Applied systems engineering Session 1 (COSE Lesson 20)

Readings not in the text books are provided in the appropriate session/lesson.

This is the largest module in the course. It covers knowledge usually not covered in similar courses, but critical to becoming an outstanding engineer.

Contents

1. Systems engineering as perceived from the eight holistic thinking perspectives; perceptions you will find nowhere else
2. The reasons for the various definitions of systems engineering
3. How systems engineering relates to problem-solving
4. Pure and applied systems engineering and the benefits of the separation
5. The iterative systems development process
6. The little-known reason why the waterfall, spiral and V model of systems engineering are different views of the same process
7. The two systems engineering paradigms and why using the wrong one dooms the project to failure
8. The benefits of using Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and why it’s much ado about nothing new

Notes

• 0201-1 Applied systems engineering Session 1 notes (Version 6.2.1)

Readings

• 0202 POSE Chapter 16 (updated in Systems Engineering Chapter 6) The nine-systems model.
• 0203 POSE Chapter 9.6 and 12.21 MBSE (updated in Systems Engineering Chapter 2R)

References (provide details summarized in lecture and COPS prerequisite course)

• Systems Engineering Chapter 2 Perceptions of Systems Engineering
• Systems Engineering Chapter 6 The nine-systems model (update of POSE Chapter 16)