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Systems Engineering Demystified, Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Jon Holt
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Book Image

Systems Engineering Demystified, Second Edition - Second Edition

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By: Jon Holt

Overview of this book

Systems engineering helps in developing and describing complex systems. Written by an internationally-recognized systems engineering expert, this updated edition provides insight into elements to consider when designing a complex system that is robust and successful. The latest edition covers the new approaches of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and its deployment techniques using the Trinity approach. You will learn about the system engineering life cycle and processes to implement. Effective systems can be built only when the system is designed with close attention to detail, meaning each aspect of the system is recognized and understood before the system is built. The book explains in great detail, different system models and visualization techniques, with a focus on SysML, to help you visualize a system in the design phase. You will also learn various verification and validation techniques to ensure your system design is ready to be implemented. The book ends with key management processes, systems engineering best practices, and guidelines, with a new section on effective approaches based on the author’s impressive 30 years of experience in the field. By the end of this systems engineering book, you'll be able to apply modern model-based systems engineering techniques to your own systems and projects.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part I: Introduction to Systems Engineering
4
Part II: Systems Engineering Concepts
8
Part III: Systems Engineering Techniques
14
Part IV: Next Steps
18
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19
Index

Introduction to Life Cycles

This section introduces the main concepts associated with Life Cycles. These concepts will be described using the modeling techniques that have been introduced so far in this book, specifically by expanding the existing MBSE Ontology to include the Life Cycle concepts. As the MBSE Ontology expands, the scope of the overall Ontology will increase to include more concepts, but, very importantly, it will be consistent with everything else described so far in the book.

One of the key concepts associated with any Life Cycle is that of the Stage, and this will form the starting point of the discussion in the next section, which describes the key concepts associated with Life Cycles.

Defining Life Cycle concepts

There are several main concepts and associated terminology that need to be understood in order to perform Systems Engineering successfully. These main concepts are shown in the following diagram, which shows the first version of the Ontology...