Dr Dallas Rosson is the Principal Engineer for the Digital Transformation Division at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Keyport, Washington USA. His responsibilities include engineering and technical oversight for 150 cross-functional personnel supporting ten US Department of Defense programs, engineering process and policy planning and management, digital transformations, and Agile oversight and training.
Dr Rosson is a Professor of Practice teaching Systems Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He holds a Doctor of Engineering in Systems Engineering from Colorado State University, a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from George Washington University, a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Systems from the University of Washington. His professional certifications include the Project Management Professional (PMP), Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner, Advanced Certified Scrum Master, Defense Acquisition Workforce Level 2 Engineer, Defense Acquisition Workforce Level 1 Information Technology, Defense Acquisition Workforce Engineering & Technical Management Practitioner, DoD Cybersecurity Workforce (621/Software Development) Level 3/Advanced, and Six Sigma Yellow Belt.
He served 12 years Active Duty in the U.S. Navy Submarine Force as an Electronic Technician (Communications) First Class Petty Officer. He was awarded the Submarine Warfare Device and the SSBN Deterrent Patrol Insignia for participating in 6 Strategic Deterrent Patrols on the USS Alaska.
Maintaining the Pillars of Project Governance & Control in the Era of Business Intelligence, AI, & Real-Time Analytics
Are our established project governance frameworks built for yesterday’s challenges? As AI, real-time analytics, and BI tools become more and more intrinsic to project delivery, the concept of ‘single source of truth’ has never been more critical, or more complex. How do we trust the outputs of a ‘black box’ AI? How do we empower teams with live data without sacrificing deliberate control? How do we maintain control in an increasingly automated landscape?
Our panel of experts will ponder these questions and more as we take a closer look at the practical steps needed to evolve our governance models, embrace a digital future and strengthen the pillars of project governance.
Masterclass Overview:
The purpose of this masterclass is to:
The approach presented has been extensively trialled in several US Defense programs with common sense practical feedback incorporated throughout to refine guidance documents and project review artefacts.
The challenges of adopting more Agile approaches include:
The new SEFAD approach has been developed that takes a common-sense rigor-flexibility-rigor approach to development, making use of the strengths of the Agile Scrum framework and the best practices of systems engineering methodologies.
SEFAD results are a common language that better allows cross-functional teams to communicate project needs while also allowing software developers to maintain flexibility in the execution of software projects.
Research has determined that the blending of Agile methods and contemporary systems engineering methods using SEFAD offers the potential benefits of achieving improved cost, schedule, and technical performance outcomes.
Masterclass Objectives:
The masterclass objectives include:
1. Examine the nature and complexities surrounding defense industrial and manufacturing development in implementing a more “Agile” approach.
2. Learn about the SEFAD process and the benefits of using it.
3. Explore how the SEFAD process can be utilized by projects and programs that are not system and software intensive.
4. Brainstorming session to discuss SEFAD in specific implementations, such as participant projects or programs.
As a result of the workshop, participants will be better prepared and equipped to implement the SEFAD process in their project and programs.
This will enable projects and better programs to successfully implement the more Agile approaches being called for in project and program delivery while retaining the essential engineering and technical rigor needed to achieve successful delivery outcomes.
Target Audience:
The workshop is primarily intended for people with responsibilities for the design, oversight, execution, or evaluation of projects or programs in an engineering or project or program management capacity.
This includes Project Directors, Program Directors and Managers, PMO and Contract Managers and Analysts, Senior Project Managers and project managers managing large complex projects, and Chief Engineers.
Others who would benefit from attending this workshop include project stakeholders with oversight roles including members of Project Steering Committees or Governance Boards.
To address the challenges of adopting more Agile approaches a new methodology, Systems Engineering Focused Agile Development (SEFAD) has been developed which takes a rigor-flexibility-rigor approach to development making use of the strengths of the Agile Scrum framework and the best practices of systems engineering methodologies.
SEFAD results is a common language that better allows cross-functional teams to communicate project needs while also allowing software developers to maintain flexibility in the execution of software projects.
Research has determined that the blending of Agile methods and contemporary systems engineering methods using SEFAD offers the potential benefits of achieving improved cost, schedule, and technical performance outcomes.
