System Analysis, Design, and Development: Concepts, Principles, and Practices (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management) [Hardcover]

Charles S. Wasson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 23, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0471393339 | ISBN-13: 978-0471393337 | Edition: 1

• Written in a practical, easy to understand style, this text provides a step-by-step guide to System Analysis and Engineering by introducing concepts, principles, and practices via a progression of topical, lesson oriented chapters.
• Each chapter focuses on specific aspects of system analysis, design, and development, and includes definitions of key terms, examples, author's notes, key principles, and challenging exercises that teach readers to apply their knowledge to real world systems.
• Concepts and methodologies presented can be applied by organizations in business sectors such as transportation, construction, medical, financial, education, aerospace and defense, utilities, government, and others, regardless of size.
• An excellent undergraduate or graduate-level textbook in systems analysis and engineering, this book is written for both new and experienced professionals who acquire, design, develop, deploy, operate, or support systems, products, or services.

Editorial Reviews

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"...comprehensive, detailed, and well documented...any reader will benefit from the material presented, I recommend this book to professional system engineers seeking a better understanding of the subject." (Computing Reviews.com, January 24, 2006)

From the Back Cover

Learn to develop systems that meet customer needs and organizational objectives

Successful system development requires formulation and implementation of a sound technical strategy that accurately translates the user's operational needs into a physical solution to comply with their specifications and contract requirements. System Analysis, Design, and Development presents a comprehensive, step-by-step approach for organizing, analyzing, designing, developing, verifying, and validating systems, products, and services.

Using a problem-solving/solution development framework and associated methodologies, the text presents concepts, principles, and practices that can be applied to small, medium, and large organizations in business sectors such as medicine, transportation, construction, finance, education, government, aerospace and defense, and utilities. Equipped with this knowledge, developers are better prepared to minimize the pitfalls of shortcut approaches that attempt a quantum leap to a single-point solution, which more often leads to technical, cost, and schedule performance problems.

The text consists of topic-based chapters organized in two parts—Part 1: System Analysis Concepts and Part 2: System Design and Development Practices. Each chapter presents concepts, principles, practices, and over 200 examples that enable readers to learn how to translate a user's operational need(s) into a practical, cost-effective, acceptable-risk design solution that can be verified against a performance specification and validated as satisfying the user's operational need. Topical series discussions, which address various facets of system analysis and engineering, include:

Part 1 System Analysis Concepts 

• System Entity Concepts
• System Architecture Concepts
• System Mission Concepts
• System Operations Concepts
• System Capability Concepts
• System Concept Synthesis

Part 2 System Design and Development Practices

• System Development Workflow Strategies
• System Specification Series
• System Development Series
• Decision Support Series
• Verification and Validation (V&V) Series
• System Deployment, Operations, and Support (O&S) Series

Chapter-based learning objectives are integrated with challenging exercises to test readers' comprehension and allow them to follow through the analysis, design, and development workflow of a real-world system, product, or service from technical and enterprise perspectives. An excellent undergraduate or graduate-level textbook in systems analysis engineering, this book is written for new and experienced users as well as developers, and it fills a void in current engineering education of system analysis, design, and development methods. As a result, readers and students are better prepared to enter an organization's work environment, understand how to perform their assigned task within the system/product development life cycle framework, and contribute to successful achievement of organizational and programmatic performance objectives.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 832 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition (December 23, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471393339
• ISBN-13: 978-0471393337
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #402,718 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great practical book on SE - not systems analysis, December 7, 2005

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whomper "speedball" (virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: System Analysis, Design, and Development: Concepts, Principles, and Practices (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management) (Hardcover)

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The author wrote this beook because he was concerned that many of the SE textbooks on the market were too philosophical, and decided to channel his energies into creating a text
that reflected his realities as an SE practitioner and program
manager.

The book includes
1) conceptual foundations in SE,
2) HOW TOs,
and
3) practitioner-based knowledge.

Since SE applies to any type of system from Space Shuttles to PDAs, organizations, services etc., Wasson built on the basic SE foundations from aerospace and defense in formulating a fresh new approach that canbe applied to any business domain - construction, communications, financial, medical, educational, transportation, etc.

The 57 chapters are "lesson oriented", developed for upper-undergraduate to graduate level students, focus on specific SE topics, and include two types of exercises: development of general systems, products, and services and organizational centric.

Instructors can take the topics to any level of detail they desire, depending on their audience.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Technical Reference to keep handy, July 11, 2009

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Chris Davis "CD" (Des Moines, IA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: System Analysis, Design, and Development: Concepts, Principles, and Practices (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management) (Hardcover)

This book is an excellent gradute level book. It gives a very through review of technical concepts that are needed for the complex systems of today. Great as a course level book, or simply as a handy reference.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hard to read, hard to digest, March 19, 2011

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Flathead McGee (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: System Analysis, Design, and Development: Concepts, Principles, and Practices (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management) (Hardcover)

I don't disagree with other reviewers on the contents of this book. It's comprehensive. My complaint is with the format and layout of the book. Dozens of UPPERCASE and italicized sections on every page make it hard to read and hard to follow. I am frustrated every time I pick it up. Speaking of systems, a book of this type is a system for delivery of information. A basic understanding of how people absorb that information should have led to a more readable layout without the formatting distractions that this book has. Thumbs down if you want to enjoy learning more about SE.