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KSEE 2016 Program Committee

Kongsberg Systems Engineering Event Program Committee 2016:

Bjørn Victor Larsen, KDA Bjoern.Victor.Larsen@kongsberg.com
Kirsten  Helle, FMC Kirsten.Helle@fmcti.com
Tom Holtermann Andersen, Data respons tha@datarespons.no
Daniel Opstad, KDA Asker Daniel.opstad@Kongsberg.com
Espen Polanscak, GKN espen.polanscak@gknaerospace.com
Daniel A. Jensen, KM daj@live.no
Anders Fuglesteg Nilsen, Devotek AF@devotek.com
Frode Nilsson, Tekna Frode@teknakongsberg.no
Rolf Naurdanet, GE rolf.nordaunet@ge.com
Cecilia Haskins, INCOSE cecilia.haskins@ntnu.no
Lars Meskestad, KM Lars.Meskestad@km.kongsberg.com
CC:
June Hosøy Andersen, GKN junehosand@gmail.com
Simen Bilstad Klungland, HSN: Industrial Economy simen_bk@hotmail.com
Emilie Folvik Aune, HSN: Industrial Economy emilieaune@hotmail.com
Silja Sverreson, HSN Silja.Sverreson@hbv.no
Hans Christian Herstad, INCOSE hans.erstad@gmail.com
Gunnar Berge, special guest gunnarkb@gmail.com

“The teamology and of small product development tiger teams – a Californian perspective” – Dr. Martin Steinert, NTNU

“The teamology and of small product development tiger teams –  a Californian perspective” – Dr. Martin Steinert, NTNU

Title: “The teamology and of small product development tiger teams – a Californian perspective”

Full presentation here

Biography: I am Professor of Eng. Design and Innovation at the Department of Eng. Design and Materials at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). I teach fuzzy front-end engineering for radical new product/service/system concepts and graduate research seminars for PhDs engaged in topics related to new product design and development. My various research projects are usually multidisciplinary (ME/CS/EE/Neuro- and Cognitive Sc.) and often connected with industry. The aim is to uncover, understand and leverage early stage engineering design paradigms with a special focus onto human-machine/object interactions. Recently I have published in Int. Journal of Product Development, Int. Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, Journal of Eng. Design and Technology, Int. Journal of Design, Int. Journal of Eng. Education, Tech. Forecasting and Social Change, Energy Policy, Information Knowledge System Management Journal … Ever since a short stint at MIT and my time as Deputy Director at the Center for Design Research and at the d.research program (Hasso Plattner Design Thinking Research program) at Stanford University, the overarching aim of my research and teaching is to always push the boundaries for Norwegian product development teams, so that they will ideate, more radical new concepts, faster.

Follow me to the land of big ideas – José Pinto, Kongsberg Devotek

Follow me to the land of big ideas – José Pinto, Kongsberg Devotek

Title: Follow me to the land of big ideas (preliminary title)

Biography: Mr. Pinto was born in Freamunde, Portugal, 1976. He has a Bachelor degree in Design from ESAD, Portugal, 2001-05, followed by Industrial Design Master studies at the University of Lapland, Finland, 2006-08.
He started his career in IT being an “IT freak” from 1995 to 2001. From 1999 to 2005 Mr. Pinto was also an IT trainer. For two years following this he worked as a Furniture Designer, before he became an Industrial Designer in 2008. Mr. Pinto describes himself as an industrial designer positioned at the Fuzzy Front End and in love with creativity. Additionally, he would like to be a post-modern artist, an inventor, a mechanic, an objective economist and an evolutionary strategist.

KSEE 2013 – Full Program!

KSEE 2013 – Full Program!

Thursday June 13

15:00 Registration, and a bite to eat
16:00 Opening of KSEE 2013, Setting the Stage
16:15 System Integration at ASML: Linking Technical Content, Test Configurations, Timing… And People! Niels Braspenning (keynote) ASML
17:00 Break
17:30 Validation risks of using development methodologies in a hierarchical fashion – When contracts meet architecture ownership Alejandro Salado Kayser-Threde GmbH, Germany
18:00 Changing A System From Within – And Get Hit By The Unexpected Surprises Andreas Thorvaldsen GKN Aerospace Norway
18:30 Break
19:00 Laggan Tormore Project System Test: when new Subsea Solutions For Harsh Environment Meet Reality Benoît Le Bihan FMC Technologies Norway
19:30 BBQ and Networking

