Meeting Date:
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 @06:30 PM / registration @ 06:15 PM
Topic: "Model Driven Systems Development (MDSD) in a System of Systems (SoS) Development Environment"
Speaker:
Saravana Kumar
Lead Architect
Praxis Engineering

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Abstract: "Model Driven Systems Development (MDSD) in a System of Systems (SoS) development environment" and the steps involved in this paradigm of life cycle development A. Understanding Stakeholder Needs - Working with the customers in clarifying and rewriting the requirements. Keeping the customers engaged and have their participation in all the activities associated with requirements analysis and management B. Defining Goals and Objectives - All the initial activities involved to organize and focus on the project C. Establish Context - Established the systems relationships with the environment it will exist and the functionality the system will provide to the environment D. Outline Use Cases (UC) - From a high level, identifying the actors/systems interactions and establishing the significant scenarios associated with the System E. Detail UC Scenarios - Flushing out the UC scenarios in the UC specification mentioned in (D) F. Determine System Operations - Focus is on clarifying and consolidating operations that an actor can invoke on the system G. Define Candidate Architecture - Identification of the architectural and design elements that comprise the internal elements of the system under development H. Realize system operations - Definition on how the elements of the white box architecture collaborate to fulfill each identified system operation
Biography: Saravana Kumar is an Information Technology Consultant with over 15 years of expertise in systems architecture and full software lifecycle development for Fortune 500 companies in Healthcare, Financial, and Telecommunications industries. Mr. Kumar possesses a unique combination of technical expertise, end user interface, and project management. He is an effective team leader and cross-functional communicator, with a proven track record of establishing business-to-business relationships. He is a recipient of multiple monetary awards for achieving outstanding results. Areas of Strength include, object oriented design, software methodologies, enterprise architecture, scaleable applications, requirements and prototype development, systems/process analysis, systems integration and testing, quality/change management, off-shore project management and strategic planning and organization.
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Meeting Schedule
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @06:30 PM
Presented By:
Dave Struble, Senior Software Technologist, Raytheon

Location:
Intuit
5601 Headquarters Dr.
Plano, Texas 75024

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Last Meeting Information
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 @06:30 PM
Presented By:
Mike Evans, Vice President Pariveda Solutions

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Location:
Raytheon Expressway Site
North Building, Mini Auditorium
US 75 (Central Expressway) and I-635 (LBJ Freeway)
Dallas, Texas

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