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Course Information
Course Description
Enterprise systems engineering is a multidisciplinary approach combining systems
engineering and strategic management to address methods and approaches for
aligning system architectures with enterprise business rules and the underlying IT
architecture; development and implementation consistent with enterprise strategic
objectives; and the total enterprise system and capabilities, with diverse complex
subsystems. This course uses the systems engineering life cycle as a framework for
linking outcome-based engineering analysis and decision making with enterprise
strategic objectives, addressing methods and tools for managing complexity,
determining measures of effectiveness, and assessing return on investment from an
engineering perspective. The complex nature of enterprises will be discussed,
including the multiplicity of technical and business components involved in delivering
enterprise capability, as well as methods for modeling and analysis of their
interdependence. Business and technical interdependencies among infrastructure,
computing, applications, services, and end-user environments will be discussed.
Particular attention will be paid to outcome-based management, understanding total
cost of ownership for delivered capabilities, and end-to-end systems engineering.

Prerequisites
645.769 System Test and Evaluation or advisor and instructor approval. Course
Note(s): Selected as one of the electives in the Master of Science in Engineering or
Master of Science program or a required course for the post-master’s certificate.

Course Goal
Through the application of independent research, critical thinking skills, and class
interaction; students are asked to establish a working definition of enterprise systems
engineering and its relationship to conventional systems engineering and systems-
of-systems engineering; and to apply this knowledge to the development of an
enterprise systems engineering process model designed to address some of the
enterprise-level challenges being experienced in Government and Industry.

Course Objectives
 By the end of the course, students should be able to:
· Identify the significant similarities and differences between Systems
Engineering, System-of-Systems Engineering, and Enterprise Systems
Engineering.
· Develop critical thinking skills in the area of Enterprise Systems Engineering
by critiquing research and recommending approaches to improve or correct
the research.
· Adapt existing Systems Engineering techniques applying critical thinking
skills to develop new System-of-System approaches to solve Enterprise
Systems Engineering problems.
· Construct an Enterprise Systems Engineering model applying critical
thinking skills to support the evolution of a complex enterprise system.
· Use Enterprise Systems Engineering appropriate critical thinking skills to
judge an Enterprise Systems Engineering model's ability to address
challenges unique to complex enterprise systems.

When This Course is Typically Offered


This course is offerred on-line in the fall and spring semesters (14 weeks) and live
during the summer semester (12 weeks).
Syllabus
 ESE Overview
 Critical Thinking
 Foundations of Modeling
 ESE Process Model
 Systems Thinking
 Leadership in the Enterprise
 System of Systems
 Enterprise Architecture Development
 Assessments and Complexity

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