Systems Engineering

Building Successful Systems
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-60845-701-4
Verlag: Morgan & Claypool Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 139 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Synthesis Lectures on Engineering

This book provides an overview of systems engineering, its important elements, and aspects of management that will lead in the direction of building systems with a greater likelihood of success. Emphasis is placed upon the following elements: How the systems approach is defined, and how it guides the systems engineering processes; How systems thinking helps in combination with the systems approach and systems engineering; Time lines that define the life cycle dimensions of a system; System properties, attributes, features, measures and parameters; Approaches to architecting systems; Dealing with requirements, synthesis, analysis and cost effectiveness considerations; Life cycle costing of systems; Modeling, simulation and other analysis methods; Technology and its interplay with risk and its management; Systems acquisition and integration; Systems of systems; Thinking outside the box; Success and failure factors; Software engineering; Standards; Systems engineering management.

Together, these top-level aspects of systems engineering need to be understood and mastered in order to improve the way we build systems, as they typically become larger and more complex.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Definitions and Background
- The Systems Approach
- Systems Thinking
- Key Elements of Systems Engineering
- The Life Cycle Dimension
- System Properties, Attributes and Features (PAFs)
- Measures and Parameters
- Architecting
- Functional Decomposition
- Requirements Engineering
- Synthesis
- Analysis
- Cost-Effectiveness
- Life Cycle Costing
- Modeling and Simulation
- Other Analysis Relationships
- The Role of Technology
- Risk Management
- Testing, Verification, and Validation
- Integration
- Systems Engineering Management
- Project Management
- Software Engineering
- Systems Acquisition
- Systems of Systems
- Thinking Outside the Box
- Ten Failure Factors
- A Success Audit
- Standards