Systems analysis and design Books

Book SynopsisComputer Architecture and Organization: An Integrated Approach exposes the inner workings of the modern digital computer at a level that demystifies the inner workings of the machine for undergraduate students. The text covers topics normally found in a first course in computer architecture or computer organization and places the beginning student on a solid track for continuing studies in computer-related disciplines.Table of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Data Representation. 3. Arithmetic. 4. The Instruction Set Architecture. 5. Datapath and Control. 6. Languages and the Machine. 7. Memory. 8. Buses and Peripherals. 9. Networking and Communication. 10. Advanced Computer Architecture. Appendix A: Digital Logic. Appendix B: Using ARCTools. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe VHDL Reference: The essential guide for students and professionals working in computer hardware design and synthesis. The definitive guide to VHDL, this book combines a comprehensive reference of the VHDL syntax with tutorial and workshop materials that guide the reader through the principles of digital hardware design.Trade Review"...combines a comprehensive reference of the VHDL syntax with tutorial and workshop materials that guide readers through the principles f digital hardware design." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2002)Table of ContentsVHDL TUTORIAL. VHDL: Overview and Application Field. VHDL Language and Syntax. Synthesis. Simulation. Project Management. VHDL-AMS TUTORIAL. VHDL-AMS. VHDL WORKSHOP. VHDL Working Environment. Exercises. REFERENCE. Design Entities and Configurations. Subprograms and Packages. Types. Declarations. Specification. Names. Expressions. Sequential Statements. Concurrent Statements. Miscellaneous. Elaboration and Simulation. Lexical Elements. Predefined Attributes. Package STANDARD. Package TEXTIO. BNF. Literature. Index.

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Book SynopsisThirty years ago Peter Checkland set out to test whether the Systems Engineering (SE) approach, successful in technical problems, could be used by managers to cope with the unfolding complexities of everyday life. His findings were revealed in Systems Thinking, Systems Practice. In this paperback reissue of his second classic of systems literature, again featuring the excerpted new section, Checkland develops his ideas to show how the principles have been extended by use in industry. Case studies are used to show how SSM can be applied and what lessons can be learned from its application in different areas.Table of ContentsThe Emergence of Soft Systems Thinking. Soft Systems Methodology-the Whole. Soft Systems Methodology-the Parts. Soft Systems Methodology-the Whole Revisited. Soft Systems Methodology-the Context. Conclusion. Appendix. Bibliography. Indexes.

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Book SynopsisThis introductory textbook provides students with a system-level perspective and the tools they need to understand, analyze and design digital systems. Going beyond the design of simple combinational and sequential modules, it shows how such modules are used to build complete systems, reflecting real-world digital design. All the essential topics are covered, including design and analysis of combinational and sequential modules, as well as system timing and synchronization. It also teaches how to write Verilog HDL in a productive and maintainable style that enables CAD tools to do much of the tedious work. A complete introduction to digital design is given through clear explanations, extensive examples and online Verilog files. The teaching package is completed with lecture slides, labs and a solutions manual for instructors. Assuming no previous digital knowledge, this textbook is ideal for undergraduate digital design courses that will prepare students for modern digital practice.Trade Review'Dally and Harting blend circuit and architecture design in a clear and constructive manner on the basis of their exceptional experience in digital design. Students will discover a modern and effective way to understand the fundamental underpinning of digital design, by being exposed to the different abstraction levels and views of computing systems.' Giovanni De Micheli, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne'Bill and Curt have combined decades of academic and industry experience to produce a textbook that teaches digital system design from a very practical perspective without sacrificing the theoretical understanding needed to train tomorrow's engineers. Their approach pushes students to understand not just what they are designing but also what they are building. By presenting key advanced topics, such as synthesis, delay and logical effort, and synchronization, at the introductory level, this book is in the rare position of providing both practical advice and deep understanding. In doing so, this book will prepare students well even as technology, tools, and techniques change in the future.' David Black-Schaffer, Uppsala University'Everything you would expect from a book on digital design from [Professor] Dally. Decades of practical experience are distilled to provide the tools necessary to design and compose complete digital systems. A clear and well written text that covers the basics and system-level issues equally well. An ideal starting point for the microprocessor and SoC designers of the future!' Robert Mullins, University of Cambridge and the Raspberry Pi Foundation'This textbook sets a new standard for how digital system design is taught to undergraduates. The practical approach and concrete examples [provide] a solid foundation for anyone who wants to understand or design modern complex digital systems.' Steve Keckler, University of Texas, Austin'This book not only teaches how to do digital design, but more importantly shows how to do good design. It stresses the importance of modularization with clean interfaces, and the importance of producing digital artifacts that not only meet their specifications, but which can also be easily understood by others. It uses an aptly chosen set of examples and the Verilog code used to implement them … It includes a section on the design of asynchronous logic, a topic that is likely to become increasingly important as energy consumption becomes a primary concern in digital systems … The final appendix on Verilog coding style is particularly useful. This book will be valuable not only to students, but to practitioners in the area. I recommend it highly.' Chuck Thacker, Microsoft'A terrific book with a terrific point of view of systems. Everything interesting - and awful - that happens in digital design happens because engineers must integrate ideas from bits to blocks, from signals to CPUs. The book does a great job of focusing on the important stuff, moving from foundations to systems, with the right amount of HDL (Verilog) focus to make everything practical and relevant.' Rob A. Rutenbar, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. The digital abstraction; 2. The practice of digital system design; Part II. Combinational Logic: 3. Boolean algebra; 4. CMOS logic circuits; 5. Delay and power of CMOS circuits; 6. Combinational logic design; 7. Verilog descriptions of combinational logic; 8. Combinational building blocks; 9. Combinational examples; Part III. Arithmetic Circuits: 10. Arithmetic circuits; 11. Fixed- and floating-point numbers; 12. Fast arithmetic circuits; 13. Arithmetic examples; Part IV. Synchronous Sequential Logic: 14. Sequential logic; 15. Timing constraints; 16. Datapath sequential logic; 17. Factoring finite-state machines; 18. Microcode; 19. Sequential examples; Part V. Practical Design: 20. Verification and test; Part VI. System Design: 21. System-level design; 22. Interface and system-level timing; 23. Pipelines; 24. Interconnect; 25. Memory systems; Part VII. Asynchronous Logic: 26. Asynchronous sequential circuits; 27. Flip-flops; 28. Metastability and synchronization failure; 29. Synchronizer design; Appendix A. Verilog coding style; References; Index of Verilog modules; Subject index.

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Book SynopsisThis second edition continues to provide a clear introduction to formal reasoning which is both relevant to the needs of modern computer science and rigorous enough for practical application. Improvements have been made throughout, with many extra and expanded sections and exercises. The coverage of model-checking has been substantially updated.Trade Review'… an unusual, inspiring and remarkable book … one can find in it all the material which is suitable for undergraduate and beginning graduate students in computer science and electrical engineering who will profit by using it in their professional activities in the near future.' Zentralblatt MATH'The second edition of this successful textbook continues to provide a clear introduction to formal reasoning relevant to the needs of modern computer science and sufficiently exacting for practical applications.' Phinews'This book provides an elegant introduction to formal reasoning that is relevant to computation science. This second edition improves the first one with extra and expanded sections on temporal logic model checking, SAT solvers, second-order logic, the Alloy specification language, and programming by contract. The material is up-to-date and practical …' Zentralblatt MATHTable of ContentsForeword; 1. Propositional logic; 2. Predicate logic; 3. Verification by model checking; 4. Program verification; 5. Modal logics and agents; 6. Binary decision diagrams; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe study of natural and social phemomena indicates that the future development of many processes depends not only on their present state, but also on their history. Such processes can be described mathematically by using the machinery of equations with aftereffect. This book presents control theory for hereditary systems of various types.Table of ContentsElements of the theory of systems with aftereffect The dynamic programming method Optimality conditions for deterministic systems with aftereffect Investigation of self-adjusting systems with reference model Optimal control of stochastic systems Optimal control of systems defined by stochastic integro-functional equations Optimal estimation Optimal control with incomplete data Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisSwarm system, also known as multi-agent system, refers to a system composed of multiple subsystems (agents) with certain communication, calculation, decision-making, and action capabilities through local information interaction, such as a group of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), satellites, etc. Formation tracking control of swarm systems is an important technical support and approach for the emergence of swarm intelligence at motion control level. By applying formation tracking control, swarm system agents can adjust their relations in the state or output space through neighboring information interaction, and then the swarm system can achieve favorable space-time conditions for many cooperative tasks such as source seeking, target enclosing, and surveillance. Thus, complex missions can be performed efficiently or cost-effectively. In cross-domain collaborative applications, including air-ground coordination and air-sea coordination, swarmTable of Contents1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries 3 Formation tracking control for homogeneous swarm systems 4 Formation tracking control for swarm systems with heterogeneous disturbances 5 Formation tracking control for heterogeneous swarm systems with a non-autonomous leader 6 Formation tracking for heterogeneous swarm systems with multiple leaders 7 Formation-containment tracking control for heterogeneous swarm systems 8 Experiments on formation tracking for UAV and UGV swarm systems 9 Conclusions and future prospects

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Book SynopsisIf you use Linux in development or operations and need a structured approach to help you dive deeper, this book is for you. Author Michael Hausenblas also provides tips and tricks for improving your workflow with this open source operating system.