Friday June 14

09:05 Systems Integration: What Are We Waiting For? Jim Armstrong (keynote) Stevens Institute USA
09:45 A Software Centric Approach To Electronic Systems Engineering Terje Jensvik CTO, Data Respons Norway
10:15 Break.
10:45 Early Phase Needs Analysis – Can We Ease Systems Integration Eldar Tranøy Aker Solutions
11:15 Why is Systems Integration understood so poorly? Reflections on 3 decades of unforeseen failures Gerrit Muller HiBu, Norway
11:50 Closing

Early Phase Need Analysis – Can We Ease Systems Integration? Eldar Tranøy, Aker Solutions

Early Phase Need Analysis – Can We Ease Systems Integration? Eldar Tranøy, Aker Solutions

Full Presentation Here

Title: Early phase need analysis – Can we ease systems integration?

Abstract: Contractors in the oil and gas industry are experiencing an increased pressure to deliver projects at a lower cost and at a shorter schedule. Extensive requirements combined with strict governing documents restrict project designs. Therefore, contractors need efficient governing processes that capture customers’ needs and ensure that system requirements relates to these customer needs.

In the execution phase of a project, the engineering degrees of freedom are limited. In the early project phase of concept and study, the basic design is established. The design freeze occurs in the tender phase, based on a best interpretation of customer needs. This causes any changes made in the execution phase to be costly and have the potential to impose severe subsequent consequences. Proper use of systems engineering ensures a minimal amount of late design changes. The most important systems engineering process in such a context, is the capturing of customer needs and definition of user requirements. If the customer needs are not identified before the startup of the execution phase, the project risks not identifying them before the systems integration phase, when the subsequent changes have the largest cost and schedule impact.

We researched the processes used to capture system requirements today, and the potential impact of using systems engineering techniques for this purpose. We uncovered multiple gaps in the current process of capturing customer needs, which subsequently led to the definition of system requirements based on international standards and best practices, instead of actual needs. Our research also showed that with a process of capturing customer needs based on systems engineering techniques, as much as 92% of the costs imposed by late design changes are avoidable.

Biography: Eldar Tranøy is a Systems Engineer in Aker Solutions. He has 5 years’ experience from the Norwegian offshore industry. His project experience includes EPC projects for semisubmersible drilling vessels and EPC projects for subsea light well intervention equipment. Since 2011 he has been working as a systems engineer in work over and well intervention projects for the Norwegian Continental shelf. He has education as a Subsea engineer from Bergen University College and as a Systems engineer from Stevens Institute of Technology and Buskerud University College.

A software centric approach to Electronic Systems Engineering, Terje Jensvik, CTO, Data Respons Norway

Title: A software centric approach to Electronic Systems Engineering.

Abstract: The underlying motivation would be the fact that SW tends to represent the major effort in engineering of modern systems, and should be given high priority in the the systems engineering project phase. This may again prove beneficial during the system integration phase.

Why is Systems Integration understood so poorly? Reflections on 3 decades of unforeseen failures, Gerrit Muller, HiBu

Why is Systems Integration understood so poorly? Reflections on 3 decades of unforeseen failures, Gerrit Muller, HiBu

Full Presentation Here!

Title: Why is Systems Integration understood so poorly? Reflections on 3 decades of unforeseen failures.

Abstract: Nearly all systems developments run into problems in the late project phases, where unforeseen surprises disrupt careful planning. We will discuss a framework for systems development and integration and use a number of examples to explore what happens during systems integration.

We assert that the entire project plan should be designed in reverse order, taking systems integration as driving concern.

Biography: Gerrit Muller, originally from the Netherlands, received his Master’s degree in physics from the University of Amsterdam in 1979. He worked from 1980 until 1997 at Philips Medical Systems as a system architect, followed by two years at ASML as a manager of systems engineering, returning to Philips (Research) in 1999. Since 2003 he has worked as a senior research fellow at the Embedded Systems Institute in Eindhoven, focusing on developing system architecture methods and the education of new system architects, receiving his doctorate in 2004. In January 2008, he became a full professor of systems engineering at Buskerud University College in Kongsberg, Norway. He continues to work as a senior research fellow at the Embedded Systems Innovations by TNO in Eindhoven in a part-time position.

All information (System Architecture articles, course material, curriculum vitae) can be found at: Gaudí systems architecting

Changing A System From Within – And Get Hit By The Unexpected Surprises, Andreas Thorvaldsen, GKN Aerospace Norway

Changing A System From Within – And Get Hit By The Unexpected  Surprises, Andreas Thorvaldsen, GKN Aerospace Norway

Title: Changing A System From Within – And Get Hit By The Unexpected  Surprises.

