Description:
Suitable as a reference for industry practitioners and as a textbook for classroom use, this book provides an understanding of systems engineering (SoSE), enterprise systems engineering (ESE), and complex systems engineering (CSE). Industry practitioners present and analyze case studies from a range of domains that demonstrate the underlying principles and best practices. A number of the case studies focus on addressing real human needs. Diverse approaches such as use of soft systems skills are illustrated in applications, and other helpful techniques are also provided.
Review Quotes:
Since ancient times, when society has needed to communicate complex yet critical concepts, people have turned to the art of storytelling, and this book follows in that tradition. Storytelling through case studies has the potential to explicate the complex systems development process in ways that traditional analyses cannot. I hope you find in these engaging stories insights that will inform and inspire you as, together, we work to ensure our systems engineering community can continue to serve generations to come.--Jeff Wilcox, Vice President of Engineering, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland