System Engineering Management

by Blanchard, Benjamin S.

• ISBN13: 9780470167359
• ISBN10: 0470167351
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-28
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This new edition of a key reference on System Engineering Management reflects current world-wide trends, emphasizing the application of principles and concepts of system engineering and how these principles aid in the development, utilization, and support of systems. New content includes coverage of the changing areas of system requirements, increasing system complexities, extended system life cycles vs. shorter technology cycles, higher costs, and greater international competition. Notable is new discussion of the inter-relationship of project management and systems engineeering as they work together at the project team level. A solutions manual will be available.

Author Biography

Benjamin S. Blanchard is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia. Professor Blanchard is a Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). In 2000, he was awarded INCOSE's Pioneer Award for his contributions to the field as an "esteemed practitioner, teacher, and advocate of systems engineering."

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Introduction to System Engineering	p. 1
Definition of a System	p. 2
The Characteristics of a System	p. 2
Categories of Systems	p. 4
System of Systems (SOS)	p. 6
The Current Environment: Some Challenges	p. 8
The Need for System Engineering	p. 14
The System Life Cycle	p. 15
Definition of System Engineering	p. 16
Requirements for System Engineering	p. 24
System Architecture	p. 24
System Science	p. 25
System Analysis	p. 26
Some Additional System Models	p. 26
System Engineering in the Life Cycle (Some Applications)	p. 30
Related Terms and Definitions	p. 32
Concurrent/Simultaneous Engineering	p. 34
Some Major Supporting Design Disciplines	p. 34
Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM)	p. 37
Integrated System Maintenance and Support	p. 38
Data and Information Management	p. 42
Configuration Management (CM)	p. 43
Total Quality Management (TQM)	p. 43
Total System Value and Life-Cycle Cost (LCC)	p. 43
System Engineering Management	p. 45
Summary	p. 48
Questions and Problems	p. 49
The System Engineering Process	p. 51
Definition of the Problem (Current Deficiency)	p. 53
System Requirements (Needs Analysis)	p. 54
System Feasibility Analysis	p. 55
System Operational Requirements	p. 57
The Logistics and Maintenance Support Concept	p. 60
Identification and Prioritization of Technical Performance Measures (TPMs)	p. 68
Functional Analysis	p. 71
Functional Flow Block Diagrams (FFBDs)	p. 77
Operational Functions	p. 78
Maintenance and Support Functions	p. 79
Application of Functional Analysis	p. 80
Interfaces with Other Systems in a SOS Configuration	p. 87
Requirements Allocation	p. 88
Functional Packaging and Partitioning	p. 89
Allocation of System-Level Requirements to the Subsystem Level and Below	p. 91
Traceability of Requirements (Top-Down/Bottom-Up)	p. 93
Allocation of Requirements in a SOS Configuration	p. 94
System Synthesis, Analysis, and Design Optimization	p. 95
Design Integration	p. 103
System Test and Evaluation	p. 106
Categories of Test and Evaluation	p. 108
Integrated Test Planning	p. 111
Preparation for Test and Evaluation	p. 112
Test Performance, Data Collection, Analysis, and Validation	p. 113
System Modifications	p. 115
Production and/or Construction	p. 115
System Operational Use and Sustaining Support	p. 116
System Retirement and Material Recycling/Disposal	p. 118
Summary	p. 120
Questions and Problems	p. 120
System Design Requirements	p. 123
Development of Design Requirements and Design-To Criteria	p. 126
Development of Specifications	p. 127
The Integration of System Design Activities	p. 133
Selected Design Engineering Disciplines	p. 137
Software Engineering	p. 137
Reliability Engineering	p. 141
Maintainability Engineering	p. 155
Human-Factors Engineering	p. 170
Safety Engineering	p. 180
Security Engineering	p. 182
Manufacturing and Production Engineering	p. 184
Logistics and Supportability Engineering	p. 187
Disposability Engineering	p. 194
Quality Engineering	p. 195
Environmental Engineering	p. 199
Value/Cost Engineering (Life-Cycle Costing)	p. 202
SOS Integration and Interoperability Requirements	p. 205
Summary	p. 208
Questions and Problems	p. 212
Engineering Design Methods and Tools	p. 217
Conventional Design Practices	p. 218
Analytical Methods	p. 221
Information Technology, the Internet, and Emerging Technologies	p. 222
Current Design Technologies and Tools	p. 224
The Use of Simulation in System Engineering	p. 227
The Use of Rapid Prototyping	p. 228
The Use of Mock-ups	p. 229
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)	p. 230
Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)	p. 237
Computer-Aided Support (CAS)	p. 239
Summary	p. 241
Questions and Problems	p. 241
Design Review and Evaluation	p. 243
Design Review and Evaluation Requirements	p. 244
Informal Day-to-Day Review and Evaluation	p. 246
Formal Design Reviews	p. 251
Conceptual Design Review	p. 255
System Design Reviews	p. 256
Equipment/Software Design Reviews	p. 257
Critical Design Review	p. 257
The Design Change and System Modification Process	p. 258
Summary	p. 263
Questions and Problems	p. 263
System Engineering Program Planning	p. 265
System Engineering Program Requirements	p. 268
The Need for Early System Planning	p. 268
Determination of Program Requirements	p. 269
System Engineering Management Plan (SEMP)	p. 271
Statement of Work	p. 273
Definition of System Engineering Functions and Tasks	p. 275
System Engineering Organization	p. 280
Development of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)	p. 284
Specification/Documentation Tree	p. 291
Technical Performance Measures (TPM)	p. 293
Development of Program Schedules	p. 295
Preparation of Cost Projections	p. 309
Program Technical Reviews and Audits	p. 312
Program Reporting Requirements	p. 314
Determination of Outsourcing Requirements	p. 316
Identification of Potential Suppliers	p. 319
Development of a Request for Proposal (RFP)	p. 321
Review and Evaluation of Supplier Proposals	p. 322
Selection of Suppliers and Contract Negotiation	p. 328
Supplier Monitoring and Control	p. 335
Integration of Design Specialty Plans	p. 336
Interfaces with Other Program Activities	p. 340
Management Methods/Tools	p. 343
Risk Management Plan	p. 344
Global Applications/Relationships	p. 349
Summary	p. 350
Questions and Problems	p. 352
Organization for System Engineering	p. 354
Developing the Organizational Structure	p. 355
Customer, Producer, and Supplier Relationships	p. 356
Customer Organization and Functions	p. 358
Producer Organization and Functions (The Contractor)	p. 360
Functional Organization Structure	p. 361
Product-Line/Project Organization Structure	p. 365
Matrix Organizational Structure	p. 366
Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD)	p. 370
Integrated Product/Process Teams (IPTs)	p. 371
System Engineering Organization	p. 372
Supplier Organization and Functions	p. 377
Human Resource Requirements	p. 382
Creating the Proper Organizational Environment	p. 382
Leadership Characteristics	p. 385
The Needs of the Individual	p. 386
Staffing the Organization	p. 390
Personnel Development and Training	p. 392
Summary	p. 394
Questions and Problems	p. 395
System Engineering Program Evaluation	p. 397
Evaluation Requirements	p. 399
Benchmarking	p. 399
Evaluation of the System Engineering Organization	p. 401
Program Reporting, Feedback, and Control	p. 408
Summary	p. 409
Questions and Problems	p. 410
Functional Analysis (Case-Study Examples)	p. 412
Life-Cycle Cost-Analysis Process	p. 419
Selected Case Studies (Seven Examples)	p. 441
Design Review Checklist	p. 478
Supplier Evaluation Checklist	p. 501
Selected Bibliography	p. 509
Index	p. 521
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