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SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND
MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Systems engineers
The systems engineering point of
view
Definitions of systems
engineering
History of technological
development and systems
engineering
Systems engineering and
management knowledge
Methodological frameworks,
systems engineering, and
management processes
Logical steps of systems
engineering
Life-cycle phases of systems
engineering
A two-dimensional framework for
systems engineering
Life-cycles or stages of systems
engineering
Systems engineering processes
Other specific life-cycle
methodologies for systems
acquisition, production, or
procurement
Sustainable development,
industrial ecology, and systems
engineering and management
Challenges, pitfalls, and the
need for a multiple perspective
viewpoint in systems engineering
and management
LIFE CYCLES FOR RESEARCH,
DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND
EVALUATION
Research, Development, Test, and
Evaluation Life Cycles
Life Cycle Architecture
The Relationship of RDT&E to
Other Life Cycles
LIFE CYCLES FOR SYSTEM
ACQUISITION
Commonly Used Life Cycles
Waterfall Cycles
Variations of the Waterfall
Model
Concurrent Engineering Cycles
Current and Future Trends
ISO 9000
The Capability Maturity Models
SPICE
Acquisition Strategies
Concurrent Design
Deferring the Commitment
Shortening the Learning Curve
THE PLANNING AND MARKETING LIFE
CYCLE
Planning and Marketing
Life Cycle Interfaces
Product Life Cycle
ISO 14000
Strategic Planning
SYSTEM BASICS
Basic Principles of System
Performance
Continuous System Processes,
Computational Models
Control, Observation, Feedback
USER NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS, AND
LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM
SPECIFICATIONS
Problems and Issues Concerning
Requirements Development
Requirements Process
Problems and Issues to be
addressed by the Requirements
Development Process
Definition of Terms used in a
Requirements Process
A System Life Cycle Process for
Requirements Management
Requirements Process Functions
Elicitation
Examples of Typical Elicitation
Activities
Organization
Assessment
Prototyping
Transformation
Requirements Process Model
Summary
Requirements Management as Part
of the Process
Quality Charateristics for User
Needs and Requirements
Contemporary Requirements
Practices
CASE Tools for Support of the
Requirements Process
CASE Tools for the Requirements
Process
Future Perspectives for User
Needs and Requirements
Engineering
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Identifying System Requirements
Points of View
Functional, Nonfunctional, and
Other Requirements
Understanding the Domain
Feasibility of a Solution
Constraints
Validating and Verifying
Requirements
Requirements Identification
Strategy
Waterfall
Alternative Life Cycle Models
Methodologies and Techniques to
Identify User Requirements and
System Species
Interviews
Questionnaires
Facilitated Application
Specification Techniques (FAST)
VALUE SYSTEM DESIGN FOR
SUSTAINABILITY
Relations between Systems
Methodology and Fractal Geometry
A Close Look at Value Systems
Design (VSD)
How VSD Process Works
How You Can Test a VSD for
Quality?
