Architecting Resilient Systems : Accident Avoidance and Survival and Recovery from Disruptions

by Jackson, Scott

• ISBN13: 9780470405031
• ISBN10: 0470405031
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-09
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The science of resilience engineering is so new that there is little agreement about what it is. This book presents a framework for implementation that any organization, public or private, can use as a guide for establishing its own procedures and processes for achieving system resilience. This framework relies on an extensive familiarity with both the current research and also standard ways that programs are run in industry. This book can be used as a textbook in university courses or as a reference for practicing engineers, technology managers, and business professionals.

Author Biography

schott Jackson, MA, MS, is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the University of Southern California (USC) graduate program in Systems Architecting and Engineering, where he teaches resilience architecting. Scott is a Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE).

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Notes on Terminology	p. xv
On Resilience	p. 1
System Resilience and Related Concepts	p. 11
Disruptions	p. 39
Case Histories	p. 55
Culture	p. 91
Capabilities	p. 121
Infrastructure	p. 151
Resilience Architecting	p. 759
Governance	p. 187
Measuring Resilience	p. 197
Cost	p. 211
Implementation	p. 225
A Summary of Themes	p. 239
A Final Word	p. 245
Domain-Specific Example for Architecting a Fire-Protection Infrastructure System	p. 259
A Resilience Analysis of Metrolink 111	p. 273
References	p. 285
Index	p. 285
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