Introduction to Systems Engineering

Name: Introduction to Systems Engineering — Argos Press
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Introduction to Systems Engineering

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Author(s): Michael J. Ryan; R. Ian Faulconbridge
ISBN: 978-1-921138-08-9
Pages: 105
Published: 2015
Subject: Management
Format: Kindle E-book

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Overview

This e-book provides a basic coverage of the discipline known as systems engineering. The e-book supports the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that the authors deliver regularly through the Coursera platform and is an overview of our more-comprehensive physical text “Systems Engineering Practice”, also published by Argos Press. Here, we offer a framework encapsulating the entire systems engineering discipline, clearly showing where the multitude of associated activities fits within the overall effort, providing an ideal vehicle for understanding the complex discipline.

Chapter 1 introduces systems, systems engineering and related issues and Chapter 2 provides an overview of requirements-engineering and its application to systems development. Chapters 3 and 4 examine in more detail the issues associated with Conceptual Design and Preliminary Design. Emphasis is given to these early activities, as they have the greatest impact on the system development. Chapters 5, 6 and 7 deal with respectively Detailed Design and Development, Construction and/or Production, and Operational Use and Support. Chapter 8 deals with the broad topic of systems engineering management and details some of the associated activities.

This introductory systems engineering e-book is used to support a number of professional education and university courses as well as the Coursera Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Introduction to Systems Engineering delivered by the authors Dr Ian Faulconbridge and Dr Mike Ryan.

Ian Faulconbridge
Mike Ryan
Canberra, 2015

Table of contents

1	SYSTEMS AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
1.1	WHAT IS A SYSTEM?
1.1.1	Definition of a System
1.1.2	Types of Systems
1.1.3	A System and its Environment
1.1.4	A System as a Product
1.1.5	A System as a Capability - A Capability System
1.1.6	Logical and Physical Descriptions of a System
1.1.7	Hierarchical Descriptions of a System
1.1.8	System-of-systems (SoS)
1.2	SYSTEM LIFE CYCLE
1.2.1	Parties Involved
1.3	ACQUISITION AND UTILIZATION PHASES
1.3.1	Acquisition Phase
1.3.2	Utilization Phase and Retirement Phase
1.4	SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES
1.5	WHAT IS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING?
1.5.1	Top-down Approach
1.5.2	Requirements Engineering
1.5.3	Focus on Life Cycle
1.5.4	System Optimization and Balance
1.5.5	Integration of Disciplines and Specializations
1.5.6	Management
1.6	SYSTEMS ENGINEERING RELEVANCE
1.7	SYSTEMS ENGINEERING BENEFITS
2	REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING FRAMEWORK
2.1	INTRODUCTION
2.1.1	Needs and Requirements Documentation
2.1.2	What is a Requirement?
2.1.3	What not How
2.1.4	Emergent Properties
2.2	WHAT IS REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING?
2.2.1	Why We Need Requirements
2.2.2	Why We Need Requirements Engineering
2.3	REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION AND ELABORATION
2.4	REQUIREMENTS VALIDATION
2.5	REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTATION
2.6	REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT
2.6.1	Requirements Change Management
2.6.2	Change Management - Traceability
2.6.3	Requirements Management Tools
2.7	REQUIREMENTS-ENGINEERING TOOLS
2.7.1	Requirements Breakdown Structure (RBS)
2.7.2	Functional Flow Block Diagrams (FFBDs)
3	CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
3.1	INTRODUCTION
3.2	C1 - DEFINE BUSINESS NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS
3.2.1	Identify Major Stakeholders and Constraints
3.2.2	Elicit Business Needs
3.2.3	Scope System
3.2.4	Define Business Requirements
3.2.5	Finalise Business Needs and Requirements (BNR)
3.3	C2 - DEFINE STAKEHOLDER NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS
3.3.1	Define Stakeholder Needs
3.3.2	Define Stakeholders Requirements
3.4	C3 - DEFINE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
3.4.1	Establish Requirements Framework
3.4.2	Perform Requirements Analysis and Allocation
3.4.3	Draft System Requirement Specification (SyRS)
3.4.4	Define Technical Performance Measures (TPM)
3.4.5	Conduct System Requirements Reviews (SRR)
3.5	C4 - CONDUCT SYSTEM-LEVEL SYNTHESIS
3.6	C5 - CONDUCT SYSTEM DESIGN REVIEW (SDR)
4	PRELIMINARY DESIGN
4.1	INTRODUCTION
4.2	REQUIREMENTS ALLOCATION
4.3	INTERFACE IDENTIFICATION AND DESIGN
4.4	SUBSYSTEM-LEVEL SYNTHESIS AND EVALUATION
4.4.1	Investigate Design Alternatives
4.4.2	Make Optimal Use of Design Space
4.5	PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW (PDR)
5	DETAILED DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
5.1	INTRODUCTION
5.2	DETAILED DESIGN OF HARDWARE
5.3	DETAILED DESIGN OF SOFTWARE
5.4	INTEGRATING SYSTEM ELEMENTS
5.5	DETAILED DESIGN REVIEWS
6	CONSTRUCTION AND/OR PRODUCTION
6.1	INTRODUCTION
6.2	PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS
6.3	ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT ISSUES
7	OPERATIONAL USE AND SYSTEM SUPPORT
8	SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
8.1	INTRODUCTION
8.2	TECHNICAL REVIEW AND AUDIT MANAGEMENT
8.3	VERIFICATION AND VERIFICATION
8.4	TECHNICAL RISK MANAGEMENT
8.5	CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
8.6	SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT PLANNING
	GLOSSARY