikeariderneedsin
ordertowin.
Acrossanorganizationsproductsorservices,systemsengineersalso
providecriticalleadershipforintegratingthetechnicalactivities.They
haveskillstoinfluencemultidisciplinaryteamstoreachconsensuson
howthesystemsolutionshouldcometogether.Asproblemsolvers,
theyfocusonoutcome,notprocess.Theyowntheproject:theydont
startfromthepositionthatexpensivereworkoruserdissatisfactionor
forthatmatter,abuilderdeliveringlessthanidealcomponentsis
someoneelsesresponsibility.Theystepinandresolvetheissue,often
beforemostothersevenknowtheriskexists.
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Astranslators,systemsengineerscanpreventmanyofthesystem
problemsthattendtoderailprojects.Asleaders,theydealwiththe
complexityofthoseproblemsastheyarise.Thispowerfulsetofskills,
abilitiesandknowhowiswhysystemsengineersareavaluable
resourcetoanorganization.
INCOSE_FactSheet_2_01.09.12,ReprintedbyPermission
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