Introduction to Systems Engineering

by Michael Ryan, Ian Faulconbridge

This e-book provides a basic coverage of the discipline known as systems engineering. The e-book supports the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that the authors deliver regularly through the Coursera platform and is an overview of our more-comprehensive physical text “Systems Engineering Practice”, also published by Argos Press. Here, we offer a framework encapsulating the entire systems engineering discipline, clearly showing where the multitude of associated activities fits within the overall effort, providing an ideal vehicle for understanding the complex discipline. Chapter 1 introduces systems, systems engineering and related issues and Chapter 2 provides an overview of requirements-engineering and its application to systems development. Chapters 3 and 4 examine in more detail the issues associated with Conceptual Design and Preliminary Design. Emphasis is given to these early activities, as they have the greatest impact on the system development. Chapters 5, 6 and 7 deal with respectively Detailed Design and Development, Construction and/or Production, and Operational Use and Support. Chapter 8 deals with the broad topic of systems engineering management and details some of the associated activities.

105 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 17, 2015

About the author

Author of a memoir / biography of being the partner of someone undergoing fertility treatment.

Reviews

[Brian Gallacher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good intro

Good quick introduction to the wonderful world of systems engineering.

This or something equivalent should be mandated reading for employed working on a systems engineering project.

[Fábio Guarita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great booklet with a very general and high level introduction to systems engineering. Companion text to the Coursera class by the author.

[Cesar Guadarrama · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. It complements very well the Coursera training. Even without the training provides a very clear overview of systems engineering.