How to Design and Test a Value
System
Theories of Value and
Multi-phase Effects
Teamwork and Freedom
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
Configuration Management within
the System Lifecycle
Project Initiation Phase
Inputs to the Project Initiation
Phase
Project Configuration Management
Plan
Outputs from the Project
Initiation Phase
Measurements
Project Initiation Phase
Baseline
Requirements Definition Phase
The Identification Function
The Control Function
Requirements Definition Phase
Baseline
System Design Phase
System Design Phase Baseline
Development Phase
Formal Test Environment Control
Development Phase Baseline
Integration and Test Phase
Integration and Test Phase
Baseline
Deployment and Maintenance Phase
Configuration Status Accounting
and Configuration Auditing
Configuration Status Accounting
Collection, Recording, and
Maintenance of Data
Status of Proposed Engineering
Changes
Change Traceability
Configuration Management
Responsibilities
Configuration Management in
Process Improvement
Configuration Management Tools
DECISION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AND
CONCURRENT ENGINEERING IN LIFE
SUPPORT
Life Support Process
Sequential Engineering
Operational Inefficiencies
Knowledge Transfer Difficulties
Concurrent Engineering
CE Challenges
Enabling Information Systems
CE Support Gaps
Environmentally-Cognizant
Enterprise Modeling
Data Access and Reporting
Knowledge Transfer
Knowledge Representation
Integrated Systems Support
Concurrent Engineering Life
Support System (CELSS)
Inputs
Processing
Outputs
Feedback Loops
Applications
Automobile Emission Testing
Breast Cancer Detection
Railroad Crossing Investments
SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES FOR LIFE
SUPPORT SYSTEMS
On Architectures
Architects and Architectures
Architecting in Systems
Engineering
Architecture Development Process
Structured Analysis Approach
Functional Decomposition and
Activity Model
Data Model
Rule Model
Dynamics Model
Integrated Dictionary and Model
Concordance
Object Oriented Approach
UML Elements and Diagrams
An Object Oriented Process
The Physical Architecture View
Conversion to the Executable
Model
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION OF SYSTEMS
FOR LIFE SUPPORT
SI in Life Support Systems and
an SI Life Cycle
SI Strategy for Success
Strategy Implementation
Implementation and Integration
Activities
Risk Management as Part of the
Strategic Plan
The Audit Trail
Audit Trail Process
Documentation and Indexing
Steps to take to embed an Audit
Trail
Quality Assurance in SI
Quality Assurance and Testing
A Process for Fusion of Quality
Assurance in SI
Subcontractor Management for SI
Subsystem Integration and
Delivery
Traceability
Potential conflicts and
resolution procedures
Risk analysis and management
Consistency of requirements
Potential ambiguities in
evaluation procedures
Testability
Audit Reports and Sign-off
Risk Management
Approaches to Risk Management
for SI
Components of a Risk Management
Plan for SI
Traceability as part of Risk
Management
MANUFACTURING AND NETWORKED
INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR LIFE
SUPPORT
Background
Self-sustained communities in
relative isolation
Increased mobility and the
evolution of manufacturing
Evolution of information systems
The context
Relationship between information
and manufacturing
Networks, technology, and people
Information for sustainable
production
LIFE-CYCLE COSTING: AN EFFECTIVE
TOOL FOR TOTAL ASSEST MANAGEMENT
The Need for Life-Cycle Costing
Application of Life-Cycle
Costing Methods
The Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
Process
The Benefits of Life-Cycle
Costing
MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT: A
CRITICAL ELEMENT IN THE SYSTEM
LIFE CYCLE
The Elements of Maintenance and
Support
The Design for System
Maintenance and Support
EVALUATION IN SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING
Integration and Iteration in
System Design Evaluation
A Morphology for Synthesis,
Analysis, and Evaluation
Synthesis
Analysis
Evaluation
Discussion of the Nine Blocks
The Technologies (Block 0)
The Customer (Block 1)
Need, Functions, and
Requirements (Block 2)
The Design Team (Block 3)
Design Synthesis (Block 4)
Top Down & Bottom Up (Block 5)
Estimation and Prediction (Block
6)
Physical and Economic Databases
(Block 7)
Design Evaluation (Block 8)
Design Decision Schema (Block 9)
Cost Effectiveness Evaluation
Cost Effectiveness
Cost and Effectiveness Criteria
Identifying Evaluation Criteria
Displaying Multiple Criteria
Cost Breakdown Structure
Research and Development Cost
Production and/or Construction
Cost
Operation and Support Cost
Retirement and Disposal Cost
Life-Cycle Cost Profiles
Calculating Economic Equivalence
Money Flow Modeling
Economic Optimization Modeling
Choosing the Preferred
