Praise for the first edition:
"This excellent text will be useful to every system engineer (SE)
regardless of the domain. It covers ALL relevant SE material and does so
in a very clear, methodical fashion. The breadth and depth of the
author's presentation of SE principles and practices is outstanding."
--Philip Allen
This textbook presents a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to System
Engineering analysis, design, and development via an integrated set of
concepts, principles, practices, and methodologies. The methods
presented in this text apply to any type of human system -- small,
medium, and large organizational systems and system development projects
delivering engineered systems or services across multiple business
sectors such as medical, transportation, financial, educational,
governmental, aerospace and defense, utilities, political, and charity,
among others.
- Provides a common focal point for "bridging the gap" between and
unifying System Users, System Acquirers, multi-discipline System
Engineering, and Project, Functional, and Executive Management
education, knowledge, and decision-making for developing systems,
products, or services
- Each chapter provides definitions of key terms, guiding principles,
examples, author's notes, real-world examples, and exercises, which
highlight and reinforce key SE&D concepts and practices
- Addresses concepts employed in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE),
Model-Driven Design (MDD), Unified Modeling Language
(UMLTM) / Systems Modeling Language (SysMLTM),
and Agile/Spiral/V-Model Development such as user needs, stories, and
use cases analysis; specification development; system architecture
development; User-Centric System Design (UCSD); interface definition &
control; system integration & test; and Verification & Validation
(V&V)
- Highlights/introduces a new 21st Century Systems Engineering &
Development (SE&D) paradigm that is easy to understand and implement.
- Provides practices that are critical staging points for technical
decision making such as Technical Strategy Development; Life Cycle
requirements; Phases, Modes, & States; SE Process; Requirements
Derivation; System Architecture Development, User-Centric System
Design (UCSD); Engineering Standards, Coordinate Systems, and
Conventions; et al.
Thoroughly illustrated, with end-of-chapter exercises and numerous case
studies and examples, Systems Engineering Analysis, Design, and
Development, Second Edition is a primary textbook for multi-discipline,
engineering, system analysis, and project management
undergraduate/graduate level students and a valuable reference for
professionals.
