http://www.incose.org.za 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. Technology en Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:52:43 +0200 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:54:36 +0200 30 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss iono.fm 2.5.2.0 INCOSE SA no Yearly feeds@iono.fm (Feed Manager) https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p25/logo_123_20250910_215212_1400.jpeg http://www.incose.org.za This channel contains highlights from Western Cape Chapter Meetings. INCOSE SA episodic INCOSE SA francois.retief@iono.fm false ZA https://iono.fm/e/672504 https://iono.fm/e/672504 • What is the role of a paper in a profession?
• What is the difference between a presentation, a conference paper, and a journal paper?
• The double-blind paper review process determines the quality of a paper.
• System engineering is a social science and demands social science research.
• Who should write a paper? What’s in it for the author? INCOSE SA Website]]> Technology Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:53:00 +0200 0 0 INCOSE SA Western Cape Branch Event: How to write a paper for INCOSE International Symposium (IS) in 2020 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:22:14 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/613683 https://iono.fm/e/613683 For 25 years, David Long has focused on helping organisations increase their systems engineering proficiency while simultaneously working to advance the state of the art across the community. David is the founder and president of Vitech Corporation, where he developed CORE™, a leading systems engineering software environment. He co-authored A Primer for Model-Based Systems Engineering, and is a frequent presenter at industry events around the world. A committed member of the systems community and ESEP, David is the immediate past president INCOSE. ]]> Technology Fri, 12 Oct 2018 17:35:00 +0200 0 0 Evolving MBSE to Enable the Digital Future 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:01:59 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/605168 https://iono.fm/e/605168
Ad Sparius holds a BSc BEng (Electronic Engineering), University of Stellenbosch, Master of Science in Electronic Engineering (MSEE), University of California, Berkeley and Master of Business Leadership (MBL) (cum laude), University of South Africa. He was awarded the Council medal for the best student. Professor Extraordinarius at the Graduate School for Business Leadership, UNISA. Ad teaches project management courses for UNISA’s Graduate School for Business Leadership and post-graduate courses at the Graduate School for Technology Management of the University of Pretoria. He is the research study leader for numerous master degree students at both the University of South Africa (Master of Business Leadership) as well as the University of Pretoria (Master of Engineering Management and Master of Project Management). Joined the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. He became Assistant Director responsible for the planning and execution of all electronics activities, including radar, computer systems and electro-optics. He was appointed Associate Professor in Electronic Engineering at the University of Pretoria where he developed and taught post-graduate courses in engineering management, logistics management and system engineering. He also developed and taught post-graduate courses in the theory and practice of search radars and tracking radars. ]]> Technology Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:30:00 +0200 0 0 Using the requirements Tree -Ad Sparrius 0 0 INCOSE SA full 58:17 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/597409 https://iono.fm/e/597409 • Serves as a valuable resource for policy makers and also postgraduate students conducting research using systems analysis thinking.
• Provides an analytical foundation for the management and governance of natural resources, disasters, and climate change
• Includes scientific and strategic analysis to better understand the dynamics of future energy transitions, their main driving forces, enabling factors, barriers, as well as their consequences
• Improve our understanding of ecosystems and their management in today’s changing world
• Provides support for policy makers in developing rational, realistic and science-based regional, national and global strategies for the production of fuel and food.

Dr. Priscilla Mensah is Director in the Human and Infrastructure Capacity Development Directorate of the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa.

