Education

Introduction to Systems Engineering

Type of Courses

Core Subjects (Required Subjects)

Main Professor

Ohkami

Urago, Shimazu, Kohtake

Semester

Fall

Credit

2

This course covers fundamentals of modern strategic Systems Engineering (SE).  Starting from the context analysis to identify interaction among customers/users, stakeholders and natural/social environment, the course includes salient features of Systems Engineering such as requirement analysis, functional/physical analysis, evaluation procedures and trade-off, work breakdown structures (WBS), and risk/life-cycle analysis.  Also covers the history of Systems Engineering and Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) conducted by International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE).

Project Management

Type of Courses

Core Subjects (Required Subjects)

Main Professor

Toma

Nagaya, Tsuchiya, Nagai, Tsujikado, Higgins

Semester

Fall

Credit

2

The relationship between project management and system engineering (system integration) is defined and taught. Covers basic theory of project management; project management activity consists of "Planning", "Doing" and "Evaluation". Feedback methods of evaluation results of the design process are explained. Lectures and exercises are given for the design and management of the complicated system, basics and practice of logistics, and techniques for cross-management and project management. Explanation covers work breakdown structure and SDM platform.

System Architecture and Design

Type of Courses

Core Subjects (Required Subjects)

Main Professor

Nishimura

Sasaki, Jain

Semester

Intensive

Credit

2

This course presents an overview of the recent advances in Systems Engineering and System Architecture, using the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) handbook as a text. The background, history, definition of, and the relationship between system architecture and design are taught. Also, specific system design methods using architecture framework are taught from the strategic, systems, and technological perspectives.

System Integration

Type of Courses

Core Subjects (Required Subjects)

Main Professor

Nishimura

Sasaki, Jain

Semester

Intensive

Credit

2

Covers System Integration as a component of the system engineering process that unifies the product components and the process components into a whole, assuring that the hardware, software, and human system components will interact to achieve the system's purpose and satisfy the customer’s need. Contrary to the decomposition process, System Integration is the melding of divergent and often incompatible factors such as technologies, applications, data, information and so on, into a uniform IT-based technology architecture and functional working structure.  Evaluation and review processes are outlined for large-scale complex systems.

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Math for SDM

Type of Courses

Recommended Subjects (in Technology, in Social Skills)

Main Professor

Ohkami

Urago, Nishimura

Semester

Fall

Credit

2

As most of the courses require mathematical skills, SDM students must be well-grounded in mathematics. Math for SDM covers math basics and helps the student to refresh his or her memory of math principles, equations, and calculations.
Theories of treating abstract objects, mapping elements to related elements, and other principles are covered, Matrix theory and matrix calculations are studied. In addition, drawing graphs and other visual aids helps to show the relationship among various elements. Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) is utilized. Elementary geometry is taught from an engineering perspective; students engage in pure mathematical thinking as well as practical tasks, such as measuring polygons and circles.

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Advanced Business System Dynamics

Type of Courses

Recommended Subjects (in Technology, in Social Skills)

Main Professor

Nakano

Minato

Semester

Fall

Credit

2

Business System Dynamics (BSD) is a methodology for analyzing and making strategic decision on complex business system with modeling technique and computer-aided simulation. The objective of the course is to learn several advanced modeling and simulation techniques of BSD so that students can implement their master/doctoral research project with BSD by themselves. Students are also required to read and analyze several journals in which BSD are effectively utilized for research. Prerequisite for the course registration is Introduction to Business System Management (Spring 2010). However, students who have basic knowledge of System Dynamics are also welcome for registration. Note that all participants must attend the special lectures of ‘Collective Dynamics of Firms’ offered by Prof. F. Schweitzer, ETH (on Oct. 4th, 10:00 to 15:30).

Methodology of Creative Decision Making

Type of Courses

Elective Subjects in Social Skills

Main Professor

Takano

Yoshizawa

Semester

Fall

Credit

2

Fundamental creative cognition and thinking tools are taught. As representative methodologies, the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) and K/T method (Kepner and Tregoe method) are studied and applied to actual situations. In order to acquire flexible decision-making and creative problem-solving skills, actual business case studies are used in which the students act as decision makers. The problem solving process is discussed regarding fact finding, time sequentials, and decision making. Participants gain experience in making creative proposals. 

Human Factors

Type of Courses

Recommended Subjects in Technology

Main Professor

Takano

Yoshizawa

Semester

Spring

Credit

2

The basics of human factors engineering are taught from the stage of system development through that of its operations. The subjects discussed are; (1) human machine interactions; (2) physiological human characteristics; (3) cognitive engineering; (4) accidents analysis; (5) group dynamics; (6) organizational fundamentals; and (7) ethics and compliance. Lectures are supported by case studies and audiovisual aids. Students are expected to participate in discussions on given topics to deepen their understanding of and enhance their skills in handling specific problems. In addition, students are also requested to submit a report for each lecture.

