Teaching Unit (for year 1):
Breadth courses (Mandatory)
Face-to-face time
18
hours
Student workload
36
hours
ECTS
2
Responsible Teacher
Hélène DELACOUR
Université de Lorraine
IAE Nancy
CEREFIGE
Pedagogic Team
Aims of the teaching
The aim of this teaching is to:
educate students in system thinking, to perceive and act on the world around them, provide them with some methods and tools for system thinking (conceptagon, systemigram, causal loop diagrams, system dynamics)
introduce them to Systems Engineering processes (ISO 15288, ISO 29110) and Model-Based Systems Engineering approach (MBSE with SysML) through a case study.
Intended Learning outcomes (measured by the assessment)
At the end of the teaching module, the student should:
Demonstrate ability to understand and modelling a complex situation with adapted tools (systemigram, causal loop diagrams, system dynamics)
Demonstrate ability in modelling with SysML, for System Engineering according to System Engineering processes
Learning activities and approach
E-learning (online)
All the lectures materials will
be posted on the collaborative
platform of the University
(Arche) and students will have
to prepare the lectures
Lectures (onsite)
Lectures will be given with a high
level of interaction, by answering
questions about lectures,
developing in depth essential
concepts and applying them on
case studies
Tutorials (onsite)
Learning by doing System
Engineering with MBSE approach
on a case study, guided by the
teachers, with personal work
between each lecture, on the
Virtul Platform
(10 h in computer room)
Useful information
Location
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Practical work equipment
All the practical work will be situated at AIPL, a research and teaching platform of the sciences et technologies faculty campus
Other information
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Assessment method
Project outcomes (System Model in SysML) on System engineering case study and oral defence of the project
Related literature
Sustainable Tomorrow A Teachers' Guidebook for Applying Systems Thinking
Boardman, J., & Sauser, B. (2008). Systems thinking: Coping with 21st century problems. CRC Press.
Boardman, J., & Sauser, B. (2013). Systemic thinking: building maps for worlds of systems. John Wiley & Sons.
J. Boardman, B. Sauser, L. John and R. Edson, "The conceptagon: A framework for systems thinking and systems practice," 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, San Antonio,
Faisandier, A. (2015). System notion and engineering of systems. Lulu. com.
Faisandier, A. (2012). Systems opportunities and requirements (Vol. 2). Lulu.com.
Faisandier, A. (2013). Systems architecture and design. Belberaud, France: Sinergy'Com.