Book description
Presents the origins and evolution of the systems engineering discipline and helps readers gain a personal familiarity with systems engineering experts: their experience, opinions and attitudes in this field
This book is based on a qualitative study that includes dozens of in-depth interviews with experts in the systems engineering field. This book is broken into three main parts. The first part is a general overview of the systems engineering field. The second part discusses the changes the systems engineering discipline has undergone with the analysis as case studies of two significant Israeli defence systems projects: the IAI Lavi project and the Iron Dome project.
The third part of this book contains interviews with renowned experts in the systems engineering field. This part is divided into five sections: systems engineering as the answer to the challenges of a complex technological world - the aerospace industries; the development of systems engineering in the commercial and industrial worlds, and in complex civil systems; the impact of the accelerated development of the computing world on systems engineering processes; systems engineering and the academic world; and systems engineering in the world of training and consulting.
This book presents the main insights derived from the interviews, and an analysis and discussion of the question of the relevance of systems engineering to the management world. Some highlights of this book are that it
Integrates the technological aspects with the behavioural aspects of the field
Serves managerial needs of engineering and management in general, so managers with no technical background can derive knowledge from this book
Provides approaches for seeing beyond technology-understanding the mission
Managing and Engineering Complex Technological Systems is a great resource on management for managers as well as systems engineers.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Words From Incose President
- Words from the Head of the Bernard M. Gordon Center for Systems Engineering, Technion
- Words from the President of the Israeli Association for Systems Engineering-Incose_IL
- Words from the Writers
- Preface
- List of Interviewees (Alphabetical Order)
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Part I: Systems Engineering – A General Overview
- Chapter 1.1: The Origins, History, and Uniqueness of Systems Engineering
- Chapter 1.2: A Multidisciplinary, Systemic View
- Chapter 1.3: The Systems Engineer as Manager and Leader
- Chapter 1.4: The Evolution of a Systems Engineer
- Chapter 1.5: Systems Engineering in Various Organizations
- Chapter 1.6: The Future of Systems Engineering
- Part II: A World of Complex Projects – then and Now
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Part III: The Interviews
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Chapter 3.1: Developments in a Complex, Technological World – The Aviation and Space Industries
- 3.1.1 “Structured, Multidisciplinary Methods of Resolving Lateral Problems”
- 3.1.2 “Planning Systems That Fit The Needs of Both Clients and Users”
- 3.1.3 “Seeing Beyond Technology – Understanding The Mission”
- 3.1.4 “Simplification Capabilities in a Complex Environment”
- 3.1.5 “Complex Mega-Systems That Cannot Be Supervised”
- Chapter 3.2: Developments in Industry and Commerce and in Complex Civilian Systems
- Chapter 3.3: The Influence of the Accelerated Progress in the Computing World
- Chapter 3.4: Systems Engineering and Academia
- Chapter 3.5: Systems Engineering in the World of Training and Consulting
- Index
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Chapter 3.1: Developments in a Complex, Technological World – The Aviation and Space Industries
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Managing and Engineering Complex Technological Systems
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2015
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781119068594
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