Dr Sepo Hachigonta is Director of Strategic Partnerships at the NRF of South Africa. ]]> Technology Tue, 28 Aug 2018 18:45:00 +0200 0 0 Priscilla Mensah and Sepo Hachigonta - Showcasing South Africa’s investments in Systems Analysis 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:00:11 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/463682 https://iono.fm/e/463682 Dr Tobias Bischof-Niemz is the Centre Manager: Energy at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria, where he leads the establishment of an integrated energy research centre and a growing team of scientists and engineers. Before joining the CSIR, he was with South Africa's electric utility Eskom in the Energy Planning Unit, where he was part of the team that developed the long-term power-capacity expansion plan (Integrated Resource Plan - IRP) for South Africa. Dr. Bischof-Niemz is member of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Energy (MACE) that advises Minister Joemat-Pettersson on long-term, strategic energy topics. Presentation Slides — PDF (8.5 MB)]]> Technology Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:25:00 +0200 0 0 Dr Tobias Bischof-Niemz – Energy modelling in the South African Power and Energy 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:47:29 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/420129 https://iono.fm/e/420129 Presentation Slides — PDF (1.8 MB)]]> Technology Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:00:00 +0200 0 0 Hanno Retief – Comparing sequential vs. incremental software development models 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:05:58 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/391161 https://iono.fm/e/391161 Alwyn is a founding member of the South African Chapter of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE SA) and an INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP). He has served on the INCOSE SA management team in numerous roles including President. He is currently a co-opted member of the INCOSE SA Chapter Management Committee, a member of the Western Cape branch as well as an appointed INCOSE Ambassador. Alwyn is also a member of the System Dynamics Society and the International Institute of Business Analysis.
Alwyn was a member of the South African Bureau of Standards Working Group SC-71C on Systems and Software Life Cycle Processes. He has also represented South Africa on the ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7 Working Group 7 (WG7) on Systems and Software Life Cycle Processes, developing the international systems engineering standard ISO/IEC 15288.
Alwyn teaches postgraduate modules in Systems Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), Johannesburg.
Since joining the PPI team, Alwyn has delivered public and on-site systems engineering related training in Australia, Europe, South America, South Africa and the USA. Presentation Slides — PDF (1.0 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 23 Feb 2017 19:00:00 +0200 0 0 Alwyn Smit - Getting the Most out of "Work" Breakdown Structure 0 0 INCOSE SA full 49:13 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/360098 https://iono.fm/e/360098 Since then he is the Executive Chair for Vastech. Dr Barnard served on numerous boards and played a major role in establishing the importance of systems engineering and other technological capabilities for South Africa. ]]> Technology Thu, 24 Nov 2016 19:00:00 +0200 0 0 Dr Willem Barnard- Organizational Development in the Information Age 0 0 INCOSE SA full 47:55 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/343480 https://iono.fm/e/343480
While agile approaches aim at delivering often high quality batches of the system, they also run the risk of overseeing problems with the design of the user interface. To many people, the user interface is just a thin layer of coat covering the underlying system. But this is not true in the majority of cases: users will rebel against such user interfaces, leading to low productivity, low acceptance, too many errors, refusal to learn to use new features, boycott of the system, etc.

In this talk we will see how agile approaches that strive to make the software development process controllable can be coupled to usage-centred development practices so that usable software can be delivered in time and with the expected quality.