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Book SynopsisSystems Analysis and Design: An Object-Oriented Approach with UML, Sixth Edition helps students develop the core skills required to plan, design, analyze, and implement information systems. Offering a practical hands-on approach to the subject, this textbook is designed to keep students focused on doing SAD, rather than simply reading about it. Each chapter describes a specific part of the SAD process, providing clear instructions, a detailed example, and practice exercises. Students are guided through the topics in the same order as professional analysts working on a typical real-world project. Now in its sixth edition, this edition has been carefully updated to reflect current methods and practices in SAD and prepare students for their future roles as systems analysts. Every essential area of systems analysis and design is clearly and thoroughly covered, from project management, to analysis and design modeling, to construction, installation, and operations. The textbTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design 1 Introduction 1 Typical Systems Analyst Roles and Skills 2 Business Analyst 3 Systems Analyst 3 Infrastructure Analyst 3 Change Management Analyst 3 Project Manager 4 The Systems Development Life Cycle 4 Planning 5 Analysis 5 Design 6 Implementation 6 Systems Development Methodologies 7 Structured Design 7 Rapid Application Development (RAD) 9 Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design (OOSAD) 11 Agile Development 13 DevOps 16 Custom Methodologies 17 The Unified Process 17 Phases 18 Workflows 20 Extensions to the Unified Process 22 The Unified Modeling Language 26 Applying the Concepts at Patterson Superstore 28 Chapter Review 28 Key Terms 28 Questions 29 Exercises 30 Minicases 30 Appendix Basic Characteristics of Object-Oriented Systems 32 Classes and Objects 32 Methods and Messages 33 Encapsulation and Information Hiding 34 Polymorphism and Dynamic Binding 34 Inheritance 36 Appendix Review 39 Key Terms 40 Questions 40 Exercises 40 Chapter 2 Project Management 41 Introduction 41 Project Identification 43 System Request 44 Feasibility Analysis 45 Technical Feasibility 45 Economic Feasibility 46 Organizational Feasibility 51 Project Selection 53 Ethical Considerations 54 Traditional Project Management Tools 55 Work Breakdown Structures 55 Gantt Chart 57 Network Diagram 57 Project Effort Estimation 60 Creating and Managing the Workplan 65 Evolutionary Work Breakdown Structures and Iterative Workplans 65 Managing Scope 69 Timeboxing 70 Refining Estimates 71 Managing Risk 72 Agile Alternatives to Iterative Workplans 73 Staffing the Project 74 Tuckman’s Stages of Small Group Development 74 Characteristics of a Jelled Team 75 Staffing Plan 76 Motivation 79 Handling Conflict 80 Meeting Management 81 Environment and Infrastructure Management 83 CASE Tools 83 Standards 83 Documentation 84 Configuration and Change Management 85 Applying the Concepts at Patterson Superstore 87 Chapter Review 87 Key Terms 88 Questions 88 Exercises 89 Minicases 90 Part One Analysis Modeling 93 Chapter 3 Requirements Determination 95 Introduction 95 Requirements Determination 96 Defining a Requirement 96 Real-World Problems with Requirements Determination 98 Requirements Analysis Approaches 99 Problem Analysis 99 Root Cause Analysis 100 Duration Analysis 100 Activity-Based Costing 102 Informal Benchmarking 102 Outcome Analysis 102 Technology Analysis 103 Activity Elimination 103 Requirements-Gathering Techniques 103 Interviews 104 Questionnaires 108 Observation 111 Document Analysis 112 Selecting the Appropriate Techniques 113 Text Analysis 115 Requirements Definition 117 Creating a Requirements Definition 117 User Stories 119 The System Proposal 120 Applying the Concepts at Patterson Superstore 121 Chapter Review 122 Key Terms 122 Questions 122 Exercises 123 Minicases 124 Chapter 4 Business Process and Functional Modeling 126 Introduction 126 Business Process Identification with Use Cases and Use-Case Diagrams 