INCOSE SA Chapter Meetings (Western Cape)

Chapter Meetings (Western Cape)

This channel contains highlights from Western Cape Chapter Meetings. Various notable guest speakers are invited to talk about different aspects of the engineering of systems, the development of technical systems, the management of human systems and the complexity and challenges that accompanies it.
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38 Episodes
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Robert Halligan - "An Overview of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015"

ISO/IEC 15288 – "Systems and Software Engineering - System Life Cycle Processes" has had a chequered history. Does the release on 15 May 2015 of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015 mark the commencement of a new era? Robert believes so. The importance of the release of this new version of the standard cannot…
8 Oct 2015 1 hr 07 min

Prof. Alan Brent – The Western Cape Green Economy Model (WeCaGEM)

Prof. Alan Brent – "Using System Dynamics to investigate transition and investment scenarios: The Western Cape Green Economy Model (WeCaGEM)" Transitioning to a green economy presents opportunities and challenges for not only national governments, but also provincial and local governments. Within the South African context, a green economy transition is…
20 Aug 2015 45 min

"Industrial Symbiosis and the Circular Economy." - Sally-Anne Käsner

Industrial Symbiosis is the collaboration between organisations to achieve resource efficiency, with particular focus on material and energy exchange. IS has evolved over the years in terms of scale and types of exchanges; however the motivation for the implementation of an IS approach by companies is the (typically mutual) benefits…
2 Jul 2015 1 hour

Why Systems Engineering … ?

Why Systems Engineering …? Presented by Gerhard Swart. Gerhard is a multi-disciplinary Systems Engineer and Technology Strategist, consulting from his company Alphadot (Pty) Ltd. Alphadot helps customers achieve the profitable commercialisation of products based on high-impact local technologies, particularly in the fields of Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles. He hopes…
19 Feb 2015 1 hr 07 min

South Africa's Energy Outlook

South Africa's Energy Outlook - Presented by Kobus Meiring. Kobus was born in Paarl, matriculated at Paarl Boys High and graduated at the University of Stellenbosch as a mechanical engineer. He started his career at Denel Aviation in 1988 and was appointed Rooivalk Programme Manager in 1997, a position he…
20 Nov 2014 1 hr 05 min

Systems Engineering in Turbulent Times

Systems Engineering in Turbulent Times. Presented by David Long. For over twenty years, David Long has focused on enabling, applying, and advancing model-based systems engineering (MBSE) to help transform the state of the systems engineering practice. David is the founder and president of Vitech Corporation where he developed CORE®, a…
23 Oct 2014 55 min

Francois Retief - INCOSE Certification and the Systems Engineering Handbook

INCOSE Certification and the Systems Engineering Handbook. Presented by Francois Retief. What is the value of INCOSE Certification? What are the various certification types and what are their requirements? What processes do I need to follow to become certified? What experience do I need and what can I expect in…
17 Jul 2014 1 hour

Ad Sparrius: Requirements Traceability

Requirements traceability and the issues that surround it will be discussed. What precisely is meant with traceability? What needs to trace to what? The life cycle of a requirement. Is there a difference between elicitation traceability and requirement traceability? Tree-up tracing versus tree-down tracing. What objective evidence proves traceability? Which…
27 Mar 2014 1 hr 09 min

Rudolph Louw: Wits TCSE

Wits TCSE: Systems Engineering training and education in context of a major South African Soc: Transnet and its LTPF and Market Demand Strategy (MDS). Presented by Rudolph Louw.
27 Feb 2014 1 hr 13 min

Robert Halligan: System Engineering

Why the leading technology-based enterprises of the world embrace Systems Engineering as a set of principles and methods. - Presented by Robert Halligan. (Note that only the last part of the audio presentation is available.)
13 Nov 2013 31 min

Ad Sparrius: Shall we spiral?

Shall we spiral? - Presented by Ad Sparrius who has been awarded four degrees—B Sc, B Eng, MSEE, and MBL, and is professor extraordinarius at UNISA’s Graduate School for Business Leadership.
18 Jun 2013 49 min

Lizette Retief: Large Scale Software System Development

Large Scale Software System Development - The role of 'creating systems engineering'. The talk will present the application of enterprise and enabling systems engineering principles during the development of the modernised SARS Customs and Border management system at Interfront SOC Ltd over the past 4 years. This centralised system, that…
11 Apr 2013 1 hr 14 min

Prof John Powell: Hybrid System Methodology

Year-End Function. Hybrid System Methodology: How to involve humans, knowledge and the laws of physics in the same system. Presented by Prof John Powell, Director of Stellenbosch University Business School.
8 Nov 2012 53 min

Coming in Under Par: What Golf can teach us about Systems Engineering by David Walden

David Walden’s lighthearted presentation seeks to do more than just entertain. Analogies between the proven approaches in both Golf and Systems Engineering will shine some light on the challenges Systems Engineers face in today’s dynamic environment. David Walden is recognised by INCOSE as an ESEP with a wealth of experience…
23 Aug 2012 56 min

Dr Richard Lord : The Acquisition of KAT-7

KAT-7 is a prototype system of the MeerKAT project – a world class radio telescope being developed in the Karoo. The KAT-7 is nearing completion and is in the final stages of establishing its operational baseline. KAT-7 is a critical stepping stone in the MeerKAT project and many valuable lessons…
16 Aug 2012 52 min
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