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Summary
Dreamers may envision our future, but it is the pragmatists who build it. Solve the right problem in the right way, mankind moves forward. Solve the right problem in the wrong way or the wrong problem in the right way, however clever or ingenious the solution, neither credits mankind. Instead, this misfire demonstrates a failure to appreciate a crucial step in pragmatic problem solving: systems integration.
The first book to address the underlying premises of systems integration and how to exposit them in a practical and productive manner, Engineering Systems Integration: Theory, Metrics, and Methods looks at the fundamental nature of integration, exposes the subtle premises to achieve integration, and posits a substantial theoretical framework that is both simple and clear. Offering systems managers and systems engineers the framework from which to consider their decisions in light of systems integration metrics, the book isolates two basic questions, 1) Is there a way to express the interplay of human actions and the result of system interactions of a product with its environment?, and 2) Are there methods that combine to improve the integration of systems? The author applies the four axioms of General Systems Theory (holism, decomposition, isomorphism, and models) and explores the domains of history and interpretation to devise a theory of systems integration, develop practical guidance applying the three frameworks, and formulate the mathematical constructs needed for systems integration.
The practicalities of integrating parts when we build or analyze systems mandate an analysis and evaluation of existing integrative frameworks of causality and knowledge. Integration is not just a word that describes a best practice, an art, or a single discipline. The act of integrating is an approach, operative in all disciplines, in all we see, in all we do.
Table of Contents
Disclaimer | p. xiii |
Foreword | p. xv |
Preface | p. xvii |
Author | p. xix |
1 Importance of Integration | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Case Study Introduction | p. 3 |
Hubble Space Telescope Systems Engineering Case Study | p. 5 |
Introduction | p. 5 |
Hubble Space Telescope Description | p. 6 |
Integration Issues | p. 7 |
Integration Problems | p. 7 |
Integration Management | p. 8 |
Principles | p. 9 |
Principles of Integration | p. 10 |
Principle 1: The Principle of Alignment | p. 11 |
Principle 2: The Principle of Partitioning | p. 13 |
Principle 3: The Principle of Induction | p. 14 |
Principle 4: The Principle of Limitation | p. 15 |
Principle 5: The Principle of Forethought | p. 19 |
Principle 6: The Principle of Planning | p. 21 |
Principle 7: The Principle of Loss | p. 23 |
Endnote | p. 24 |
References | p. 25 |
2 Essences of Interaction | p. 29 |
Without Boundaries: Oneness | p. 29 |
Boundaries | p. 30 |
Scope | p. 40 |
Boundary Conditions | p. 42 |
Boundary Extenders | p. 43 |
Objects and Boundaries | p. 44 |
Objects and Mechanism | p. 47 |
Introduction to Interaction | p. 48 |
Energy, Material Wealth, Matter, and Information | p. 49 |
Energy | p. 50 |
Matter | p. 51 |
Material Wealth | p. 51 |
Information | p. 52 |
Property, Trait, and Attribute | p. 53 |
Property | p. 53 |
Trait | p. 54 |
Attribute | p. 55 |
Summary of Property, Trait, and Attribute | p. 56 |
Epistemology of Systems Engineering Integration | p. 57 |
Metrics | p. 57 |
General Nature of Objects | p. 60 |
Services and Products | p. 62 |
Objects | p. 63 |
Object Types | p. 65 |
Constraint | p. 70 |
Frameworks | p. 70 |
Process Frame | p. 72 |
Object Frame | p. 73 |
Key Variables | p. 73 |
Essence of a Framework | p. 74 |
Causality | p. 75 |
Causality, Mechanisms, and Correlation | p. 79 |
Model for Objective Causalities | p. 80 |
Objective Causalities Framework | p. 81 |
Objective Frame | p. 84 |
Subjective Frame | p. 85 |
Summary of Objective Causalities | p. 85 |
Cognitive Domain | p. 89 |
Procedural Domain | p. 91 |
Model and Representation Domain | p. 92 |
Function | p. 93 |
Quality | p. 98 |
References | p. 99 |
3 Foundations in Systems Integration | p. 103 |
Introduction | p. 103 |
General Systems Thinking | p. 105 |
Determining Systemness | p. 108 |
Stability | p. 108 |
Metastability | p. 111 |
Instability | p. 112 |
Integration Perspective | p. 112 |
Essence of Integration | p. 115 |
Purpose of Systems Integration | p. 118 |
Automation | p. 118 |