128 Types of Use Cases 129 Elements of Use-Case Diagrams 130 Identifying the Major Use Cases 134 Creating a Use-Case Diagram 135 Business Process Modeling with Activity Diagrams 138 Elements of an Activity Diagram 139 Guidelines for Creating Activity Diagrams 143 Creating Activity Diagrams 145 Business Process Documentation with Use-Case Descriptions 148 Elements of a Use-Case Description 149 Guidelines for Creating Use-Case Descriptions 152 Creating Use Case Descriptions 153 Verifying and Validating the Business Processes and Functional Models 160 Verification and Validation through Walkthroughs 160 Functional Model Verification and Validation 161 Applying the Concepts at Patterson Superstore 163 Chapter Review 164 Key Terms 164 Questions 164 Exercises 165 Minicases 167 Chapter 5 Structural Modeling 169 Introduction 169 Structural Models 170 Classes, Attributes, and Operations 170 Relationships 171 Object Identification 172 Textual Analysis 173 Brainstorming 173 Patterns 175 CRC Cards 178 Responsibilities and Collaborations 178 Elements of a CRC Card 179 Role-Playing CRC Cards with Use Cases 180 Class Diagrams 181 Elements of a Class Diagram 181 Simplifying Class Diagrams 190 Object Diagrams 190 Structural Models Using CRC Cards and Class Diagrams 191 Campus Housing Example 193 Library Example 193 Verifying and Validating the Structural Model 200 Balancing Functional and Structural Models 203 Applying the Concepts at Patterson Superstore 206 Chapter Review 206 Key Terms 206 Questions 207 Exercises 207 Minicases 209 Chapter 6 Behavioral Modeling 211 Introduction 211 Behavioral Models 212 Interaction Diagrams 213 Objects, Operations, and Messages 213 Activity Diagrams 213 Sequence Diagrams 215 Creating a Sequence Diagram 223 Crude Analysis 230 Campus Housing Example 231 Library Example 232 Behavioral State Machines 232 States, Events, Transitions, Actions, and Activities 232 Elements of a Behavioral State Machine 234 Guidelines for Creating Behavioral State Machines 238 Creating a Behavioral State Machine 238 Campus Housing Example 239 Library Example 240 Verifying and Validating the Behavioral Model 241 Balancing Functional and Behavioral Models 242 Balancing Structural and Behavioral Models 244 Applying the Concepts at Patterson Superstore 248 Chapter Review 248 Key Terms 248 Questions 249 Exercises 249 Minicases 251 Part Two Design Modeling 253 Chapter 7 Moving on to Design 255 Introduction 255 Verifying and Validating the Analysis Models 257 Evolving the Analysis Models into Design Models 257 Factoring 258 Partitions and Collaborations 258 Layers 259 Packages and Package Diagrams 263 Guidelines for Creating Package Diagrams 265 Creating Package Diagrams 266 Verifying and Validating Package Diagrams 268 Design Criteria 270 Coupling 271 Cohesion 273 Connascence 274 Design Strategies 275 Custom Development 275 Packaged Software 276 Outsourcing 277 Selecting a Design Strategy 279 Selecting an Acquisition Strategy 280 Alternative Matrix 281 Applying the Concepts at Patterson Superstore 282 Chapter Review 283 Key Terms 283 Questions 283 Exercises 284 Minicases 285 Chapter 8 Class and Method Design 287 Introduction 287 Object Design Activities 289 Adding Specifications 289 Identifying Opportunities for Reuse 290 Restructuring the Design 293 Optimizing the Design 294 Mapping Problem-Domain Classes to Implementation Languages 296 Constraints and Contracts 300 Types of Constraints 302 Elements of a Contract 302 Example 305 Method Specification 310 General Information 310 Events 310 Message Passing 311 Algorithm Specifications 312 Example 313 Verifying and Validating Class and Method Design 314 Applying the Concepts at Patterson Superstore 317 Chapter Review 317 Key Terms 317 Questions 317 Exercises 318 Minicases 319 Chapter 9 Data Management Layer Design 320 Introduction 320 Object Persistence Formats 321 Sequential- and Random-Access Files 321 Relational Databases 324 Object-Relational Databases 326 Object-Oriented Databases 326 NoSQL Data Stores 327 Selecting an Object Persistence Format 