Giorgio Brajnik is Associate Professor at the University of Udine, Italy, where he teaches usage-centred development of web sites and object oriented programming. Recently he cofounded Interaction Design Solutions, a spinoff company specialized in software quality and automated testing methods; it helps software companies to produce better software.
Giorgio is part of the International SKA development team and is visiting South Africa for the annual SKA Engineering Meeting. Presentation slides — PDF (3.4 MB) · Presenter photo — JPG (29.9 KB)]]> Technology Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:00:00 +0200 0 0 Giorgio Brajnik - Agile usage-centred software development 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:18:48 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/329496 https://iono.fm/e/329496 Systems engineering remains a young discipline – one that must continue to learn and evolve, one where transitions should be viewed as waypoints along a journey rather than destinations themselves. While work remains to ensure the transformation to model-based techniques is both efficient and effective, it is time for the systems engineering community to begin looking beyond MBSE. When model-based is simply the way organizations practice systems engineering, what is the next evolution required to address next generation problems and deliver the organizational value required? How must the systems engineering practice evolve? What can we begin doing today – even in the continued implementation and adoption of MBSE – to prepare ourselves and our organizations to make that transition? Looking at the journey to date and the opportunities in the future, how can we characterize the next leg of the journey and plot a path forward for ourselves, our organizations, and the greater systems engineering practice? For over twenty years, David Long has focused on helping organizations increase their systems engineering proficiency while simultaneously working to advance the state of the art across the community. David is the founder and president of Vitech Corporation where he developed CORE®, a leading systems engineering software environment. He co-authored the book A Primer for Model-Based Systems Engineering and is a frequent presenter at industry events around the world. A committed member of the systems community, David is the immediate past president of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), a 10,000 member professional organization focused on sharing, promoting, and advancing the best of systems engineering. Presentation Slides — PDF (6.3 MB)]]> Technology Mon, 05 Sep 2016 19:00:00 +0200 0 0 David Long - Beyond MBSE: Looking towards the Next Evolution in Systems 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:07:39 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/293380 https://iono.fm/e/293380
Born and raised in Germany until 15 years of age, Dietmar has a professional background in Aeronautical Engineering, specifically missile/rocket propulsion and gun-projectile aerodynamics as well as in the area of technology and senior management. He graduated as an Aeronautical Engineer from Stellenbosch in 1977 and completed his Masters degree (1986) and first PhD (Eng) from the University of Pretoria (1988). He obtained a second doctorate in 2005 (Dr.-Ing) from the University of Johannesburg in Engineering and Technology Management.
For 15 years he worked in the SA Defense Industry on complex, multi-disciplinary Systems as Technical Specialist, Systems Engineer and Senior Manager.
He decided to leave “Big Corporate” at end of 1989 and switched to being an entrepreneur. Since then, Dietmar has been working mainly in Europe (from Finland to Cyprus and from Turkey to the UK and many places in-between), as well as the USA. He has worked in various prestigious organisations, mainly as in-house Workshop Facilitator for companies and organisations to assist with Business Transformation, Business Leadership, Business Strategy Development in a variety of non-defense related industries.
Since 1999, Dietmar has authored and co-authored more than 25 peer reviewed research papers and presented these at numerous international conferences. He frequently acts as external examiner for Master and PhD Dissertations and from time to time as Study Leader for PhDs with international students. Based on his wide experience, Dietmar acts as Business Coach at Middle and senior Management Level mainly in the English-speaking world. Presentation Slides — PDF (1.7 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 26 May 2016 19:00:00 +0200 0 0 Dr. Dietmar Winzker - "Systems Engineering, Innovation and Leadership" 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:35:19 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/234279 https://iono.fm/e/234279 Chantell holds a BSc in Chemistry, a post-graduate Higher Diploma in Education, an Executive MBA from the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, and has studied Strategic Negotiation through Harvard Business School in Boston. It was at UCT where she first met Anglo America’s Clem Sunter and shared her ideas on scenario planning that lead to the writing of their best-selling books The Mind of a Fox, Games Foxes Play and Socrates and the Fox. The three books were later published together as The Fox Trilogy in 2011.