Alternative
Cost Analysis Goals
Decision Guidelines and
Constraints
System Evaluation Examples
Moving Electrical Energy
Crossing an Obstacle
Procuring and Storing
Consumables
Designing and Deploying
Repairables
EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS AND
POLICIES FOR LIFE SUPPORT
SYSTEMS
Evaluation Approach
Evaluation Process
Evaluation Framework
Threats to Validity
Evaluation Design
Test Hypotheses
Selection Scheme
Measures Framework
Measurement Methods
Analytic Techniques
DECISION NETWORKS AND COMMAND
ORGANIZATIONS
Single Human Detection Model
Overview
Formulation as a Hypothesis
Testing Problem
Individual Expertise: The
Receiver (Relative) Operating
Characteristic (ROC) Curve
Distributed Detection Model
Overview
Graph Representation of Tasks
and Organizations
Graph Representation of Tasks
Graph Representation of
Organizations
Formulation as a Distributed
Hypothesis Testing Problem
Optimal Decision Rules
Organizational Expertise: Team
ROC Curve
Special Case: Same Hypotheses at
all DMs
Matching Organizations with
Tasks
Problem Formulation and Solution
Methodology
Performance of Organizations
with Nondecomposable Tasks
Performance of Organizations
with Decomposable Tasks
Discussion
Structural Congruence between
Tasks and Organizations
Task Decomposition
Building Organizations from
Tasks: An Illustration
Design of Congruent
Organizations for Specific
Missions
Phase I: ResourceTask Allocation
Mission Planning
Scheduling
Phase II: DMResource Allocation
Phase III: Organizational
Hierarchy
New Directions
Need for Flexibility,
Robustness, and Adaptation
Organizational Performance
Measures
Flexibility and Robustness of an
Organization
Organizational Adaptability and
Adaptivity
Mission Monitoring and Failure
Diagnosis
PRINCIPLES AND TOOLS OF TOTAL
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Total Quality Management Tools
Total Quality Management
Philosophies
Visionary Leadership
Customer Driven Excellence
Agility
Management by Fact
Valuing Employees and Partners
Focus on the Future
Managing for Innovation
Public Responsibility and
Citizenship
Focus on Results and Creating
Value
System Perspective
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION:
DEVELOPMENTS IN HOW TO SET
REQUIREMENTS AND VERIFY
COMPLIANCE
How Requirements Should Be Set
Basic Issues
Theory versus Practice
Conflict between relevant and
verifiable requirements
Quantitative, Qualitative and
Ambiguous Requirements
What Form : Ends, Means or
Acceptable risk?
Hierarchy of variables
determining risk.
Ends: Public interest alone
Means: Specific Measures
Trading off competing ends
Performance on a single sub-end
: acceptable environmental
protection
Acceptable risks at lower tiers
of means-ends
Motivational considerations
affecting level of requirement
Mixed Requirements
"Progressive Tightening" Mix
"Progressive Loosening" Mix
Formal validation of argument
Quantifying the Model
Compensation Among Variables
Specifying requirements does not
assure compliance
How to Verify Compliance with
Requirements
The Meaning of Compliance
Interpreting of risk assessments
Desirable properties of a risk
assessment for decision
processes
Desirable properties for public
scrutiny
Risk assessment approaches
Documented Safety Assessment
(DSA)
Judgmental Safety Assessment
(JSA)
Comprehensive Safety Assessment
(CSA)
Considerations for policy use
DSA as an approximation to CSA
Suspect default assumptions
Avoiding "Uncertainty"?
Regulator confidence in DSA
Technician Confidence
Motivational effects
DSA's decision aiding potential
Limited decision applications of
DSA
Integrating Documented and
Judgmental Risk Assessment
Graphic Illustration
Case Study : Reactor Backfit
Cost Impediment?
Action Implications
RISK MANAGEMENT AND RISK-BASED
DECISION-MAKING
Complexity of Risk Modeling;
Assessment and Management of
Large Scale Systems
Systems Engineering, Risk
Analysis, and Large-Scale and
Complex Systems
Holistic Approach to Risk
Assessment and Management
Hierarchical Holographic
Modeling for Identifying Risk
Scenarios
Expected Value of Risk
The Partitioned Multi-objective
Risk Method
Risk of Extreme Events
The Fallacy of the Expected
Value
The Partitioned Multi-objective
Risk Method
THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF
INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
Stewardship of the Earth
Sustainability within a Closed
System
Industrial Revolution and Global
Perturbations
Master Equation
Population and Wealth
Technology's Role
Emergence of Ecological
Perspectives
Environmental Paradigm of the
1960s to the 1980s
Need to Move Beyond the
Symptomatic Approach
Complex Systems Treatment of the
Economy and Nature
Integration of Scientific,
Technological, Environmental,
and Economic -Considerations
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