329 Mapping Problem Domain Objects to Object Persistence Formats 331 Mapping Problem Domain Objects to an OODBMS Format 332 Mapping Problem Domain Objects to an ORDBMS Format 335 Mapping Problem Domain Objects to a RDBMS Format 338 Designing Data Access and Manipulation Classes 340 Nonfunctional Requirements and Data Management Layer Design 344 Verifying and Validating the Data Management Layer 345 Applying the Concepts at Patterson Superstore 346 Chapter Review 346 Key Terms 346 Questions 347 Exercises 347 Minicases 348 Appendices Appendix 9-1: Optimizing RDBMS-Based Object Storage 349 Optimizing Storage Efficiency 349 Optimizing Data Access Speed 352 Estimating Data Storage Size 358 Appendix 9-2: Converting Class Diagrams to Entity-Relationship Diagrams 359 Appendix Review 361 Key Terms 361 Questions 361 Exercises 361 Minicases 362 Chapter 10 Human–Computer Interaction Layer Design 364 Introduction 364 Principles for User Interface Design 365 Layout 366 Content Awareness 367 Aesthetics 367 User Experience 368 Consistency 369 Minimizing User Effort 369 User Interface Design Process 369 Use Scenario Development 370 Navigation Structure Design 371 Interface Standards Design 373 Interface Design Prototyping 374 Common Sense Approach to User Interface Design 378 Navigation Design 378 Basic Principles 379 Types of Navigation Controls 379 Messages 381 Navigation Design Documentation 381 Input Design 383 Basic Principles 383 Types of Inputs 385 Input Validation 385 Output Design 386 Basic Principles 386 Types of Outputs 388 Media 388 Mobile Computing and User Interface Design 389 Social Media and User Interface Design 392 Games, Multidimensional Information Visualizations, and Immersive Environments 394 Games, Gamification, and User Interface Design 394 Multidimensional Information Visualization Design 396 User Interface Design and Immersive Environments 398 International and Cultural Issues and User Interface Design 400 Multilingual Requirements 400 Color 401 Cultural Differences 401 Nonfunctional Requirements and Human–Computer Interaction Layer Design 404 Verifying and Validating the Human–Computer Interaction Layer 405 Applying the Concepts at Patterson Superstore 407 Chapter Review 407 Key Terms 407 Questions 408 Exercises 409 Minicases 410 Chapter 11 Physical Architecture Layer Design 414 Introduction 414 Elements of the Physical Architecture Layer 415 Architectural Components 415 Server-Based Architectures 416 Client-Based Architectures 416 Client–Server Architectures 417 Client–Server Tiers 418 Selecting a Physical Architecture 420 Cloud Computing 422 Ubiquitous Computing and the Internet of Things 424 Green IT 427 Infrastructure Design 428 Deployment Diagram 428 Network Model 431 Hardware and System Software Specifications 434 Nonfunctional Requirements and Physical Architecture Layer Design 436 Operational Requirements 437 Performance Requirements 438 Security Requirements 440 Cultural and Political Requirements 443 Synopsis 445 Verifying and Validating the Physical Architecture Layer 445 Applying the Concepts at Patterson Superstore 446 Chapter Review 446 Key Terms 446 Questions 447 Exercises 448 Minicases 449 Part Three Construction, Installation, and Operations 451 Chapter 12 Construction 452 Introduction 452 Managing Programming 453 Assigning Programmers 453 Coordinating Activities 454 Managing the Schedule 454 Cultural Issues 456 Developing Documentation 458 Types of Documentation 459 Designing Documentation Structure 459 Writing Documentation Topics 461 Identifying Navigation Terms 461 Designing Tests 463 Testing and Object Orientation 464 Test Planning 466 Unit Tests 469 Integration Tests 472 System Tests 473 Acceptance Tests 475 Testing and Security Considerations 475 Applying the Concepts at Patterson Superstore 476 Chapter Review 476 Key Terms 476 Questions 477 Exercises 477 Minicases 478 Chapter 13 Installation and Operations 479 Introduction 479 Cultural Issues and Information Technology Adoption 481 Conversion 483 Conversion Style 484 Conversion Location 485 Conversion Modules 485 Selecting the Appropriate Conversion Strategy 486 DevOps and Continuous Delivery 487 Change Management 488 Understanding Resistance to Change 489 Revising Management Policies 490 Assessing Costs and Benefits 491 Motivating Adoption 493 Enabling Adoption: Training 494 Post-Implementation Activities 496 System Support 496 System Maintenance 497 Project Assessment 499 Applying the Concepts at Patterson Superstore 501 Chapter Review 501 Key Terms 501 Questions 502 Exercises 502 Minicases 503 Index I-1