Abstract: Continuous improvement of manufacturing systems requires concurrency of systems engineering with production.  Production is mostly driven by delivery while manufacturing systems engineering tends to be more driven by cost reduction and a search of excellence. Systems integration of new or modified systems represents potential risks to the production system and therefore a threat to the scheduled delivery to the customers.

At GKN Aerospace Norway we are introducing a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems to handle all information related to products, production processes, production facilities and resources required for production. The integration of the PLM-system poses both technical and organizational challenges.

Biography: Andreas Thorvaldsen has nearly twenty five years of industry experience related to materials development, manufacturing and systems development both in Norsk Hydro and GKN Aerospace Norway. He received his doctorate in 1997 on grain growth in polycrystalline materials. From 1997 until 2005 he worked at Buskerud College where he started the present program on Systems Engineering. Currently his is manager of continuous improvement at GKN Aerospace Norway.

System Integration at ASML: Linking Technical Content, Test Configurations, Timing… And People! Niels Braspenning, ASML

System Integration at ASML: Linking Technical Content, Test Configurations, Timing… And People! Niels Braspenning, ASML

Title: System Integration at ASML: linking technical content, test configurations, timing… and people!

Presentation accessible here: System_Integration_at_ASML

Abstract: ASML is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment and has a lot of experience on System Integration, i.e. how to get from tens of thousands of hardware/software components to a fully integrated system that performs at the required nanometer-level specifications. The best practices from recent product integrations are combined and refined into a common way of working for System Integration that provides clarity and visibility to everyone involved. This way of working describes the definition and execution of the system integration strategy via so-called PERTs and configuration baselines, which have a strong link to the product breakdown structure and performance budgets of Systems Engineering. Furthermore, it defines a framework for consistent progress tracking of all integration steps that need to be performed by the delivering projects. Finally, it provides a structured way for making integration and test plans such that the timing of the integration steps and the required project deliveries is always clear. This way of working is key in managing the integration phase “where the going gets really tough” and where the projects need to deliver their hardware, software, and issue solutions to the test systems in the right order, at the right time, and with the right quality.

Biography: Niels Braspenning received the MSc. and Ph.D. degree at the Systems Engineering group, part of the Mechanical Engineering Department of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), the Netherlands. Since 2008, he has been working in the System Integration department at chip-making equipment manufacturer ASML in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. In the role of System Test Engineer, he has experienced the various aspects of system integration & testing, involving (sub)system integration strategy and preparation, configuration management, system reliability, issue management, and execution planning & support. Since 2010, in the role of System Test Architect, he has been focussing on high-level, full-product integration strategies, integration-driven progress tracking towards program management, and on establishing a common Way of Working for the System Integration process to be used in all programs at ASML.

Laggan Tormore Project System Test: when new Subsea Solutions For Harsh Environment Meet Reality, Benoit Le Bihan, FMC Technologies

Laggan Tormore Project System Test: when new Subsea Solutions For Harsh Environment Meet Reality, Benoit Le Bihan, FMC Technologies

Title: Laggan Tormore Project System Test: when new Subsea Solutions for Harsh Environment meet reality

Abstract: Imagine a Gas Plant to be developed in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean at 600m deep. Just think that this Plant shall be fully operated from an island located at 143km from there, and keep all their citizens warm for 30 years. This is how you could picture Laggan Tormore, a challenge FMC Technologies is eager to manage!

Such unforgiving conditions will require development of a Complex System composed of advanced specific products never designed before.  Interfaces are becoming critical, and all efforts shall be made to secure them prior to launching equipments that shall never see the daylight for decades.

Time needs to be taken at completion of the Project, and prior to delivery to analyze, review and simulate as close as possible to the reality of the field the conditions of installation and operation of our equipments. This is the true purpose of System Tests.

Biography: Benoit Le Bihan is a Project Manager for overall Subsea Production Systems.  He has been managing Design, Procurement, Fabrication, Testing and Installation of Subsea Projects for the past 10 years. Since he graduated with a MSc. In Mechanical Engineering in 2003, he built up his experience via active management directly into the field (Fabrication Sites,  Offshore Operations, management of System Tests). He is strongly involved in Lessons Learned for all System Projects and Technical Reviews for more specific Subsea Solution. He lately managed the overall System Testing for Laggan Tormore Project.