Overview
In this unit you are introduced to the discipline of Systems Engineering, and how Systems Engineering is positioned within the broader context of Systems Science. While a major emphasis is the Systems Engineering lifecycle and the benefits that arise from adopting a lifecycle perspective to system design, key design attributes (usability, reliability, maintainability and sustainability) and their integration into the overall lifecycle are also discussed. Management issues (baselines, testing, configuration management, development methodologies and standards) are addressed.
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Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Co-requisite: 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).
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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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Feedback from Unit Coordinator's Self Reflection
Students enjoy team-based authentic assignments in this unit.
Continue to provide authentic assessments in the unit.
- Use systems thinking and a lifecycle approach to analyse and devise solutions for complex problems
- Critically review the key management activities that underpin Systems Engineering projects
- Justify the use of the top-down, stakeholder focused, lifecycle driven approach that characterises the Systems Engineering process
- Critically review the key engineering activities that underpin Systems Engineering projects.
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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2 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||
3 - Written Assessment - 30% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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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
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.
l.li@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
The systems landscape
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 1
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Introduction to systems engineering
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 1
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Requirements engineering
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Conceptual design
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Preliminary design
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Detailed design and development
Construction/production
Chapter
Textbook: Chapters 5 & 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Submit assignment 1
Written Assessment Due: Week 6 Friday (22 Apr 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Operational use and system support
Testing
Chapter
Textbook: Chapters 7 & 8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Development approaches
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 11
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Design for usability
Chapter
Online materials
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Design for reliability and maintainability
Chapter
Online materials
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Producibility, disposability and sustainability
Model-based systems engineering
Chapter
Online materials
Events and Submissions/Topic
Submit assignment 2
Written Assessment Due: Week 11 Friday (27 May 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Systems engineering management
Systems engineering standards
Model-based systems engineering
Chapter
Textbook: Chapters 8 & 9
Online materials
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Submit assignment 3
Written Assessment Due: Exam Week Wednesday (15 June 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Unit Coordinator: Dr. Lily Li, CQU Rockhampton campus
Phone: +61 7 49232267
Email: l.li@cqu.edu.au
1 Written Assessment
In this group assessment, you are required to write a 2000-word report that critically analyses the conceptual design phase of a systems engineering project. Your report should address the stakeholders' needs and the system requirements. The topic and details for this assessment will be available on the unit website in Week 1.
The group must consist of 3 students. The size may be adjusted by the tutor depending on the class size.
Week 6 Friday (22 Apr 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 8 Friday (6 May 2022)
Results and feedback will be returned to the students within two weeks after the submission
The assessment criteria are as follows (total marks: 60; weighting: 30%):
- Introduction (5 marks)
- Stakeholder needs (10 marks)
- Conceptual design process (15 marks)
- System requirements (15 marks)
- Conclusion (5 marks)
- Research skills including referencing (5 marks)
- Writing skills and presentation and teamwork (5 marks)
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Use systems thinking and a lifecycle approach to analyse and devise solutions for complex problems
2 Written Assessment
In this group assignment, you are required to write a 2000-word report that critically reviews a DfX methodology of your choosing. The topic and details for this assessment are available on the unit website. Please note this is a general review of methodologies. You may or may not use the same case study from your previous assessment.
Week 11 Friday (27 May 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Review/Exam Week Friday (10 June 2022)
Results and feedback will be returned to the students within two weeks after the submission
The assessment criteria are as follows (total marks: 80; weighting: 40%):
- Introduction (5 marks)
- Overview of the methodology (purpose, inputs, outputs, staging in the life cycle, supporting processes) (20 marks)
- Discussion of
- Guidelines (10 marks)
- Tools/approaches/methods (15 marks)
- Metrics (15 marks)
- Conclusion (5 marks)
- Research skills (5 marks)
- Writing skills and presentation (5 marks)
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Critically review the key management activities that underpin Systems Engineering projects
- Justify the use of the top-down, stakeholder focused, lifecycle driven approach that characterises the Systems Engineering process
3 Written Assessment
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is an approach to address multi-disciplinary and distributed systems engineering. The growing system complexity requires new methods to keep costs, time and quality under control. In this assignment, you are required to create a short annotated bibliography on MBSE. You should annotate at least 3 articles from international journals. The word limit is around 1,500. You may or may not use the references and the case studies from your previous assessments. The topic and details for this assessment are available on the unit website.
Exam Week Wednesday (15 June 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
On certification day
The assessment criteria are as follows (total marks: 60; weighting: 30%):
- Introduction (5 marks)
- Annotations (3 references) (45 marks)
- Description (15 marks)
- Explanation (15 marks)
- Evaluation (15 marks)
- Conclusion (5 marks)
- Writing skills and presentation (5 marks)
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Use systems thinking and a lifecycle approach to analyse and devise solutions for complex problems
- Critically review the key engineering activities that underpin Systems Engineering projects.
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