SSSE – Swiss Society
of Systems Engineering
The Swiss Society of Systems Engineering (SSSE) is a non-profit organisation formed in 2011 by a group of like-minded Engineers, working across a broad range of industries, who share the passion of practicing, advancing and promoting Systems Engineering (SE) principles. SE is fundamentally — doing engineering better.
We are actively organising informational lectures, seminars and events on various Systems Engineering topics ranging from “Concurrent Engineering in the Space Industry” to “a Beginner’s guide to the SE Handbook” (essentially the reference book for SE, published by INCOSE). All of our events are free of charge.
The SSSE has also been recognized officially as the Chartered Swiss Chapter of INCOSE (International Council on Systems Engineering).
The SSSE has strong links with the GfSE (German Chapter of INCOSE). Members of both organisations have the same membership benefits. The most significant difference is that GfSE works 99% of the time in German and the SSSE works most of the time in English - even though the SSSE is fortunate to have many multilingual members.
We produce a newsletter on a quarterly basis that summarises recent activities, upcoming events and contains some useful information from our members.
Membership
By joining the Swiss Society of Systems Engineering you get the following benefits:
Access to
- the constantly growing network of Swiss Systems Engineers, and
- a useful platform to exchange know-how and compare approaches
Opportunity to
- learn more about Systems Engineering (seminars, workshops, presentations)
- influence the way Systems Engineering develops
- Membership of INCOSE (international) with access to all its resources
You can join SSSE by joining INCOSE. Go to the INCOSE membership application page, sign up, pay, and set your chapter to the Swiss Chapter. That makes you automatically an SSSE member.
Partners
Around our annual conference the SwissED we work together with partners. In the future, we would like to build up additional partners who support the systems engineering community throughout the year and, if interested, also enrich it on a professional level.
If you are interested, please contact (sponsoring@ssse.ch) our committee member responsible for sponsorship.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Systems Engineering?
Systems Engineering is defined by INCOSE as: "..an interdisciplinary approach and means to enable the realization of successful systems. It focuses on defining customer needs and required functionality early in the development cycle, documenting requirements, then proceeding with design synthesis and system validation while considering the complete problem: Operations, cost and schedule, performance, training and support, test, manufacturing and disposal.
Systems Engineering integrates all the disciplines and specialty groups into a team effort forming a structured development process that proceeds from concept to production to operation. Systems Engineering considers both the business and the technical needs of all customers with the goal of providing a quality product that meets the user needs."
Us here at the Swiss Society of Systems Engineering have a simpler way of expressing Systems Engineering, "It's doing Engineering more efficiently and effectively".
SSSE Membership Benefits
By joining the Swiss Society of Systems Engineering you get the following benefits:
- Access to
- the constantly growing network of Swiss Systems Engineers, and
- a useful platform to exchange know-how and compare approaches
- Opportunity to
- learn more about Systems Engineering (seminars, workshops, presentations)
- influence the way Systems Engineering develops
- Membership of INCOSE (international) with access to all its resources
The SSSE, as a local organisation, enables you to:
- meet other people interested in Systems Engineering, to
- make new contacts and
- share knowledge and experience
- attend interesting events locally, including:
- presentations and workshops with national or international experts
- network and discuss locally at social events
- become part of local interest groups forming
- get help to start your own local working group
- access fellow Systems Engineers in both German-speaking and non-German-speaking regions of Switzerland
INCOSE membership provides you with global access to:
- many excellent on-line resources from incose.org (the systems engineering handbook, periodic publications, newsletters, etc.)
- international interest groups and working groups
- Reduced rates for international symposia
- World-wide exchanges on methods and experiences
How can I join the SSSE and the Swiss INCOSE Chapter?
go to the INCOSE membership application page and fill in the form.
How can I change my chapter to Suisse on incose.org?
Follow these instructions:
- Go to update membership info page of incose
- Click on edit your member record
- Log in with your credentials
- Under "Chapter" select: Suisse
- Save
What is the purpose of INCOSE?
The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit membership organization founded to develop and disseminate the interdisciplinary principles and practices that enable the realization of successful systems. (from incose.org).