This bestselling textbook on systems engineering addresses the need for an introductory overview, first-text for the development and acquisition of complex technical systems. The material is fundamental to learning how to think like a systems engineer and carry out best practices in the field. Now, colleagues of the original authors have upgraded this unique interdisciplinary guide to maintain relevance and currency in this rapidly changing field, providing updated problems and references with a new solutions manual available for instructors. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in systems engineering or project management will find it invaluable.

Alexander Kossiakoff (deceased) was a director and chief scientist of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, as well as program chair of the MS program in systems engineering and technical management at JHU Whiting School of Engineering. William N. Sweet, now retired, was associate department head of the Fleet Systems Department at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Samuel J. Seymour is the systems engineering vice chair at the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering. He served under Professor Kossiakoff for more than twenty-five years. Steven M. Biemer is an instructor at the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering. He assisted Professor Kossiakoff in developing the first edition of this book.

List of Illustrations	p. xiii
List of Tables	p. xvii
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xix
Preface to the First Edition	p. xxiii
Foundations of Systems Engineering	p. 1
Systems Engineering and the World of Modern Systems	p. 3
What Is Systems Engineering?	p. 3
Origins of Systems Engineering	p. 5
Examples of Systems Requiring Systems Engineering	p. 10
Systems Engineering as a Profession	p. 12
Systems Engineer Career Development Model	p. 18
The Power of Systems Engineering	p. 21
Summary	p. 23
Problems	p. 25
Further Reading	p. 26
Systems Engineering Landscape	p. 27
Systems Engineering Viewpoint	p. 27
Perspectives of Systems Engineering	p. 32
Systems Domains	p. 34
Systems Engineering Fields	p. 35
Systems Engineering Approaches	p. 36
Systems Engineering Activities and Products	p. 37
Summary	p. 38
Problems	p. 39
Further Reading	p. 40
Structure of Complex Systems	p. 41
System Building Blocks and Interfaces	p. 41
Hierarchy of Complex Systems	p. 42
System Building Blocks	p. 45
The System Environment	p. 51
Interfaces and Interactions	p. 58
Complexity in Modern Systems	p. 60
Summary	p. 64
Problems	p. 66
Further Reading	p. 67
The System Development Process	p. 69
Systems Engineering through the System Life Cycle	p. 69
System Life Cycle	p. 70
Evolutionary Characteristics of the Development Process	p. 82
The Systems Engineering Method	p. 87
Testing throughout System Development	p. 103
Summary	p. 106
Problems	p. 108
Further Reading	p. 109
Systems Engineering Management	p. 111
Managing System Development and Risks	p. 111
WBS	p. 113
SEMP	p. 117
Risk Management	p. 120
Organization of Systems Engineering	p. 128
Summary	p. 132
Problems	p. 133
Further Reading	p. 134
Concept Development Stage	p. 137
Needs Analysis	p. 139
Originating a New System	p. 139
Operations Analysis	p. 146
Functional Analysis	p. 151
Feasibility Definition	p. 153
Needs Validation	p. 155
System Operational Requirements	p. 158
Summary	p. 162
Problems	p. 163
Further Reading	p. 164
Concept Exploration	p. 165
Developing the System Requirements	p. 165
Operational Requirements Analysis	p. 170
Performance Requirements Formulation	p. 178
Implementation of Concept Exploration	p. 185
Performance Requirements Validation	p. 189
Summary	p. 191
Problems	p. 193
Further Reading	p. 194
Concept Definition	p. 197
Selecting the System Concept	p. 197
Performance Requirements Analysis	p. 201
Functional Analysis and Formulation	p. 206
Functional Allocation	p. 212
Concept Selection	p. 214
Concept Validation	p. 217
System Development Planning	p. 219
Systems Architecting	p. 222
System Modeling Languages: Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Systems Modeling Language (SysML)	p. 228
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)	p. 243
System Functional Specifications	p. 246
Summary	p. 247
Problems	p. 250
Further Reading	p. 252
Decision Analysis and Support	p. 255
Decision Making	p. 256
Modeling throughout System Development	p. 262
Modeling for Decisions	p. 263
Simulation	p. 272
Trade-Off Analysis	p. 282
Review of Probability	p. 295
Evaluation Methods	p. 299
Summary	p. 308
Problems	p. 311
Further Reading	p. 312
Engineering Development Stage	p. 315
Advanced Development	p. 317
Reducing Program Risks	p. 317
Requirements Analysis	p. 322
Functional Analysis and Design	p. 327
Prototype Development as a Risk Mitigation Technique	p. 333
Development Testing	p. 340
Risk Reduction	p. 349
Summary	p. 350
Problems	p. 352
Further Reading	p. 354
Software Systems Engineering	p. 355
Coping with Complexity and Abstraction	p. 356
Nature of Software Development	p. 360
Software Development Life Cycle Models	p. 365
Software Concept Development: Analysis and Design	p. 373
Software Engineering Development: Coding and Unit Test	p. 385
Software Integration and Test	p. 393
Software Engineering Management	p. 396
Summary	p. 402
Problems	p. 405
Further Reading	p. 406
Engineering Design	p. 409
Implementing the System Building Blocks	p. 409
Requirements Analysis	p. 414
Functional Analysis and Design	p. 416
Component Design	p. 419
Design Validation	p. 432
CM	p. 436
Summary	p. 439
Problems	p. 441
Further Reading	p. 442
Integration and Evaluation	p. 443
Integrating, Testing, and Evaluating the Total System	p. 443
Test Planning and Preparation	p. 450
System Integration	p. 455
Developmental System Testing	p. 462
Operational Test and Evaluation	p. 467
Summary	p. 475
Problems	p. 478
Further Reading	p. 478
Postdevelopment Stage	p. 481
Production	p. 483
Systems Engineering in the Factory	p. 483
Engineering for Production	p. 485
Transition from Development to Production	p. 489
Production Operations	p. 492
Acquiring a Production Knowledge Base	p. 497
Summary	p. 500
Problems	p. 502
Further Reading	p. 503
Operations and Support	p. 505
Installing, Maintaining, and Upgrading the System	p. 505
Installation and Test	p. 507
In-Service Support	p. 512
Major System Upgrades: Modernization	p. 516
Operational Factors in System Development	p. 520
Summary	p. 522
Problems	p. 523
Further Reading	p. 524
Index	p. 525<SpI_
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