Managing and Engineering Complex Technological Systems

238 Pages·2015·1.295 MB·English

by  Stauber, Shuki, Zonnenshain, Avigdor

MANAGING AND
ENGINEERING COMPLEX
TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

MANAGING AND
ENGINEERING COMPLEX
TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
AVIGDORZONNENSHAINANDSHUKISTAUBER
TheGordonCenterforSystemsEngineering,Technion,Haifa,Israel
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CONTENTS
WordsfromIncosePresident xi
WordsfromtheHeadoftheBernardM.Gordon
CenterforSystemsEngineering,Technion xiii
WordsfromthePresidentoftheIsraeliAssociation
forSystemsEngineeringINCOSE IL xv
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WordsfromtheWriters xvii
Preface xxi
ListofInterviewees(AlphabeticalOrder) xxv
PARTI SYSTEMSENGINEERING – AGENERALOVERVIEW 1
1.1 TheOrigins,History,andUniquenessofSystemsEngineering 3
1.1.1 OnTheEssenceofSystemsEngineering, 5
1.1.2 TheDifferentTypesofSystemsEngineering, 6
1.2 AMultidisciplinary,SystemicView 8
1.2.1 TheBoundariesofaSystem, 9
1.2.2 SystemsofSystems, 10
1.2.3 ManagingtheHumanFactor, 11
1.2.4 TraitsDerivedFromanInterdisciplinary,SystemicView, 11
viii CONTENTS
1.3 TheSystemsEngineerasManagerandLeader 14
1.3.1 SystemsEngineeringandTechnologicalProject
Management, 17
1.4 TheEvolutionofaSystemsEngineer 19
1.4.1 TheMainPathsofDevelopmentofSystemsEngineers, 20
1.4.2 TheEvolutionofSoftwareEngineersIntoSystems
Engineers, 22
1.4.3 TheTrainingofSystemsEngineers, 23
1.5 SystemsEngineeringinVariousOrganizations 25
1.5.1 WhoisaSystemsEngineer? – AQuestionofTerminology, 27
1.6 TheFutureofSystemsEngineering 29
PARTII AWORLDOFCOMPLEXPROJECTS – THENAND
NOW 33
2.1 TheIAILaviProject – TheDreamandDownfall 35
2.1.1 TheFeasibilityStudy, 36
2.1.2 TheProject, 39
2.1.3 TheEndoftheProjectandFurtherInsights, 49
2.2 TheIronDomeProject – DevelopmentUnderFire 52
2.2.1 BackgroundandPreparations, 53
2.2.2 TheManagementoftheProject, 59
PARTIII THEINTERVIEWS 69
3.1 DevelopmentsinaComplex,TechnologicalWorld – TheAviation
andSpaceIndustries 71
3.1.1 “Structured,MultidisciplinaryMethodsofResolvingLateral
Problems”, 71
3.1.2 “PlanningSystemsthatFittheNeedsofBothClients
andUsers”, 79
3.1.3 “SeeingBeyondTechnology – UnderstandingtheMission”, 86
3.1.4 “SimplificationCapabilitiesinaComplexEnvironment”, 94
3.1.5 “ComplexMega-SystemsThatCannotbeSupervised”, 103