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SDV — Doing Things Right in Space Programs:
System Development and Verification
Course Overview: This course bridges the fields of systems engineering, specialized engineering, and quality assurance, with an overriding theme of mission success and effective engineering. After examining the driving issues in system development for space missions, the instructor introduces ten principles for doing things right, and then presents a sound engineering process for system development that is consistent with those principles. The instructor shares many examples and real-life experiences to drive home the key points. Special emphasis is placed on requirements development, verification planning, and technical communication, with several group exercises on those topics. Topics include:
- Adopting the right attitude
- The engineering process
- Developing and specifying requirements
- Verification and quality insurance
- Reducing cost without compensating quality
- Responsibility and accepting risks
Target Audience: All engineers and managers involved in procuring, specifying, designing, producing, or testing space or launch vehicles
Course Developers and Instructors: Tom Sarafin and Poti Doukas
Course Length: Three full days or five 5-hour days; condensed 16–hour and 20–hour versions also available