SEER Does Systems of Systems (SOS) Estimating

SEER-SEM works hand in hand with SEER for Hardware, Electronics * Systems (SEER-H)  to estimate systems and systems of system (SOS), that is the integration of major systems together.  For example, a squad car with a fire truck and a foot policeman’s GOS, three systems that need to be integrated and tested together.  This capability works for hardware/software integration or just software intensive systems of systems. 

Our VP of development, received an email from a customer who was concerned by the statement in a DACS paper that SEER doesn’t have the capabilities to estimate systems of systems.  Upon internal review we believe it was a simple misunderstanding by the authors.

 

Dr. Denton Tarbet of Galorath  added    I recall at the PSM conference in 06 (Vail) that we had a working session on System of System estimating.   Leaders from Lockheed, USC, and  a software lead from NGC and Boeing was in the round table discussion.   I know that at the time all in the discussion indicated they did not see a significant difference in a systems integration problem, except that for a “mega-project” you would have to be concerned about the major costs related to integration and testing of such a complex set of interfaces between what in reality were major systems on their own.    Our SLC supports the estimation and analysis of a Mega-project .  it would be a complex analysis to account for rollups of major systems into a mega-system.

 

PS.. the text of this BLOG disapeared for reaasons unknown.  The author recreated the blog but it is not the same text as the original entry.

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