Chantell is also a guest lecturer on strategy and scenario planning at a number of top business schools, and is an accomplished speaker on scenarios and effective strategy in times of uncertainty. As a scenario strategist she works across a diverse array of sectors including energy, resources, mining, agriculture, transportation, industrial and manufacturing activities, and with teams as far afield as the UK, the US, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Ukraine, Australia, Jamaica, Kuwait, Singapore, India, Réunion Island, as well as throughout Southern and Central Africa. PRESENTATION SLIDES — PDF (1.5 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2015 19:00:00 +0200 0 0 Chantell Ilbury – "Welcome to the Age of The Fox…thinking the future" 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:07:21 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/218421 https://iono.fm/e/218421 Technology Thu, 08 Oct 2015 09:10:00 +0200 0 0 Robert Halligan - "An Overview of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015" 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:07:24 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/205448 https://iono.fm/e/205448 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 recognised as one of the key pathways towards achieving an environmentally sustainable, resource efficient, low-carbon economy, and a just society.
For the Western Cape Province of South Africa, several sectors have been identified as capable of playing a key role in the government’s effort to transition towards a green economy and becoming one of the leading green economic hubs of Africa. To achieve this transition, however, requires trans-disciplinary, integrated approaches to manage and plan the identified sectors. Using system dynamics, a Western Cape Green Economy Model (WeCaGEM) was developed to investigate the complexity involved in response to a green economy transition in the Western Cape Province.
The model specifically focusses on green economy investment efforts in water, agriculture, transport infrastructure, renewable energies, energy production, carbon mitigation, and public services. The preliminary baseline results aim to validate simulated results with historical data. Future development of the model will involve validation with experts, establishing plausible or planned scenarios with experts, and analysing green economy investment scenarios. Presentation Slides — PDF (12.2 MB) · Accompanying Paper — PDF (452.0 KB)]]> Technology Thu, 20 Aug 2015 16:09:00 +0200 0 0 Prof. Alan Brent – The Western Cape Green Economy Model (WeCaGEM) 0 0 INCOSE SA full 45:15 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/201004 https://iono.fm/e/201004
The need to increase the efficiency of resource use can be closely linked to another important concept, namely the Circular Economy. The Circular Economy refers to an industrial economy that is restorative by intention; aims to rely on renewable energy; minimises, tracks, and ideally eliminates the use of toxic chemicals; and eradicates waste through careful design.

The presentation will outline Industrial Symbiosis and the Circular Economy as approaches to move to a more cyclical economy from the present linear economy, using examples of how these could be achieved. Presentation Slides (PDF) — PDF (1.7 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 02 Jul 2015 15:08:00 +0200 0 0 "Industrial Symbiosis and the Circular Economy." - Sally-Anne Käsner 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:00:06 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/143365 https://iono.fm/e/143365 Gerhard has previously taken a technical leadership role in several high-profile development projects such as the weapons system for the Rooivalk Attack Helicopter and the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT). He has also worked abroad as an Integration Team Leader for the Hong Kong International Airport. More recently he was a co-founder and the Chief Technical Officer of Optimal Energy, the developer of South Africa’s first Electric Vehicle, the Joule. In this process he has become a recognised authority in technology innovation, product development and various technologies. Presentation Slides — PDF (2.0 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 19 Feb 2015 18:00:00 +0200 0 0 Why Systems Engineering … ? 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:07:08 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/118198 https://iono.fm/e/118198
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 held until the first aircraft was delivered into service.

Kobus then moved to Cape Town as Project Manager of the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), which he managed from inception to handover in 2005.

After that he co-founded Optimal Energy, where the Joule electric car was developed. A number of “customer ready” prototypes were built, tested and displayed at International shows.

Kobus joined juwi at the beginning of 2014 as Operations Director, in which position he is responsible for all juwi South Africa’s projects (EPC and development) as well as O&M.