Technology | p. 118 |
Improvements | p. 119 |
Tasks of Systems Integration | p. 120 |
Defining Terms | p. 123 |
General Ontology and Mereology of Integration | p. 124 |
Nature of Physical Objects | p. 125 |
Characterizing Objects for Integration | p. 126 |
Nature of Intellectual Objects | p. 127 |
Objective Measures of Performance | p. 128 |
Value and Use: Objects | p. 129 |
Performance-Based Value | p. 130 |
Subjective Value: Processes | p. 133 |
Management Processes | p. 138 |
Processes as Intellectual Property | p. 138 |
Subjective and Objective Ontology | p. 139 |
Business Models | p. 141 |
Risk and Loss | p. 143 |
Prototype-Based Ontology, Logic, and Mereology | p. 144 |
Objects as Models | p. 146 |
Objects as Black Boxes | p. 146 |
Objects as Related to Functions | p. 147 |
Summary Overview of Objects | p. 148 |
Integration Framework | p. 149 |
Integration as Mechanism | p. 151 |
Emergence | p. 153 |
Dynamics of Integration | p. 153 |
Integrative Mechanisms | p. 156 |
Exploring Integration Concepts | p. 157 |
Abstraction Classification of Integration | p. 160 |
Social Classification of Integration | p. 161 |
Model Classification of Integration | p. 162 |
Consolidation of Thoughts on Integration | p. 164 |
Strategy of Integration | p. 167 |
Power | p. 169 |
Model-Based Systems Integration | p. 171 |
Most Effective Strategy for Integration | p. 172 |
Axioms of Integration | p. 174 |
Endnotes | p. 180 |
References | p. 180 |
4 Systems | p. 189 |
Systemness | p. 192 |
Emergence | p. 193 |
Interface | p. 195 |
Functional Analysis | p. 197 |
Systems and Integration | p. 198 |
System of Systems and Integration | p. 203 |
Organizational Models | p. 206 |
Conclusion | p. 212 |
References | p. 212 |
5 Integration in Systems Engineering Context | p. 215 |
Introduction to Systems Engineering | p. 215 |
Nature of Systems Engineering | p. 218 |
Issues with Systems Engineering | p. 220 |
Limits of Systems Engineering | p. 224 |
Ask "Why?" | p. 225 |
Principle of Constraints | p. 226 |
Clarion Call for Changes in Systems Engineering | p. 226 |
Holism | p. 227 |
Synthesis | p. 228 |
Work of the Systems Engineer | p. 229 |
Systems and Engineering | p. 231 |
Charter of Systems Engineering | p. 232 |
Lifecycle Considerations | p. 233 |
Lifecycle Success | p. 235 |
Lifecycle Stages | p. 236 |
Lifecycle Measures | p. 240 |
Lifecycle Measure: Time | p. 244 |
Lifecycle Measure: Cost | p. 244 |
Lifecycle Metrics | p. 245 |
Lifecycle Metric: Money | p. 245 |
Lifecycle Metric: Performance | p. 246 |
Lifecycle Metric: Complexity | p. 246 |
Lifecycle Sense | p. 246 |
Introduction to Defining the Problem | p. 247 |
Defining the Problem | p. 248 |
Nested Problems | p. 248 |
Hierarchical Problems | p. 249 |
Like-Kind Problems | p. 250 |
Problem Domain Analysis | p. 251 |
Characteristics of a Problem | p. 252 |
Scope of a Problem | p. 253 |
Nature of a Problem | p. 253 |
Domain of a Problem | p. 255 |
Systems Engineer's Perspective of a Problem | p. 255 |
Stakeholder's Perspective of a Problem | p. 256 |
Verification and a Problem | p. 258 |
Integration and a Problem | p. 258 |
Characterizing the Need | p. 259 |
Stakeholders | p. 259 |
Stakeholder Analysis | p. 260 |
Classification of Potential Stakeholders | p. 262 |
Complexity | p. 265 |
Process Models | p. 266 |
Scalable Process Models | p. 267 |
Checklist for Scalability | p. 268 |
Testing | p. 269 |
System Design | p. 271 |
Architecting | p. 274 |
Validation | p. 278 |
References | p. 279 |
6 Systems Integration Management | p. 283 |
Granularity | p. 284 |
Granularity and Integration | p. 287 |
Abstraction | p. 288 |
Project Management | p. 290 |
Integration as a Recursive Process | p. 292 |
Measures of Integration | p. 292 |
Quality | p. 293 |
Types of Quality Loss Functions | p. 298 |
Outline of the General Quality Loss Function | p. 299 |
Integration Strategy | p. 300 |
Recursive Nature of Systems Integration | p. 301 |
Integration Planning Concepts | p. 303 |
Events | p. 306 |
Integration Planning and Scheduling Steps | p. 308 |
Integration Plan | p. 309 |
Systems Integration Model | p. 310 |
Patterns in Systems Engineering and Patterns in Systems Integration | p. 314 |
Three Tests for Iterative Thinking versus Recursive Thinking | p. 318 |
References | p. 321 |
Appendix 1 "To Manage" Decomposition | p. 325 |
Appendix 2 Product Upgrades Based on Minimum Expected Quality Loss | p. 335 |
Glossary of Terms | p. 353 |
Index | p. 375 |