UK Chapter

Please note the slightly non-standard start time.

Oliver Bratton is Operations Director, European Business, for MTR Corporation Ltd and will provide his personal point of view about how systems thinking may be used to leverage rail technology to get the best outcome for passengers.

If you are thinking of coming along, do try and get there at 1730H for for AGM. Our AGMs are quick and low-peril - no-one gets dragooned onto the committee - but they are your opportunity to hold us to account. If you might want to join the committee, however, we should be pleased to hear from you in advance - give me a call.

Agenda

Progress on actions.

Progress against Plan

ASEC2015

  paper

  presentation

  poster

Paul has held senior positions in INCOSE, academia and the defence and rail sectors, which gives him an unusually broad viewpoint on good and not-so-good practice in managing interfaces. Paul will point out some some quite basic gaps in the way in which we manage interfaces and outline some specific problems about managing interfaces in rail before suggesting some best-practice heuristics and principles that may guide improved practice.

• Gary Smith, INCOSE UK ESEP and INCOSE Healthcare Ambassador will present work he’s undertaken in collaboration with Brigitte Daniel Allegro of INCOSE France.
• Each year in the UK, it is estimated that more than 100,000 people are admitted to hospital with sepsis and around 37,000 people will die as a result of the condition.
• It is a highly complex condition and spans many systems - biological, healthcare, medical technologies, as well as social and economic systems.
• This free event is open to all, and in particular to anyone interested in solving complex problems, systems engineers, healthcare practitioners and commissioners.
• There will be an opportunity to ask questions, share experiences and meet like minded professionals.

Here is something new: a site visit, in this case the systems integration laboratory where the Thameslink project is integrating and testing new ETCS and ATO technology in a simulated rail environment in Southwark. There will also be an opportunity to learn about the other phases of testing in the Hertford Loop and in the Thameslink core. We are grateful to Network Rail for the opportunity to explore the right hand side of the 'V' lifecycle and to demonstrate that it is possible to get one's hands dirty with more than whiteboard marker ink while doing systems engineering.

Agenda

Dealing with review comments on the SSE ISEC2015 paper

Progress against plan

Actions for next meeting

• Cranfield University and the Defence Academy invites INCOSE UK local working groups to its defence vehicle hall in the Defence Capability Centre to receive a guided tour and see systems engineering research and work presented by current research engineers.
• There will also be opportunities to see and meet other staff at Cranfield University and to question, review, and find out more about the leading systems engineering work taking place there.
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