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Intro -- Systems Approach to Engineering Design -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Systems Thinking and Systems Engineering -- 1.1 Systems Engineering Briefly Explained -- 1.2 Overview of Systems Thinking -- 1.3 Modern Systems Thinking in Engineering -- 1.4 Role of Test and Evaluation -- 1.5 Application of SE to Design -- 1.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 2 -- System Design and Project Management -- 2.1 System and SE: Understanding Interpretations -- 2.2 Overview of PM -- 2.3 Overview of SE -- 2.4 Comparison of the Roles of PM and SE -- 2.5 Role of Quality and T&E in Systems Development -- 2.6 Integrating the Hard and Soft Aspects of System Design -- 2.7 Setting Up SE Activity for a Project -- 2.8 Summary -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Design Team Formation and Staff Selection -- 3.1 Team Requirements: An Example Start-Up -- 3.2 Staffing Aspect of the Design Team -- 3.3 Premises and Equipment -- 3.4 Managing Staff Turnover -- 3.5 Organizational Structures Used in Different Kinds of Businesses -- 3.6 Staff Appointments -- 3.7 Staff Selection -- 3.8 Competency-Based Methodology -- 3.9 Staff Development -- 3.10 Team Culture -- 3.11 Summary -- References -- Chapter 4 -- 4.1 IT in Support of Design -- 4.2 Tool Features -- 4.3 Major Software Tools Used -- 4.4 Specialized Software Tools -- 4.5 Internet Application and Other On-Line Operations -- 4.6 Some IT Jargon -- 4.7 Summary -- References -- Chapter 5 -- 5.1 The Design and Development Task -- 5.2 Nature of the Engineering Design Process -- 5.3 Design of Multidisciplinary Systems -- 5.4 Practical Application of Design Processes -- 5.5 Reticulation of Design Activity -- 5.6 Tree Diagrams as Generators of Ideas and Control of Activities -- 5.7 Functional Decomposition and Functional Analysis -- 5.8 Summary -- References -- Chapter 6 -- 6.1 Design Concept and Requirements Development |
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6.2 Requirements Generation -- 6.3 Specifications -- 6.4 ConOps -- 6.5 Legal Issues in Requirements Development -- 6.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 7 -- 7.1 Establishing and Selecting Design Choices -- 7.2 Parameter and Ideas Generation -- 7.3 Prediction Methods -- 7.4 Checklists -- 7.5 Decision-Making in Design -- 7.6 Selected Decision Support Methods -- 7.7 Preparation to Make Decisions -- 7.8 Summary -- References -- Chapter 8 -- 8.1 Optimizing a Design -- 8.2 Monitoring and Controlling Early Error -- 8.3 Sources of Design Sensitivity -- 8.4 Influence Effects on Designs -- 8.5 Optimization Methods -- 8.6 Project Reviews -- 8.7 Summary -- References -- Chapter 9 -- 9.1 Suitability and Operability Aspects of a Design -- 9.2 The "ilities" -- 9.3 Types of Reliability Assessment -- 9.4 Reliability Acceptance Issues -- 9.5 Safety in Design -- 9.6 Upgrading a Design -- 9.7 Configuration Management and Other Records -- 9.8 Designing for Disposal -- 9.9 System Evaluation -- 9.10 Summary -- References -- Chapter 10 -- 10.1 Legal and Security Issues -- 10.2 Legal Drivers for Doing Best Practice Design -- 10.3 Legal Liability -- 10.4 Product Recall -- 10.5 Expert Witness Activity -- 10.6 Security Issues -- 10.7 Summary -- References -- Chapter 11 -- 11.1 Prototyping and Modeling in Design -- 11.2 Creating Prototypes -- 11.3 Model-Based Prototyping -- 11.4 Creating Models -- 11.5 Physical Prototyping Practice -- 11.6 Experimentation and Its Use in Design Evaluation -- 11.7 Interfacing Prototypes with Manufacture -- 11.8 Summary -- References -- Chapter 12 -- 12.1 Change and Future Trends -- 12.2 Technology Forecasting -- 12.3 Process Reengineering -- 12.4 The Individual and Change Management -- 12.5 Likely Changes in the Foreseeable Future -- 12.6 Summary -- References -- List of Acronyms -- About the Author -- Index |
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Until now systems engineering methods have been the exclusive domain of large organizations employing hundreds of engineers to develop and deliver complex, tightly integrated systems designs. This book offers you a thorough and practical introduction to using systems engineering for managing your systems design projects. It empowers you with proven techniques that help you lead a small design team to world-class performance levels |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: Sydenham, Peter Systems Approach to Engineering Design
Norwood : Artech House,c2003 9781580534796
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Engineering design.;Systems engineering
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