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CHAPTER 1 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING INTRODUCTION
1.1 What is Systems Engineering?
1.2 Why is Systems Engineering Important?
1.3 System Concepts
1.3.1 System Boundary and the System of Interest (SoI)
1.3.2 Emergence
1.3.3 Interfacing Systems, Interoperating Systems, and Enabling Systems
1.3.4 System Innovation Ecosystem
1.3.5 The Hierarchy within a System
1.3.6 Systems States and Modes
1.3.7 Complexity
1.4.1 Uncertainty
1.4.2 Cognitive Bias
1.4.3 Systems Engineering Principles
1.4.4 Systems Engineering Heuristics
1.5 System Science and Systems Thinking
CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM LIFE CYCLE CONCEPTS, MODELS, AND PROCESSES
2.1 Lifecycle Terms and Concepts
2.1.1 Life Cycle Characteristics
2.1.2 Typical Life Cycle Stages
2.1.3 Decision Gates
2.1.4 Technical Reviews and Audits
2.2 Life Cycle Model Approaches
2.2.1 Sequential Methods
2.2.2 Incremental Methods
2.2.3 Evolutionary Methods
2.3.1 Introduction to the System Life Cycle Processes
2.3.1.1 Format and Conventions
2.3.1.2 Concurrency, Iteration, and Recursion
2.3.2 Agreement Processes
2.3.2.1 Acquisition Process
2.3.2.2 Supply Process
2.3.3 Organizational Project-Enabling Processes
2.3.3.1 Life Cycle Model Management Process
2.3.3.2 Infrastructure Management Process
2.3.3.3 Portfolio Management Process
2.3.3.4 Human Resource Management Process
2.3.3.5 Quality Management Process
2.3.3.6 Knowledge Management
2.3.4 Technical Management Processes
2.3.4.1 Project Planning Process
2.3.4.2 Project Assessment and Control Process
2.3.4.3 Decision Management Process
2.3.4.4 Risk Management Process
2.3.4.5 Configuration Management Process
2.3.4.6 Information Management Process
2.3.4.7 Measurement Process
2.3.4.8 Quality Assurance Process
2.3.5 Technical Processes
2.3.5.1 Business or Mission Analysis Process
2.3.5.2 Stakeholder Needs and Requirements Definition Process
2.3.5.3 System Requirements Definition Process
2.3.5.4 System Architecture Definition Process
2.3.5.5 Design Definition Process
2.3.5.6 System Analysis Process
2.3.5.7 Implementation Process
2.3.5.8 Integration Process
2.3.5.9 Verification Process
2.3.5.10 Transition Process
2.3.5.11 Validation Process
2.3.5.12 Operation Process
2.3.5.13 Maintenance Process
2.3.5.14 Disposal Process
CHAPTER 3 LIFE CYCLE ANALYSES AND METHODS
3.1.2 Affordability Analysis
3.1.3 Agility Engineering
3.1.4 Human Systems Integration
3.1.5 Interoperability Analysis
3.1.6 Logistics Engineering
3.1.7 Manufacturability/Producibility Analysis
3.1.8 Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Engineering
3.1.9 Resilience Engineering
3.1.10 Sustainability Engineering
3.1.11 System Safety Engineering
3.1.12 System Security Engineering
3.1.13 Loss-Driven Systems Engineering
3.2.1 Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation
3.2.2 Prototyping
3.2.3 Traceability
3.2.4 Interface Management
3.2.5 Architecture Frameworks
3.2.6 Patterns
3.2.7 Design Thinking
3.2.8 Biomimicry
CHAPTER 4 TAILORING AND APPLICATION CONSIDERATIONS
4.1 Tailoring Considerations
4.2 SE Methodology / Approach Considerations
4.2.1 Model-Based SE
4.2.2 Agile Systems Engineering
4.2.3 Lean Systems Engineering
4.2.4 Product Line Engineering (PLE)
4.3.1 Greenfield/Clean Sheet Systems
4.3.2 Brownfield/Legacy Systems
4.3.3 Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS)-Based Systems
4.3.4 Software-Intensive Systems
4.3.5 Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
4.3.6 Systems of Systems (SoS)
4.3.7 Internet of Things (IoT)/Big Data-Driven Systems
4.3.8 Service Systems
4.3.9 Enterprise Systems
4.4 Application of Systems Engineering for Specific Product Sector or Domain Application
CHAPTER 5 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING IN PRACTICE
5.1 Systems Engineering Competencies
5.1.1 Difference between Hard and Soft Skills
5.1.2 System Engineering Professional Competencies
5.1.3 Technical Leadership
5.1.4 Ethics
5.2 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.3.1 SE and Software Engineering (SWE)
5.3.2 SE and Hardware Engineering (HWE)
5.3.3 SE and Project Management (PM)
5.3.4 SE and Industrial Engineering (IE)
5.3.5 SE and Operations Research (OR)
5.4 Digital Engineering
5.5 Systems Engineering Transformation
5.6 The Future of Systems Engineering
Chapter 6 CASE STUDIES
Case Studies
1.3.5 The Hierarchy within a System
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