Communication Skills

Type of Courses

Recommended Subjects in Social Skills

Main Professor

Hibiya

Iwashita, Matsuzaki, Greene

Semester

Fall

Credit

2

Those charged with running an international project smoothly need to have intercultural business communication capabilities. Communication is defined as mutual understanding and as  a tool for facilitation. A principle of communication is that the person speaking has to make himself understood. The students can learn how to find and define a problem, develop arguments based on a problem solving style and communicate using the 5W1H method. Presentation and debate skills are also important. The students practice  these techniques in both English and Japanese  to improve their international communication capability.

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Introduction to Frontier Project Management

Type of Courses

Recommended Subjects (in Technology, in Social Skills)

Main Professor

Ohkami

Kohtake, Yano

Semester

Fall

Credit

2

Even in the 21st century, there are unknown and extreme environments on earth, deep in the sea, and in space. In projects that target these “frontiers,” apart from standard scientific investigations and searching for resources, it is impossible to fully predict the future, even though historical performance is studied and cutting-edge science and technology are used. Great discoveries are made but the mission risk is high.
Therefore, the key to success in project management and system design is how to accurately predict “unpredictable events” and create systems that are flexible enough to deal with extraordinary events.
This course extracts universal issues in system design and management in each phase of a project to challenge such frontiers through on-the-spot lessons learned from past and present deep space exploration research, development and operation projects. Moreover, students review past and present lessons learned from explorations of extreme environments on earth through videos and lectures. Each team of students selects a frontier project from several options and summaries the definition and system requirements of the mission. Teams present their results in a mock project transition screening.

Foundation of Model-Driven Systems Development

Type of Courses

Recommended Subjects in Technology

Main Professor

Nishimura

Balmelli

Semester

Fall

Credit

2

This course introduces the design and development of complex products and systems using a model-driven approach. Several common processes used during the development lifecycle (requirements management, use of case analysis, design changes management, trade off analysis, etc.) are investigated from a model-driven perspective. Concretely, we introduce the OMG (Object Management Group) SysML (Systems Modeling Language) as a means to express the product structure and behavior and support a novel approach to product development. We explore case studies in industries such as aerospace and automotive.

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Entrepreneurship 1

Type of Courses

Recommended Subjects (in Technology, in Social Skills)

Main Professor

Haruyama

Fujiwara

Semester

Spring

Credit

2

There are four phases involved in building a company: 1) gather funding and set up the new company, 2) acquire new customers, 3) list the shares in the stock market, and 4) grow as a public company. Alternatively, the founder can keep all of the company shares and continue to manage it or sell the company to private interests. Industrial Revolution history—especially that of digital information, the most recent revolution—is taught because history shows that many successful companies have been launched as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Standardization issues, which are especially important for the information technology industry, are discussed. The instructor (Fujiwara) will then explain and review common problems of each of the four phases and their solutions. Prof. Duncan Moore of the University of Rochester lectures on Technical Entrepreneurship in the latter part of May.

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Entrepreneurship 2

Type of Courses

Recommended Subjects (in Technology, in Social Skills)

Main Professor

Haruyama

Fujiwara

Semester

Fall

Credit

2

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Social Science Research Design

Type of Courses

Recommended Subjects (in Technology, in Social Skills)

Main Professor

Nakano

Horiuchi, Minato

Semester

Spring

Credit

2

The objective of this course is for the students to understand the basics of social science research design, including various data-gathering methods, so that the students are prepared to work on their masters or doctoral theses. Social science research design is explained using the textbook and various research papers and other resources. Each student submits a weekly report consisting of a book review and a brief description of the student's own research topic every week and gets feedback from the instructor and from other students. This course is intended to help the students gradually formulate their own research topics as social science research designs for their masters or doctoral theses. This course format is based on the social science research design courses that the instructor (Horiuchi) took at the graduate schools of three U.S. universities.

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Marketing Management

Type of Courses

Recommended Subjects (in Technology, in Social Skills)

Main Professor

Nakano

Horiuchi, Minato

Semester

Fall

Credit

2

Marketing principles are applicable not only to institutions but also to individual's various activities. The goal of this course is for the students to understand marketing. Through textbook and case discussions, group assignments, and presentations, the students acquire practical, usable marketing sense, which can be applied in business as well as in one's personal life. The course consists of discussions of textbook topics and relevant cases, group assignments and students' marketing presentations. The course format is based on the marketing management course the instructor (Horiuchi) taught in an MBA program at a university in the United States.

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Introduction to Business System Management

Type of Courses

Recommended Subjects (in Technology, in Social Skills)

Main Professor

Nakano

Minato, Ohkami, Nishimura

Semester

Spring

Credit

2

In general, a social system is more difficult to rationally understand and predict than a physical system, especially in today’s uncertain and complex environment. The objective of this course is to learn the basics of Business System Dynamics so the student can analyze, design, and manage various types of large-scale and complex business systems in the world. The methodology is based on Business Dynamics, which was established by John D. Sterman at MIT, and applies system dynamics for business modeling. In addition, in this course, students learn the basics of business management theories such as Strategy, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources Management and Operation Management to aid their understanding of business systems. No prior computer experience is necessary, but computers are used in class workshops and for assignments as an aid to understanding the business systems. 　

