This book looks at systems engineering now and comments on the future. It notes the signs of deepening our understanding of the field which includes, digital engineering, interactive model-based systems, decision support frameworks, and points to a grand unified theory. The book also suggests how the systems engineer can be a better designer and architect.
Offering commentaries regarding how the field of systems engineering might evolve over the next couple of decades, Tomorrow’s Systems Engineering: Commentaries on the Profession looks at the potential opportunities that might lie ahead rather than making predictions for the future of the field. The book allows the reader to prepare for the future in terms of technical interest as well as competitiveness and suggests opportunities that could be significant and useful for planning actions in the careers of future systems engineers. Discussions of improvements in how we develop and use software that can help to facilitate and protect overall IT capability within the system design and system architecture are also included.
This book is for systems engineers and software engineers who wish to think now about the directions the field might take in the next two decades.
Author(s): Howard Eisner
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 134
City: Boca Raton
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Author Biography
1. Toward a Future Environment
Force Fields 20 Years Ago
The Information Age
Speed and Responsiveness
Competition
New Work Patterns and Environments
Loyalties and Leverage
Stresses for Systems Engineering and INCOSE
INCOSE
The Journal: Systems Engineering
The Systems Engineering Handbook
Systems Engineering Vision – 2035
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)
The Office of The Secretary of Defense (OSD)
The SERC
Loughborough University
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge
Special Citations Across the Board
Overview of Chapters
References
2. Tomorrow’s Systems Engineer
Super Systems Architect
Superior Team Leader
Contributor to Literature
One Step Down From Corporate Vice President
Entrepreneur
New Engineer Article
Spec Innovations Article
News Patrolling Article
Management Skills of the Super Systems Engineer
By N-Step Problem-Solving
By Reductionism
By Modeling and Simulation (M & S)
By Lateral Thinking
By Total Systems Intervention (TSI)
By Generalized Systems Thinking
By the Design Approach
By Expert Systems
By Mathematics and Statistics
By DoD Suggested
By Decision Support Systems
By Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Examples of Highly Successful Systems Engineers
E. Rechtin
N. Augustine
B. Boehm
S. Ramo
A. Grove
T. A. Edison
R. Oppenheimer
Admiral H. Rickover
References
3. The Systems Engineer as Executive VP
The Project Triumvirate
Architectures
Systems Engineering Process
Computer Tools and Aids
Technical Coach and Team Builder
Technical Review Sessions
Schedules
Cost-Effective Solution
Connections to the Systems Engineer of Tomorrow
Other Examples of Systems Engineer as Executive
Norman Augustine
Eberhardt Rechtin
Simon Ramo
Admiral Hyman Rickover
Irwin Jacobs
Andrew Viterbi
Andy Grove
References
4. Kinds and Types Beyond the Tipping Point
Synthesis
Analysis
Replicative Design
Theories of Design
Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)
Beyond the Tipping Point
Other Gladwell Interests
The Literature Connection
INCOSE Handbook
In Search of Excellence
From Good to Great
Robert Oppenheimer
Bell Labs
The Innovators
Grit
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Out of the Crisis
Eberhardt Rechtin and His Heuristics
Reengineering the Corporation
Built to Last
References
5. The Systems Approach and Thinking
List of Descriptors
Peter Senge
INCOSE Handbook
Russ Ackoff
Peter Checkland
J. Boardman and B. Sauser
Michael Jackson
Donella Meadows
Jamshid Gharajedaghi
Gerald Weinberg
S. G. Haines
Virginia Anderson and Lauren Johnson
Daniel Kim
L. B. Sweeney
Barry Richmond
Michael McCurley
John Gall
O’Connor and McDermott
Albert Rutherford
Whitcomb et al.
Marcus Dawson
R. Ackoff and J. Gharajedaghi
Michael Goodman
F. Capra and P. L. Luisi
Monat and Gannon 1
Monat and Gannon 2
RosalindArmson
References
6. Architecting and Modeling
Architecting
Evaluation of Alternative Architectures
Modular Design
Modeling and Simulation (M & S)
The National Aviation System (NAS)
Modeling Systems of Systems
The Basic Point Defense Missile System (BPDMS)
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
Simulation Software
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Innoslate
References
7. Software Reuse and Agility
DOTSS
Software Reuse
Agile Development
Software Architecting
Resilience
References
8. Data and Decisions
Digital Engineering
Data and Information Management
Security/trust/risk
Decision Support Frameworks
Big Data And Analytics
Big Data
Analytics
References
9. Miscellany
Innovation
Most Innovative Companies: 2021 and 2020
Companies
Universities
Failed to Innovate
A Few Ways To Innovate
Improving National Innovation Systems
Artificial Intelligence
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
AIs Turbulent Past
AI Systems Software
DARPA
Other SERC
System Dynamics Society and Software
Systems of Systems
A Model of Models
Overseas Views of Systems Engineering
The Future of Systems Engineering
INCOSE’s View of the Future
Potential Future Actions
References
10. Summary
Chapter 1 – Toward A Future Environment
Chapter 2 – Tomorrow’s Systems Engineer
Chapter 3 – Kinds And Types Beyond The Tipping Point
Chapter 4 – The Systems Approach And Thinking
Chapter 5 – The Systems Engineer As Executive Vp
Chapter 6 – Architecting And Modeling
Simulation Software
Chapter 7 – Software Reuse And Agility
Chapter 8 – Data And Decisions
Chapter 9 – Miscellany
Index