He is married to Rouxnette since 1989 and they have four teenage children. ]]> Technology Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:30:00 +0200 0 0 South Africa's Energy Outlook 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:05:01 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/110041 https://iono.fm/e/110041
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 leading systems engineering software environment. He co-authored the book A Primer for Model-Based Systems Engineering and is a frequent presenter at industry events around the world. A committed member of the systems community, David is president of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), a 10 000 member professional organization focused on sharing, promoting, and advancing the best of systems engineering.
David holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering Science and Mechanics, as well as a master's degree in Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech. Presentation Slides — PDF (3.7 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:00:00 +0200 0 0 Systems Engineering in Turbulent Times 0 0 INCOSE SA full 55:07 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/96464 https://iono.fm/e/96464 INCOSE Introduction — PDF (1.4 MB) · Presentation Slides — PDF (4.2 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:08:00 +0200 0 0 The integration of Design Thinking and System Thinking 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:12:34 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/101115 https://iono.fm/e/101115 Technology Thu, 17 Jul 2014 17:30:00 +0200 0 0 Francois Retief - INCOSE Certification and the Systems Engineering Handbook 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:00:09 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/101366 https://iono.fm/e/101366 Presentation Slides — PDF (3.9 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:09:00 +0200 0 0 Feedback of the INCOSE International Workshop held in LA. 0 0 INCOSE SA full 15:44 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/78850 https://iono.fm/e/78850 Presentation Slides — PDF (1.0 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:30:00 +0200 0 0 Ad Sparrius: Requirements Traceability 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:09:34 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/75987 https://iono.fm/e/75987 Presentation Slides — PDF (4.0 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:30:00 +0200 0 0 Rudolph Louw: Wits TCSE 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:13:19 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/64685 https://iono.fm/e/64685 Technology Wed, 20 Nov 2013 17:00:00 +0200 0 0 Prof Eugene Cloete: Achieving the Extraordinary with Ordinary people 0 0 INCOSE SA full 42:09 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/64424 https://iono.fm/e/64424 (Note that only the last part of the audio presentation is available.) Presentation Slides — PDF (6.2 MB)]]> Technology Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:30:00 +0200 0 0 Robert Halligan: System Engineering 0 0 INCOSE SA full 31:42 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/60693 https://iono.fm/e/60693 Presentation Slides — PDF (5.4 MB)]]> Technology Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:00:00 +0200 0 0 David Mason: INCOSE Student Division 0 0 INCOSE SA full 59:19 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/58888 https://iono.fm/e/58888 Presentation Slides — PDF (3.1 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 12 Sep 2013 18:00:00 +0200 0 0 Daniël Malherbe: Systems Engineering Models as Intellectual Capital Lego Blocks 0 0 INCOSE SA full 38:21 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/50066 https://iono.fm/e/50066 Presentation Slides — PDF (574.0 KB)]]> Technology Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:00:00 +0200 0 0 Ad Sparrius: Shall we spiral? 0 0 INCOSE SA full 49:17 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/50584 https://iono.fm/e/50584 Presentation Slides — PDF (1.7 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0200 0 0 Lizette Retief: Large Scale Software System Development 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:14:00 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/31913 https://iono.fm/e/31913 Presentation Slides — PDF (1.6 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:30:00 +0200 0 0 Prof John Powell: Hybrid System Methodology 0 0 INCOSE SA full 53:05 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/26455 https://iono.fm/e/26455 Presentation Slides — PDF (801.3 KB)]]> Technology Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:30:00 +0200 0 0 Coming in Under Par: What Golf can teach us about Systems Engineering by David Walden 0 0 INCOSE SA full 56:03 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/33622 https://iono.fm/e/33622 Presentation Slides — PDF (2.6 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:00:00 +0200 0 0 Dr Richard Lord : The Acquisition of KAT-7 0 0 INCOSE SA full 52:03 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/23290 https://iono.fm/e/23290 Presentation Slides — PDF (5.7 MB)]]> Technology Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:00:00 +0200 0 0 Philip Barret: System Engineering 0 0 INCOSE SA full 52:19 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/18900 https://iono.fm/e/18900 Presentation Slides — PDF (5.1 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0200 0 0 Robert Halligan: The Business Case for Systems Engineering 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:21:18 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/15325 https://iono.fm/e/15325 Presentation Slides — PDF (2.2 MB)]]> Technology Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:00:00 +0200 0 0 Dr Neville Comins: Why should we grow and harness the National System of Innovation? 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:15:41 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/14859 https://iono.fm/e/14859 Technology Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:00:00 +0200 0 0 Sarah Sheard: Systems Engineering and Complexity 0 0 INCOSE SA full 1:20:42 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/14861 https://iono.fm/e/14861 Presentation Slides — PDF (916.2 KB)]]> Technology Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:00:00 +0200 0 0 Richard Perez: Systems Thinking: Fostering Innovation in New Product Development 0 0 INCOSE SA full 44:55 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape) https://iono.fm/e/14863 https://iono.fm/e/14863 Presentation Slides — PDF (283.6 KB)]]> Technology Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:00:00 +0200 0 0 Prof Paul Cilliers: The boundaries of complexity, the limits of systems. 0 0 INCOSE SA full 58:23 Chapter Meetings (Western Cape)