MISC.

Question 1

What are the 3 dimensions of systems engineering?

Answer 1

People, processes, technologies

Question 2

Architecture is the ____ between needs and scoping.

Answer 2

Link

Question 3

Name 4 Space Qualifying Tests:

Answer 3

1. Fit Check
2. Modal Survey
3. Thermal cycling
4. Thermal vacuum

Question 4

The project plan describes:

Answer 4

The who, what, when how, and how much of a project.

Question 5

Pros and Cons of Matrix Organizational Model:

Answer 5

Pros:
- wide range of talent working on project
- Only need to pay for personnel on a need basis
Cons:
- sharing management with another manager
- workers only on project temporarily (require acclimation)

Question 6

List some risk “trigger questions”:

Answer 6

1. Do the designs or requirements push the current state of the art?
2. Has an independent cost estimate (ICE) been performed?
3. Is the schedule adequate enough to handle changes in the requirements or objectives?
4. Have we identified facilities for all environmental tests? (space env tests)

Question 7

” ____ _____” capture risk lessons learned in the past.

Answer 7

Trigger Questions

Question 8

List some inputs to a typical cost model:

Answer 8

1. Weight
2. Quantities
3. Complexity factors
4. Analogous data points

Question 9

We want the S-Curve to ______ as a project matures.

Answer 9

Tighten.

Question 10

What happened with the NOAA-N failure?

Answer 10

• people forgot to tighten the bolts on the stand, satellite fell over
• engineers moving the satellite that day did not go through proper verification process for safety
• $ 135 Million Mistake
• Pushed timeline back 5 years

Question 11

What happened with the FIA project?

Answer 11

Future Imagery Architecture

• poor systems engineering
• project cost estimation poor
• poor project scheduling and phasing
• poor technology readiness assessment
• project cancellation

Question 12

Gentry Lee’s List:

Answer 12

1. Intellectual Curiosity
2. Ability to make system wide connections
3. Comfortable with uncertainty/unknowns
4. Healthy paranoia
5. Good team member and leader
6. Self confident and decisive
7. Appreciation for process
8. Two-way communicator
9. Diverse technical skills
10. Comfortable with change.
11. Ability to see the big picture

Question 13

Name some design fundamentals:

Answer 13

1. make temporary questionable decisions
2. KISS
3. descoping
4. use independent peer reviews

Question 14

What happened with the genesis mission?

Answer 14

G-switch installed incorrectly

• Verification reqs not clear enough
• Function was verified, but not output
• did not validate/verify because it was a FULL HERITAGE DESIGN

Question 15

Gold rule for heritage designs:

Answer 15

Test it as if it were new, brand new design.