Welcome to the Chapter

Welcome to the SOuthern ARizona (SOARizona) INCOSE chapter website. The chapter is centered in Tucson, Arizona. Anyone whose interests intersect with the profession of Systems Engineering is welcome to participate. This includes those in the profession of Project Management for engineering content as described on the wiki for the Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK).  Get involved with the chapter through chapter meetings, speaker series, working groups, conferences, the U of A, and support to pre-college development of interest in Systems Engineering.

SOARizona is also actively engaged with mentoring in the College of Engineering at the University of Arizona.

Southern AZ INCOSE Chapter

Purpose

The SOARizona Chapter is a not-for-profit membership organization founded to develop and disseminate the interdisciplinary principles and practices that enable the realization of successful systems.

Mission

To share, promote and advance the best of systems engineering from across the globe for the benefit of humanity and the planet.

Contact Us

Contact us at soar@incose.net

We want to hear from you!

  • Do you have an interest in supporting the chapter?  It provides a great way to get involved, provides continuing professional development units (for certification), and gives you a strong voice in the chapter.

  • Do you want to hear about system engineering concepts, trends, and topics?  Recommend to us something you want to hear.

Join our mailing list to get updates on the chapter, upcoming events, and ways you can participate.

Sign up for our e-mail list here  (Google group).

Collaboration Across Chapters

We actively collaborate with regional chapters to gain proficiency in the practice of systems engineering. The availability of effective online tools enables us to participate in events hosted by other chapters. Chapter members also have opportunities to participate in INCOSE Working Groups. Our collaboration partners include:

Regional Chapter Events

INCOSE-LA Chapter Speaker Meeting: Help! My requirements are a Hot Mess! New INCOSE Guides Can Help

Register here! (Remote participation available. Contact info at this link)

Topic: Help! My requirements are a Hot Mess! New INCOSE Guides Can Help

Abstract: Can your requirements situation be described as a “Hot Mess at Best”?

Have you ever wondered if there had to be an easier way to develop, manage, and verify requirements for your technical project?

Do you have a well-functioning team, but the potential for more efficiency at reduced cost is there – even if everyone simply used all the systems engineering terms the same way?

Several new guides from INCOSE will help solve these problems – and help your team become more efficient.  Guides are designed to define a comprehensive vocabulary, lay out a step-by-step process, and present examples and implementation guides for the entire requirements, validation, and verification  lifecycle.

Raymond will introduce the Needs and Requirements Lifecycle Manual, and the two practitioner-level guides to support it:  the Guide to Needs and Requirements and the Guide to Verification and Validation.  All 3 documents, along with a revision to the established Guide to Writing Requirements, are scheduled for release at the INCOSE International Workshop in January 2022. 

Speaker: Raymond Wolfgang brings his unique requirements and V&V expertise to a host of national systems in his role as a Systems and Qualification Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories. He has worked with customers to identify needs for an operational software key management system, deployed several process improvement initiatives in requirements management, and currently leads an effort to complete a large program’s use case portfolio.

Before Sandia, while working for the US Navy, Raymond managed the installation process for a critical ship-board technology refresh. His current push is to use MBSE to save projects time and money, increase quality, and reduce risk through more efficient and thorough requirements analysis. His INCOSE papers are available upon request, as are several open reports from his employer. A graduate of both Purdue and Penn State Universities in the United States, he is originally from Philadelphia, PA. 

When: August July 10, 2021 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM PST

Cost: Free

Venue: Virtual, register by clicking here: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ei848xk33c9e6245&llr=l4ihvgeab

Regional Chapter News

INCOSE-LA September 2020 New Members

Agile SE tutorial/workshop - Save the Date

PMI® Global Congress 2014 & INCOSE Central Arizona Chapter

SOARing away! The Southern Arizona Chapter Blog

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