The course teaches you critical skills required for planning, managing, and executing the system integration phase of a technical project.

After completing this course you will have an excellent understanding of how to manage system integration and test throughout the project lifecycle to bring a complex system together successfully.

Course Format

The course is two-days in length and based on a case study using a simulated IT project in which you will manage integration and test over the project lifecycle.

Interactive lecture sessions and discussion are used to prepare participants between exercises.  The course is highly experiential to ensure that participants learn by doing.

Who Should Attend

Technical project and subproject managers, engineering managers, technical professionals, and anyone involved in technical development or integration projects.

This course will provide a wealth of valuable information and skills if you manage or participate in any part of the technical project lifecycle.

You Will Learn

·      What is system integration and test

·      That system integration is an ongoing activity throughout the project lifecycle

·      System integration methods and strategies

·      How to plan for system integration and test

·      How to manage system integration and test

·      How to identify and manage integration and test risk

·      How to identify, develop, manage, and control system and subsystem interfaces

·      How to develop effective test plans

·      How to resolve integration issues

·      How to plan for final system verification & validation

 Course Outline

·      Overview

§      What is system integration

§      System integration and the technical project lifecycle

§      Expectation management and system integration

§      Best practices in system integration and test

·      System integration methods and strategies

§      Issues

§      Methods

§      strategies

·      Planning for system integration and test

§      Integration planning

§      Developing effective integration plans

§      Test planning

§      Developing effective test plans

§      Best practices in integration and test planning

·      Interface management

§      Defining and documenting interfaces

§      Resolving initial interface issues

§      Controlling interfaces

§      Best practices in interface management

·      Managing system integration and test through the project lifecycle

§      System integration and test in the requirements phases

§      System integration and test in the concept development phases

§      System integration and test in the design phase

§      System integration and test in the development phase

§      System integration and test during verification and validation

·      Performing system integration and test

§      Putting the system together

§      Interface testing

§      Functional testing

§      Qualification testing

§      System level testing

·      Planning for verification & validation