Overview
Systems engineering considers both the business and the technical needs of all customers, with the goal of providing a quality product that meets the user requirements. In this unit you will focus on the realisation and deployment of successful systems through the structured development process that proceeds through the entire systems life-cycle.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite or Corequisite BUSN20016 Research in Business
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2020
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator reflection
The learning outcomes focus on specific aspects of the systems engineering lifecycle, leaving little scope for broader aspects of systems science to be covered
Review learning outcomes and unit content to ensure sufficient coverage of systems science
Feedback from Tertiary Education Division and Course Committee
Is an exam essential for the unit?
Review the assessment regime to identify an appropriate end of term assessment item
- Describe the processes of development and management of systems over the systems life cycle
- Critically evaluate the importance of feedback control loop and human factors in the preliminary and detailed system design
- Critically evaluate and report the common management processes used in the development, implementation and disposal of real or simulated systems
- Apply appropriate processes in the optimisation of systems using reliability testing, sustainability and evaluation.
N/A
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||
| 3 - Take Home Exam - 50% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
| 4 - Research | ||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||
| 3 - Take Home Exam - 50% | ||||||||
Textbooks
Systems Engineering Practice
Revised Edition (2018) (2018)
Authors: M.J. Ryan and I. Faulconbridge
Argos Press
Canberra Canberra , ACT , Australia
ISBN: 978-1-921138-07-2
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
If you prefer to study with a paper copy, they are available at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code). eBooks are available at the publisher's website.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- MS Office
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
k.l.perera@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
The systems landscape
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 1
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Intoduction to Systems Engineering
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 1
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Requirements engineering
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Conceptual design
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Preliminary design
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Detailed design and development; Construction/production
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 5; Textbook: Chapter 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Operational use and system support; Testing
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 7; Textbook: Chapter 8
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Development approaches
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 11
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Design for usability
Chapter
Online material
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Design for reliability and maintainability
Chapter
Online material
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Producibility, disposability and sustainability
Chapter
Online material
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Systems engineering management; Systems Engineering Standards
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 8; Textbook: Chapter 9
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Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
In this group assignment (the group size is to be 3, although variations may need to be made by the tutor depending on the class size) you are to critically review a key Systems Engineering process or practice. The review is to be general - there is no requirement for it to be grounded in a case study. The topic and details for this assessment will be available on the unit website in Week 1.
Week 6 Friday (28 Aug 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Two weeks after the due date.
Marking Assessment Criteria: Total marks out of 60; weighting is 30%.
- Introduction (5 marks)
- Stakeholder needs (10 marks)
- Conceptual design process (20 marks)
- System requirements (5 marks)
- Conclusion (5 marks)
- Research skills (10 marks)
- Layout and presentation (5 marks)
- Describe the processes of development and management of systems over the systems life cycle
- Critically evaluate the importance of feedback control loop and human factors in the preliminary and detailed system design
- Critically evaluate and report the common management processes used in the development, implementation and disposal of real or simulated systems
- Apply appropriate processes in the optimisation of systems using reliability testing, sustainability and evaluation.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 Written Assessment
In this group assignment (the group size is to be 3, although variations may need to be made by the tutor depending on the class size) you are to critically review a key Systems Engineering process or practice. The review is to be general - there is no requirement for it to be grounded in a case study. The topic and details for this assessment will be available on the unit website in Week 1
Week 11 Friday (2 Oct 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Two weeks after the due date.
Marking Assessment Criteria: Total marks out of 40; weighting is 20%.
- Introduction (2.5 marks)
- Overview of the process / practice (purpose, inputs, outputs, staging, supporting processes) (5 marks)
- Discussion of the approaches/methods typically employed in the process / practice (20 marks)
- Conclusion (2.5 marks)
- Research skills (5 marks)
- Layout and presentation (5 marks)
- Describe the processes of development and management of systems over the systems life cycle
- Critically evaluate the importance of feedback control loop and human factors in the preliminary and detailed system design
- Critically evaluate and report the common management processes used in the development, implementation and disposal of real or simulated systems
- Apply appropriate processes in the optimisation of systems using reliability testing, sustainability and evaluation.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
3 Take Home Exam
Take-home exam should take you about 3 hours to complete. However, you will be given a 24-hour period, during which time you will need to download the exam questions from the unit’s Moodle website, provide typed answers to the questions in a Word document and upload this document in the submission area in Moodle.
You will be required to download the question paper from the "Take-home exam" assessment area on the moodle when the link becomes available (the date and the time will be notified). The assessment area will contain the submission link. You are to upload your completed Word document in Moodle before the due date and time.
Exam advice will be made available in Week 10.
Review/Exam Week Friday (16 Oct 2020) 9:00 am AEST
online individual
The marks for your assessed answer script will be made available on Certification of Grades day
There are 5 essay type questions each contains two parts (a) and (b).
- Describe the processes of development and management of systems over the systems life cycle
- Critically evaluate the importance of feedback control loop and human factors in the preliminary and detailed system design
- Critically evaluate and report the common management processes used in the development, implementation and disposal of real or simulated systems
- Apply appropriate processes in the optimisation of systems using reliability testing, sustainability and evaluation.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
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What is a breach of academic integrity?
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