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Systems Engineering Demystified
Systems Engineering Demystified

Systems Engineering Demystified: A practitioner's handbook for developing complex systems using a model-based approach

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  • Discover how to manage increased complexity and understand systems better via effective communication
  • Adopt a proven model-based approach for systems engineering in your organization
  • Apply proven techniques for requirements, design, validation and verification, and systems engineering management

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Systems engineering helps us to understand, specify, and develop complex systems, and is applied across a wide set of disciplines. As systems and their associated problems become increasingly complex in this evermore connected world, the need for more rigorous, demonstrable, and repeatable techniques also increases. Written by Professor Jon Holt – an internationally recognized systems engineering expert – this book provides a blend of technical and business aspects you need to understand in order to develop successful systems. You'll start with systems engineering basics and understand the complexity, communication, and different stakeholders' views of the system. The book then covers essential aspects of model-based systems engineering, systems, life cycles, and processes, along with techniques to develop systems. Moving on, you'll explore system models and visualization techniques, focusing on the SysML, and discover how solutions can be defined by developing effective system design, verification, and validation techniques. The book concludes by taking you through key management processes and systems engineering best practices and guidelines. By the end of this systems engineering book, you'll be able to confidently apply modern model-based systems engineering techniques to your own systems and projects.

Who is this book for?

This book is for aspiring systems engineers, engineering managers, or anyone looking to apply systems engineering practices to their systems and projects. While a well-structured, model-based approach to systems engineering is an essential skill for engineers of all disciplines, many companies are finding that new graduates have little understanding of systems engineering. This book helps you acquire this skill with the help of a simple and practical approach to developing successful systems. No prior knowledge of systems engineering or modeling is required to get started with this book.

What you will learn

  • Understand the three evils of systems engineering - complexity, ambiguous communication, and lack of understanding
  • Realize successful systems using model-based systems engineering
  • Understand the concept of life cycles and how they control the evolution of a system
  • Explore processes and related concepts such as activities, stakeholders, and resources
  • Discover how needs fit into the systems life cycle and which processes are relevant and how to comply with them
  • Find out how design, verification, and validation fit into the life cycle and processes

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Geoffrey A Wardle Aug 28, 2023
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Very well written text book clearly covered system engineering and MBSE.
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Steven Fernandes Jan 11, 2023
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The book starts by introducing systems engineering. It provides a brief history of systems engineering and an overview of what we mean by systems engineering and what differentiates it from other engineering disciplines. Next, the concept of model-based systems engineering (MBSE)is introduced. It introduces the most effective and efficient way to realize systems engineering through MBSE.After the introductory chapters, the authors explain the systems and interfaces. They describe what we mean by a system and the different types of systems, including systems of systems. Next, the concept of life cycles and how they control the evolution of a system is explained. Different types of life cycles are introduced, and the importance of understanding the potentially complex relationships between them is stressed. The systems engineering processes introduce the concepts of processes and their related elements, such as activities, artifacts, stakeholders, and resources. The importance of effective processes defining the overall system engineering approach is emphasized. The needs and requirements, explains the importance of needs along with different types, specific requirements. The whole area of stakeholder needs identification and analysis is described, along with the views necessary to understand the different aspects of needs.The modeling and design discuss how solutions may be defined by developing effective designs. Various levels of design abstraction are discussed, such as architectural and detailed design. Also, different aspects of design, such as logical, functional, and physical designs, are introduced and the relationships between them are defined. The verification and validation introduce how the system may be demonstrated to be fit for purpose by introducing the concepts of verification (the system works) and validation (the system does what it is supposed to do). Several techniques are introduced and described that show how verification and validation may be applied at different levels of abstraction of the system. An overview of other methods that may be used is provided.The final chapters include methodologies that describe some of the most widely used systems engineering methodologies used in modern industry. Some of these use specific techniques, while others vary on the standard life cycle model. The systems engineering management provides an overview of some key management processes and associated techniques that need to be considered and how they can be implemented. The relationship between management techniques and technical techniques is also discussed. The book ends with best practices. It is a short chapter that provides information that can be used to continue systems engineering in your organization.
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robertcloutier Mar 21, 2021
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The authors have been in the model-based approach for systems engineering space for many years. The first book that I read by them was UML for Systems Engineering published in 2004. They followed that up in 2013 with SysML for Systems Engineering. Their latest book on this subject, Systems Engineering Demystified, is their best.This is not a SysML book. It is a systems engineering book. The first chapter introduces systems engineering with a unique twist – they use the OMG Systems Modeling Language (SysML) without telling you they are using SysML. Next, they begin to introduce the use of models in performing systems engineering – or MBSE. A significant departure from other books in this space where most books introduce a SysML diagram like the block diagram and then discuss how it should be used by systems engineers. The authors instead discuss the systems engineering task and demonstrate how to do this using the appropriate SysML diagram. Each chapter is presented in the same manner - here are the systems engineering approaches, and this is how you use models to accomplish that.The book is presented in a clear, concise manner. You do not have to have any previous knowledge of systems engineering. The entire systems engineering lifecycle is presented and the material is presented in a tool agnostic manner, so you will not have to be familiar with any specific tool to use this book. This is the book I would have written. The primary author, Jon Holt, is a university professor, and the book is written in a manner in which it can be used as a primary text for an introductory course for systems engineering at either the undergraduate or graduate level. If you do intend to use it to teach, the authors have made all their diagrams available in PDF so you can use them in your teaching materials.
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Denny Sep 20, 2022
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I liked that both static and dynamic views comprise major sections of the book. Regarding notation, if SysML is new to the reader, look for a specific book like SysML Distilled to learn it. This book really focuses on model based systems engineering, and just happens to use SysML as the language to communicate with stakeholders. Please give the book a try if you want to learn the foundation of MBSE. In practice, I have created ontology models for a project, so remember even the ontology models covered in the content are not absolute either, and should be validated for your context.
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S Mar 22, 2021
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It is a comprehensive text book from A to Z.It is specifically useful when you want to write a paper and looking for some good reference to cite for System Engineering methodology.Also, it organized very good and you can find what you need by looking at the table of contents and document outline in the digital copy.I liked it.
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