Program Overview

Program Overview

The Engineering and Technology Management (ETM) program at Washington State University is designed for working professionals who want to advance their careers in engineering and technology management. The program offers a Master's degree and various certificate programs, including Systems Engineering Management, Constraints Management, Industrial Leadership, Project Management, Six Sigma Quality Management, and Supply Chain Management.

Master's Degree Requirements

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• A transcript
• At least one letter of recommendation
• A personal statement
• A résumé showing work experience

Certificate Program Requirements

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• A transcript
• A personal statement
• A résumé

Course Information

The ETM program includes various courses, such as E M 566 Trade-Off Analytics: Exploring the System Tradespace. This course focuses on methods, processes, and tools for delivering optimal affordable total system solutions by focusing on informed trade studies and sound decision analysis approaches in each stage of the system life cycle.

Course Objectives

The specific objectives of the course are:

• To provide a general approach for formal system-level trade-off analyses using decision analysis techniques
• To provide methods, processes, and tools usable by technical managers to formally assess trade-offs and decisions at key stages in the systems life cycle
• To provide some practice using analytical tools to analyze a preliminary system design concept for life cycle costs, sustainment, community impact, system effectiveness, and potential risk
• To clarify, improve and broaden one’s personal philosophy of system trade-off analysis and decision analysis techniques
• To strengthen the students’ communication and research abilities by exploring current societal needs addressable with a system solution
• To provide the student with opportunities to utilize critical thinking skills to analyze and solve complex problems

Learning Outcomes

Upon satisfactory completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Examine the role of trade-off analyses to support system decisions in each stage of the system life cycle
• Explain the advantages and disadvantages of tradespace exploration techniques for trade-off analysis of concepts, architectures, designs, operations, and retirement
• Use decision analysis as the mathematical foundation for trade-off analysis using both deterministic and probabilistic techniques
• Identify and structure stakeholder objectives and develop single objective and multi-objective decision analysis models to evaluate system concepts and design alternatives
• Develop an integrated decision model that incorporates system performance, total life cycle cost, schedule, risk and uncertainty, environmental impact, and future growth and opportunities
• Communicate the insights of life cycle (total cost, environmental impact, risk) and system effectiveness analyses and the important trade-offs to senior stakeholders and decision makers

Gain Expertise in

• Introduction to Trade-off Analysis
• Conceptual Framework Review
• Quantifying Uncertainty
• Analyzing Resources
• Understanding Decision Management Team Topic Discussion
• Identifying Opportunities
• Identifying Objectives and Value Measures
• Developing and Evaluating Alternatives
• An Integrated Model for Trade-Off Analysis
• Exploring Concept Trade-Offs
• Architecture Evaluation
• Sustainment Related Trade Studies
• Programmatic Trade-Off Analyses
• Future Trends

Tuition and Fees

The tuition and fees for the ETM program vary. A non-refundable application fee of US$90 is required. For more information on tuition rates, please refer to the university's website.

Admission

Applicants to the ETM program must apply online via EngineeringCAS. Priority application deadlines are:

• November 15 (Spring)
• July 15 (Fall)
• March 15 (Summer)