Systems Engineering Leadership: Governance and Design
The Systems Engineering Leadership: Governance and Design course will be delivered from 2025. Price $1,925. Our waitlist is now open.
Overview
Our Systems Engineering Leadership: Governance and Design course is back due to high demand.
The course equips participants to grasp the fundamentals of systems thinking and systems engineering and appreciate the role of technical leadership.
Using local and international case studies and ICE reports, participants will explore how systems engineering is crucial in delivering built infrastructure and how various infrastructure systems interact within pre-existing systems, including the natural environment.
What you'll learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand and apply fundamental concepts of systems thinking and systems engineering.
- Analyse and address the complexities and interdependencies of infrastructure systems.
- Integrate sustainability and resilience goals into built environment projects using systems approaches.
- Develop and utilise metrics and tools for operationalising systems thinking.
- Identify and enhance the social value of infrastructure projects throughout their lifecycle.
- Lead infrastructure projects effectively, balancing the needs of various stakeholders.
The John Grill Institute for Project Leadership
The John Grill Institute for Project Leadership is a global leader in research and executive education on project conception, setup, delivery, and benefits realisation. The institute collaborates with industry, government, and communities to shape the future of projects and their outcomes.
Aims
The primary aim of the Systems Engineering Leadership: Governance and Design course is to equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of systems thinking and systems engineering, emphasising the importance of technical leadership in delivering built infrastructure projects. The course aims to develop participants' ability to apply these principles to real-world scenarios, enhancing resilience, sustainability, and social value in infrastructure systems.
Content
Introduction to Systems Engineering
- Systems and systems thinking.
- Emergent properties of systems.
- Structural vs. behavioral views of a system; system state and system dynamics; representations of a system.
- Limits of complexity.
- Fundamental ideas of systems engineering.
Systems Engineering for Resilience and Flexibility
- Definitions of sustainability and resilience in the context of systems thinking.
- Frameworks to integrate sustainability and resilience goals into the built environment.
- Metrics and quantification of goals.
- Modeling and tools.
- Operationalising systems thinking.
- Examples of social and legislative dimensions.
Systems Thinking and Leadership
- Projects as interventions.
- Using systems thinking to explore, articulate, and structure problem situations.
- Foundations for developing solutions focused on social value.
Embedding Social Value
- Handling complex infrastructure interactions and conflicting viewpoints.
- Identifying and enhancing social value throughout the project lifecycle.
- Balancing the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
Panel Discussion and Breakout Groups
- High-level contributors discuss challenges of systems approaches to infrastructure from policy and practice perspectives.
- Panel discussions, breakouts, and facilitated workshop-style activities in smaller groups.
- Applying course learnings to real-world contexts and addressing participant questions.
Join us to gain the skills and insights necessary to lead with systems engineering principles and drive successful infrastructure projects.
The intended audience for the Systems Engineering Leadership course includes professionals and leaders in the infrastructure and built environment sectors, such as:
- Project managers and technical leads involved in infrastructure projects.
- Engineers and architects looking to deepen their understanding of systems thinking.
- Executives and decision-makers responsible for delivering complex infrastructure projects.
- Professionals in sustainability, resilience, and social value integration within infrastructure.
- Policy makers and government officials involved in infrastructure planning and development.
This course will be delivered in a face-to-face workshop format.
Materials
Course materials are provided electronically (via SharePoint). Selected materials will be provided in printed copies.
There is no prerequisite requirement to take this course.
This course has no assessments.
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The Systems Engineering Leadership: Delivery course is now open for enrolments.