Systems Engineering: Fifty Lessons Learned

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
About the Author
Other Books by the Author
Chapter 1 Technical
	1. When and Where Possible, Go Back to Fundamentals (*)
		Case One
		Case Two
		Case Three
	2. Seriously Explore Alternatives, Even If Time Is Short
		References and Recommended Reading
	3. Embrace Prototyping as Well as Modeling and Simulation (M & S)
		References and Recommended Reading
	4. Cost-Effectiveness Is Still the Preferred Approach
		Typical MOEs for Communication Systems
		Selected MOEs for Transportation Systems
		Limited MOEs for Air Defense Systems
		Weighting Factors
		References and Recommended Reading
	5. Do Not Attempt to Integrate All Stovepipes
		Reference and Recommended Reading
	6. A Bit at a Time or All at Once
		References and Recommended Reading
	7. Growth by Acquisition
	8. The Contract
	9. Less Paper Please
		References and Recommended Reading
Chapter 2 Management
	10. Definitely Measure, but Do Not Over-Measure
		Software Measurement
		Overall Project Measurement
		Significant Parameters
		COCOMO I and COCOMO II
		References and Recommended Reading
	11. Under Promise and Over Deliver
		Reference and Recommended Reading
	12. Try to Improve Overall Systems Engineering Practices
		References and Recommended Reading
	13. Negotiate
		References and Recommended Reading
	14. Understanding the Enterprise
		Monthly Measurements
		The Balanced Scorecard
		References and Recommended Reading
	15. The Systems Approach
		Systems Thinking
		References and Recommended Reading
	16. Industry/Government Interaction
		Universities
		INCOSE Certification
	17. Tradeoffs
		Risk
		Detection and False Alarm Probabilities
	18. Resilience
		References and Recommended Reading
Chapter 3 Idea Based
	19. They Were Right: KISS, Simplify, and Reduce Complexity
		References and Recommended Reading
	20. Seek a Balanced System Solution; Do Not Try to Optimize or Achieve Perfection (*)
		Other References to Balance
		Stakeholders
		References and Recommended Reading
	21. Understand the Power, Importance, and Challenge of Functional Decomposition
		References and Recommended Reading
	22. Break the Problem into Pieces Using the Reductionist Approach Whenever Possible, and Then Apply Lateral Thinking
		References and Recommended Reading
	23. Develop and Try a New Way of Architecting
		The DoD Procedure for Developing Architecture
		Products for Views
		An Alternative Approach
		References and Recommended Reading
	24. Plato and Proust
		Reference and Recommended Reading
	25. Try to Master New Tools and Use Them as Needed
		References and Recommended Reading
	26. Real EAM
		References and Recommended Reading
	27. Ways of Thinking
		Visualization
		Lateral Thinking
		Hybrid Thinking
		Six Thinking Hats
		Special Point-of-View Thinking [3]
		References and Recommended Reading
	28. New Ideas to Be Explored
		General Systems Theory
		Rapid Computer-Aided Systems of Systems
		New Method of Systems Architecting
		National Aviation System (NAS) Model
		Systems Engineering and Software Engineering
		Emergent Properties of Systems
			Affordability
		Design to Cost
		References and Recommended Reading
Chapter 4 People Oriented
	29. Building a Highly Productive Systems Engineering Team
		The Team Leader
		Project Management and Leadership
		References and Recommended Reading
	30. Listen to Your Elders
		References and Recommended Reading
	31. Leadership
		Practical Visionary
		Inclusive Communicator
		Positive Doer
		Renewing Facilitator
		Principled Integrator
		Reference and Recommended Reading
	32. New Boss
		Reference and Recommended Reading
	33. Team Busters
	34. Meetings
		A Systems Engineering Meeting
		References and Recommended Reading
	35. Myers–Briggs
		Reference and Recommended Reading
	36. Becoming a Hi-Tech Manager
		Skills Required
		Specific Steps
		Reference and Recommended Reading
	37. Dealing with Your Customer
		Going to Lunch with Your Customer
		Issuance of a New Task Order
		Quick Response Capability
		A Truthful Interchange
		The Re-Competition
	38. Integration
		Reference and Recommended Reading
	39. Hall, Goode, and Machol
		A. D. Hall
		Goode and Machol
		Machol’ s View
		References and Recommended Reading
	40. Man vs. Machine
Chapter 5 Miscellany
	41. Redundancy is Important and May Be Critical in Certain Systems
		Reference and Recommended Reading
	42. Rechtin’s Heuristics Are Brilliant and Need to Be Studied and Followed
		References and Recommended Reading
	43. Mistakes
		A Footnote to the IBM – Microsoft Story
		References and Recommended Reading
	44. Cost Estimating
		References and Recommended Reading
	45. Generalize
	46. Risk Analysis and Mitigation
		Take Your Pick of Serial and Parallel Configurations
		References and Recommended Reading
	47. Change, Options Open, and Iteration
		Rechtin’s Options Open
		Configuration Control and Management
		Iteration
		TBDs
		References and Recommended Reading
	48. DOTSS
		References and Recommended Reading
	49. Obversity
	50. Vaillant, Turned into Lessons Considered
		Grit
		Intelligence
		Listening
		Focus
		Integrity
		Community Involvement
		Problem Solver
		Respect
		Curiosity
		Sense of Humor
		Resilient
		Growth-Oriented
		References and Recommended Reading
Chapter 6 Top Ten Lessons
	1. Stovepipes
	2. Modeling and Simulation
	3. Architecting
	4. Amid a Wash of Paper …
	5. Industry Initiatives and Government Support
	6. The Elders in Systems Engineering
	7. Functional Decomposition
	8. Team Building
	9. Risk Analysis and Mitigation
	10. The Systems Approach and Systems Thinking
		References and Recommended Reading
Index