Systems Engineering : Coping with Complexity / Richard Stevens...[et.al].

It includes summary, appendices, Glossary, References and index pages

Systems Engineering

In an age of shrinking development cycles, it is harder than ever to bring the right product to market at the right time. Good product, especially complex products, is underpinned by good systems, and systems engineering itself is recognised as the key tool to product development. This book covers the principles of systems design in an easy to read format.

The authors have decades of practical industrial experience, and the material is ideal for industrial project teams. For academic courses, the book acts as a component for graduate and undergraduate engineering studies, particularly those on systems engineering. It covers how to handle requirements, architectural design, integration and verification, starting from the perspective of a simple linear lifecycle. The book then gradually introduces recent work on the complexity of real world systems, with issues such as multi-level systems, and iterative development. There is also coverage of the impact of systems engineering at the organsational level."

Table of Content

1. Introduction
2. The user requirements process
3. The System requirements process
4. The architectural design process
5. From integration to operations
6. Project management and systems engineering
7. Tailoring the simple life cycle
8. More realistic development life cycles
9. Management in multi-level projects
10. Software and systems
11. Prototyping
12. Information modeling
13. Projects and the enterprise
14. Improving the systems engineering processes
15. Summary
Appendices