Deliverable Length:  3-5 pages in Microsoft Word 

Select a Systems Engineering case study to research and study. Example case studies are found on the following Web site :

http://www.afit.edu/ENV/doclib.cfm?dl=96

Here is a resource for the Friedman-Sage Framework that will be needed for your case studies: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a468062.pdf

Lessons learned is the knowledge often obtained from participation in real-world activities, such as a project or assignment. Often, lessons learned are discussed after a project or assignment to help improve future processes. 

• In your own words, describe and summarize your top 3 lessons learned from the case study for the week. 
• The Friedman-Sage Framework can be used as a framework for your lessons learned paper. (Detailed information on the use of the Friedman-Sage Framework is found in the case studies.) For example, when evaluating your case study, determine how the Friedman-Sage Framework was used. You might find that a part of the model was used effectively, or you might find that a part of the model was not used effectively in your case study. You can use the model to help make suggestions concerning your case study.  
• Your top 3 lessons learned should include proposed system engineering practices that would support mitigation that you find necessary by studying the case study.
• Your lessons learned paper should also include the good and bad system engineering practices that you observed in the case study.  

Following are phases of the Friedman-Sage Framework. Visit the Web site to see the detailed explanation of this framework (Air Force Center for Systems Engineering, n.d.):

• Requirements Definition and Management
• Systems Architecture Development
• System/Subsystem Design
• Validation/Verification
• Risk Management
• Systems Integration & Interfaces
• Life Cycle Support
• Deployment and Post Deployment
• System and Program Management 

Be sure to cite all references in APA format.