SPIE - Education Introduction to Performance Budgeting SC1229

A performance budget is fundamental to understanding the likely outcome of a design or measurement process. The budget also gives insight into the distribution of likely performance and how it is affected by design. Because of the clear link between performance and design, the performance or error budget is the central tool in systems engineering, design and measurement. The ability to construct such a budget should be in every scientist’s and engineer’s tool kit regardless if the system is a simple measurement, component or something vastly more complex. This course explains the basic principles of the construction of a rigorous performance budget and understanding the distribution of outcomes. The problem of allocation of performance among components or subsystems is also introduced and explained. Examples of performance budgets and allocations are taken from various problems in the systems engineering of astronomical and laser systems are used to illustrate application of these techniques. This course will be of benefit, scientists, engineers and managers who want to answer the questions, “what are the chances of success of my project?” and “how can I maximize the probability of success?” A performance budget is fundamental to understanding the likely outcome of a design or measurement process. The budget also gives insight into the distribution of likely performance and how it is affected by design. Because of the clear link between performance and design, the performance or error budget is the central tool in systems engineering, design and measurement. The ability to construct such a budget should be in every scientist’s and engineer’s tool kit regardless if the system is a simple measurement, component or something vastly more complex. This course explains the basic principles of the construction of a rigorous performance budget and understanding the distribution of outcomes. The problem of allocation of performance among components or subsystems is also introduced and explained. Examples of performance budgets and allocations are taken from various problems in the systems engineering of astronomical and laser systems are used to illustrate application of these techniques. This course will be of benefit, scientists, engineers and managers who want to answer the questions, “what are the chances of success of my project?” and “how can I maximize the probability of success?”