Systems engineering fifty lessons learned

"This Focus book provides a "looking back" at author's 50-year run and the lessons he learned and would like to share with other engineers, so they can use these lessons in their day-to-day work in systems engineering and related fields. The book is written from a systems enginee...

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Otros Autores: Eisner, Howard, 1935- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press 2020.
Edición:First edition
Colección:CRC focus series.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • About the Author
  • Other Books by the Author
  • Chapter 1 Technical
  • 1. When and Where Possible, Go Back to Fundamentals (*)
  • Case One
  • Case Two
  • Case Three
  • 2. Seriously Explore Alternatives, Even If Time Is Short
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 3. Embrace Prototyping as Well as Modeling and Simulation (M &amp
  • S)
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 4. Cost-Effectiveness Is Still the Preferred Approach
  • Typical MOEs for Communication Systems
  • Selected MOEs for Transportation Systems
  • Limited MOEs for Air Defense Systems
  • Weighting Factors
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 5. Do Not Attempt to Integrate All Stovepipes
  • Reference and Recommended Reading
  • 6. A Bit at a Time or All at Once
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 7. Growth by Acquisition
  • 8. The Contract
  • 9. Less Paper Please
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • Chapter 2 Management
  • 10. Definitely Measure, but Do Not Over-Measure
  • Software Measurement
  • Overall Project Measurement
  • Significant Parameters
  • COCOMO I and COCOMO II
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 11. Under Promise and Over Deliver
  • Reference and Recommended Reading
  • 12. Try to Improve Overall Systems Engineering Practices
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 13. Negotiate
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 14. Understanding the Enterprise
  • Monthly Measurements
  • The Balanced Scorecard
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 15. The Systems Approach
  • Systems Thinking
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 16. Industry/Government Interaction
  • Universities
  • INCOSE Certification
  • 17. Tradeoffs
  • Risk
  • Detection and False Alarm Probabilities
  • 18. Resilience
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • Chapter 3 Idea Based.
  • 19. They Were Right: KISS, Simplify, and Reduce Complexity
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 20. Seek a Balanced System Solution
  • Do Not Try to Optimize or Achieve Perfection (*)
  • Other References to Balance
  • Stakeholders
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 21. Understand the Power, Importance, and Challenge of Functional Decomposition
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 22. Break the Problem into Pieces Using the Reductionist Approach Whenever Possible, and Then Apply Lateral Thinking
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 23. Develop and Try a New Way of Architecting
  • The DoD Procedure for Developing Architecture
  • Products for Views
  • An Alternative Approach
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 24. Plato and Proust
  • Reference and Recommended Reading
  • 25. Try to Master New Tools and Use Them as Needed
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 26. Real EAM
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 27. Ways of Thinking
  • Visualization
  • Lateral Thinking
  • Hybrid Thinking
  • Six Thinking Hats
  • Special Point-of-View Thinking [3]
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 28. New Ideas to Be Explored
  • General Systems Theory
  • Rapid Computer-Aided Systems of Systems
  • New Method of Systems Architecting
  • National Aviation System (NAS) Model
  • Systems Engineering and Software Engineering
  • Emergent Properties of Systems
  • Affordability
  • Design to Cost
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • Chapter 4 People Oriented
  • 29. Building a Highly Productive Systems Engineering Team
  • The Team Leader
  • Project Management and Leadership
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 30. Listen to Your Elders
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 31. Leadership
  • Practical Visionary
  • Inclusive Communicator
  • Positive Doer
  • Renewing Facilitator
  • Principled Integrator
  • Reference and Recommended Reading.
  • 32. New Boss
  • Reference and Recommended Reading
  • 33. Team Busters
  • 34. Meetings
  • A Systems Engineering Meeting
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 35. Myers-Briggs
  • Reference and Recommended Reading
  • 36. Becoming a Hi-Tech Manager
  • Skills Required
  • Specific Steps
  • Reference and Recommended Reading
  • 37. Dealing with Your Customer
  • Going to Lunch with Your Customer
  • Issuance of a New Task Order
  • Quick Response Capability
  • A Truthful Interchange
  • The Re-Competition
  • 38. Integration
  • Reference and Recommended Reading
  • 39. Hall, Goode, and Machol
  • A. D. Hall
  • Goode and Machol
  • Machol' s View
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 40. Man vs. Machine
  • Chapter 5 Miscellany
  • 41. Redundancy is Important and May Be Critical in Certain Systems
  • Reference and Recommended Reading
  • 42. Rechtin's Heuristics Are Brilliant and Need to Be Studied and Followed
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 43. Mistakes
  • A Footnote to the IBM - Microsoft Story
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 44. Cost Estimating
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 45. Generalize
  • 46. Risk Analysis and Mitigation
  • Take Your Pick of Serial and Parallel Configurations
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 47. Change, Options Open, and Iteration
  • Rechtin's Options Open
  • Configuration Control and Management
  • Iteration
  • TBDs
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 48. DOTSS
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • 49. Obversity
  • 50. Vaillant, Turned into Lessons Considered
  • Grit
  • Intelligence
  • Listening
  • Focus
  • Integrity
  • Community Involvement
  • Problem Solver
  • Respect
  • Curiosity
  • Sense of Humor
  • Resilient
  • Growth-Oriented
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • Chapter 6 Top Ten Lessons
  • 1. Stovepipes
  • 2. Modeling and Simulation
  • 3. Architecting
  • 4. Amid a Wash of Paper ….
  • 5. Industry Initiatives and Government Support
  • 6. The Elders in Systems Engineering
  • 7. Functional Decomposition
  • 8. Team Building
  • 9. Risk Analysis and Mitigation
  • 10. The Systems Approach and Systems Thinking
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • Index.