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Systems Engineering Collaboration Hub
“System engineering is a robust approach to the design, creation, and operation of systems. In simple terms, the approach consists of identification and quantification of system goals, creation of alternative system design concepts, performance of design trades, selection and implementation of the best design, verification that the design is properly built and integrated, and post-implementation assessment of how well the system meets (or met) the goals.” NASA Systems engineering handbook, 1995. “The Art and Science of creating effective systems, using whole system, whole life principles" OR "The Art and Science of creating optimal solution systems to complex issues and problems.” Derek Hitchins, Prof. of Systems Engineering, former president of INCOSE (UK), 2007.

The Systems Engineering Collaboration Hub is based on standards such as PLCS and AP233 in the ISO 10303 family of standards. The rich information model makes integration easy.

The development of complex products is an increasingly collaborative activity typically across the virtual/extended enterprise involving the use of a multitude of Systems Engineering (SE) tools. The need for a rich data sharing environment is essential to support the complex SE projects of today and tomorrow. In heterogeneous environment there is a need to be able to use a variety of best of breed tools whilst having access to all relevant product information across the product's lifecycle. The information needs to be managed over time and in a secure way, protecting IPR.

Systems Engineering Issues and Opportunities:

  • Increase corporate knowledge

  • Share information with the whole team including across the extended enterprise

  • Manage requirements collaboratively

  • Reduce time and cost of change management across the product lifecycle

  • Manage risk, issue and impact sharing between departments and over corporate boundaries

  • Consolidate and make available SE information for use in business intelligence, cost performance and ERP applications

  • Long term archive data using ISO standards

Download SE Collaboration Hub leaflet

Read more:

STEP AP233 Engineering from PDT Europe 2009

Cost engineering enabled by PLM standards from PDT Europe 2009

 A Shared Data Environment for Requirements

 Using Systems Engineering Standards in an Architecture Framework