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Creativity Management 1

Type of Courses

Recommended Subjects (in Technology, in Social Skills)

Main Professor

Nakano

Greene, Minato

Semester

Spring

Credit

2

This course aims to give students the power to attract the attention of top management, customers, and markets by showing students 60 diverse ways to be creative in engineering, management, and design work. Students will learn how the culture of engineering, of management, of technologies, of big organizations, and of individual persons blocks aspects of each model of creating and how to unblock them. Student teams will apply one of the six models presented each week, to their current projects, and each student will apply his or her one favorite model of the 60 at the end of the course to a current or other project. The idea is for students to become able to out-create competitors within and outside their companies, and for students to assess how current or planned work arrangements foster or hinder creative outcomes.

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Creativity Management 2

Type of Courses

Recommended Subjects (in Technology, in Social Skills)

Main Professor

Nakano

Greene, Minato

Semester

Fall

Credit

2

This course aims to give students the power that comes from having several distinct ways to achieve innovation in large organizations and venture businesses, so that when one innovation approach is stymied, students can switch instantly to another viable approach to keep going, where others would be stopped or delayed. Creations, designs, and imaginings all have to be introduced in complex, competitive organizations in order to become realities. This course is completely honest about the forces in big organizations--flux, change, error, distraction, dissipating focus, nasty politics, and others—that hinder innovation and sometimes make engineers flee, hiding in equations and technologies easier to control, at a cost of achieving less than they could. Engineers all too often are inside innovation processes others control—this course allows students to choose, invent, and lead their own innovation approaches from a menu of 45 tested models. The course attempts to create Masters of Innovation. The course also presents sources and cultures of entrepreneurship, cultures of global operation, cultures of particular technologies and devices, the culture of professions (like management, engineering), and the tools for spotting, measuring, improving, combining, and changing those cultures. This course then applies these cultural tools to understand 45 distinct approaches to innovation from 150 famous innovators in 63 diverse professions, half US, and half global. Student teams will make small weekly reports on one of the six or so innovation approaches presented each week, and individual students will choose one of the 45 approaches the entire course presents, to apply to their current project in a final short paper. The idea of the course is to make students EXPERTS at innovating in general, wherever and however they can.

Design Project (ALPS)

Type of Courses

Project Subjects (Required subjects)

Main Professor

Haruyama

　

Semester

Spring & Fall

Credit

4

Active Learning Project Sequence (ALPS) is a six- month project-based course, in which students design new and innovative systems. Master’s and doctoral students from Keio University define, develop, and implement innovative products-service systems using systems design methods taught by faculty from Keio University, MIT, Stanford University, and Delft University of Technology. The purpose of this course is to augment the capability of the students in team working, communication and presentation, documentation, and leadership. Each team includes five or more students, who work on projects for a six-month period. Starting this year, companies, government, non-profit organizations, and research centers propose projects and request ALPS students to work on their critical challenges. The final deliverable is an in-depth analysis and recommendations on the problem, based on the latest insights developed at participating universities. This year, ALPS projects will focus on the aspects of “safe and secure system design” with both industry and government.
The class is divided into several groups; each of them forms a team of five to eight students. A project theme is assigned to each team that is expected to experience the whole development life-cycle of products or services. This starts with exploration of ideas from scratch, and proceeds to the context analysis, requirement analysis, system requirement documentation, detail design, virtual production on computers at the Concurrent Design Facility (CDF), verification/validation, operations and disposal. The purpose of this course is to augment the capability of the students in team work, communication and presentation, documentation, and leadership. Trans-national projects are arranged with universities overseas.

Research on System Design and Management

Type of Courses

Special Research Subjects (Required subjects)

Main Professor

SDM Faculty Staff

　

Semester

Spring or Fall

Credit

2

Unlike the ordinary science and technology graduate program, research in the Keio SDM Master’s course is oriented toward design project research. It is strongly recommended that individual research follows the same pattern that is used in the "Design Project ALPS" project work; the actual project research should be performed in groups. Groups may take many different forms; they can be groups of students, mixed groups of faculty and students or joint research groups with companies or other universities. However, the student must write his or her own master's thesis. The "Research on System Design and Management" subject corresponds to the master's thesis. In this subject, students write up their portion of the group's design project research for presentation to and review by the Master's Thesis Examination Committee. It is possible to be advised by multiple members of the faculty.

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Supply Chain Management

Type of Courses

Elective Subjects in Social Skills

Main Professor

Nakano

Minato, Paul Shoensleben (ETH)

Semester

Spring (Intensive)

Credit

2

The intensive block course “Supply Chain Management in a Nutshell”, conducted between April 6 and 12, allows the students to experience different aspects of operations and supply chain management in a compact and interactive manner. The course comprises three business games, played on April 6 and April 7, and two case studies, which the students solve in groups and present to the audience on April 12.

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Systems Engineering and Architecture Framework

Type of Courses

Elective Subjects (in Technology, in Social Skills)

Main Professor

Ohkami

Shirasaka, James Martin (Aerospace Corporation)

Semester

Spring (Intensive)

Credit

2

This Course provides an opportunity to hear noted author and lecturer James N. Martin provide an overview on Systems Engineering (SE) and Architecture Framework from several aspects.