No More Muddling Through - Mastering Complex Projects in Engineering and Management

Sustainable solutions require the integration of social and ecological aspects in every planning and decision-making process. This means: analyse the real world and model the problem-situation as a system; understand the needs and objectives of the customers and clients; carefully develop alternative ideas and solutions, as well as evaluate concepts under multidimensional aspects/criteria. In this area Systems Engineering could offer a fruitful approach. Systems Engineering (SE) is a systematic way of thinking and a methodology to guide demanding problem-solving processes in the fields of management and engineering.
This book explains the most important principles and elements of Systems Engineering and three planning cases demonstrate the practical application.

List of contents

Pre-Conditions.- Life Cycle Model, the Problem-Solving Cycle and their Interaction.- Methods - Interdisciplinary Universal Tool Box.- Situation Analysis.- Goal Definition.- The Search for Solutions: Concept Synthesis and Concept Analysis.- Selection: Evaluation and Decision.- Cases.

About the author

Prof. Dr., Dipl. Ing. Rainer Züst ist Assistenzprofessor für Betriebswissenschaften an der ETH Zürich. Er unterrichtet "Systems Engineering" an der ETH, an Ingenieurschulen in der Schweiz und an ausländischen Universitäten. Er ist in zahlreiche Praxisprojekte involviert, die mit "Systems Engineering" zum erfolgreichen Abschluss gebracht wurden.

Summary

Sustainable solutions require the integration of social and ecological aspects in every planning and decision-making process. This means: analyse the real world and model the problem-situation as a system; understand the needs and objectives of the customers and clients; carefully develop alternative ideas and solutions, as well as evaluate concepts under multidimensional aspects/criteria. In this area Systems Engineering could offer a fruitful approach. Systems Engineering (SE) is a systematic way of thinking and a methodology to guide demanding problem-solving processes in the fields of management and engineering.

This book explains the most important principles and elements of Systems Engineering and three planning cases demonstrate the practical application.

Product details

• Authors: P Troxler, P. Troxler, Rainer Zust, Raine Züst, Rainer Züst
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Original title: "Einstieg in Systems Engineering - Optimale nachhaltige Lösungen entwickeln und umsetzen", 3rd Edition. And three cases from: Rainer Züst, Peter Troxler (Hrsg.): SE Case Book, Orell Füssli Verlag AG, Zürich, Switzerland, 2002.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9789400787292
• ISBN: 978-94-0-078729-2
• No. of pages: 185
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 11 mm x 238 mm
• Weight: 314 g
• Illustrations: XII, 185 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology; Management, B, engineering, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Engineering Design, Management & management techniques, Circuits and Systems, Renewable and Green Energy, Renewable energy resources, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Electronic circuits, Electronic Circuits and Systems, Electronics: circuits & components