SYST699 – SPEC Innovations
Innoslate™ System Engineering
Management Software Tool Test & Analysis
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Introduction
Meet the SPEC Innovations Project Team
• Aron Ceely
• Justin Mathews
• Kate Stevenson
• Bruck Woldie
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Background – SPEC Innovations
SPEC Innovations
• Systems and Proposals Engineering Company
• Established in 1993 and providing a wide variety of technical
and proposal services to government and commercial
customers.
• Sponsor – Dr. Steven H. Dam, PhD in Nuclear Physics from
Univ of South Carolina; BS degree from GMU in Physics.
• Innoslate™ is the company’s first foray into commerical
product development.
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Background – Innoslate™
Innoslate™ Systems Engineering Tool
• Tool was developed as the aggregation of several systems
engineering tools and concepts that have been utilized for
the past 25 years.
• Cloud-based web application developed specifically for
systems engineers to encompass activities related to the full
systems lifecycle.
• Includes capabilities related to requirements management,
collaboration, system modeling, reporting, and discrete
event simulation.
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Project Problem Definition
• Software product development is very new to SPEC
Innovations necessitating a critical review and
analysis of the Innoslate™ tool to provide
independent feedback and recommendations.
• SPEC Innovations’ primary need is an evaluation of
the tool’s usability and the functionality to measure
its ability to assist system engineers in doing their
job.
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Project Approach - 1
• Select a testing methodology that is focused on
measuring system usability and capabilities as they
relate to system engineering activities
(requirements, project planning, scheduling,
modeling, collaboration).
• Establish a set of testing criteria to be utilized in
evaluating the Innoslate™ tool.
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Project Approach - 2
• Develop and execute a suite of test case scenarios
that measure the tool’s usability and functionality.
• Document test cases and results within the
Innoslate™ tool as an additional measure of overall
ease of use and utility.
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Project Objectives
• Testing and critical/comparative evaluation of the
capabilities offered by Innoslate™.
• Compile and detail test results, feature
comparisons, recommendations, and trade study
analysis as part of a report to the sponsor.
• Deliver the final project report and present project
and finding to the sponsor and GMU faculty.
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Project Plan - 1
• Hold kick-off meeting with sponsor - Competed; bi-weekly
progress meetings established.
• Identify and document user requirements.
• Conduct a small market analysis of existing systems
engineering management tools.
• Develop tool capabilities document, testing requirements.
• Develop testing plan, test case suites, and work breakdown
structure.
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Project Plan - 2
• Execute test case suites in phased manner.
• Document test case results.
• Compile and document project methodology, results and
recommendations.
• Present results and recommendations.
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Deliverables
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Project plan and work breakdown structure
Test plan and test case suites
Bi-weekly status/progress reports
Final project report
Final project presentation
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Questions
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