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface v Part 1 Planning Phase 1 The Systems Analyst and Information Systems Development, 3 Introduction, 4 The Systems Analyst, 6 Systems Analyst Skills, 6 Systems Analyst Roles, 7 The Systems Development Life Cycle, 8 Planning, 10 Analysis, 11 Design, 12 Implementation, 12 Project Identification and Initiation, 13 System Request, 15 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 16 Feasibility Analysis, 19 Technical Feasibility, 20 Economic Feasibility, 21 Organizational Feasibility, 27 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 29 Chapter Review, 31 Appendix 1A: Detailed Economic Feasibility Analysis for DrōnTeq, 35 2 Project Selection and Management, 37 Introduction, 38 Project Selection, 39 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 40 Creating the Project Plan, 41 Project Methodology Options, 42 Selecting the Appropriate Development Methodology, 49 Staffing the Project, 52 Staffing Plan, 52 Coordinating Project Activities, 55 Managing and Controlling the Project, 58 Refining Estimates, 58 Managing Scope, 60 Timeboxing, 60 Managing Risk, 61 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 62 Staffing the Project, 63 Coordinating Project Activities, 64 Chapter Review, 65 Part 2 Analysis Phase 3 Requirements Determination, 71 Introduction, 72 The Analysis Phase, 72 Requirements Determination, 74 What Is a Requirement?, 74 The Process of Determining Requirements, 78 The Requirements Definition Statement, 78 Requirements Elicitation Techniques, 80 Requirements Elicitation in Practice, 80 Interviews, 81 Joint Application Development (JAD), 88 Questionnaires, 92 Document Analysis, 94 Observation, 96 Selecting the Appropriate Techniques, 96 Requirements Analysis Strategies, 98 Problem Analysis, 98 Root Cause Analysis, 98 Duration Analysis, 100 Activity-Based Costing, 100 Informal Benchmarking, 100 Outcome Analysis, 101 Technology Analysis, 101 Activity Elimination, 102 Comparing Analysis Strategies, 103 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 103 Eliciting and Analyzing Requirements, 103 Requirements Definition, 104 System Proposal, 104 Chapter Review, 106 4 Understanding Processes with Use Cases and Process Models, 111 Introduction, 112 What Is a Use Case?, 113 The Use Case Concept in a Nutshell, 113 Use Case Formats and Elements, 114 Casual Use Case Format, 114 Use Cases in Sequence, 117 Applying Use Cases, 118 Use Case Practical Tips, 118 Use Cases and Functional Requirements, 119 Use Cases and Testing, 119 Creating Use Cases, 120 Identify the Major Use Cases, 120 Identify the Major Steps for Each Use Case, 122 Identify Elements within Steps, 125 Confirm the Use Case, 128 Revise Functional Requirements Based on Use Cases, 129 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 129 Identifying the Major Use Cases, 129 Elaborating on the Use Cases, 130 Data Flow Diagrams, 134 Reading Data Flow Diagrams, 134 Elements of Data Flow Diagrams, 136 Using Data Flow Diagrams to Define Business Processes, 139 Process Descriptions, 142 Creating Data Flow Diagrams, 144 Creating the Context Diagram, 145 Creating Data Flow Diagram Fragments, 146 Creating the Level 0 Data Flow Diagram, 148 Creating Level 1 Data Flow Diagrams (and Below), 149 Validating the Data Flow Diagrams, 152 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 156 Developing the Process Model, 156 Creating Data Flow Diagram Fragments, 156 Creating the Level 1 Data Flow Diagram, 157 Creating Level 2 Data Flow Diagrams (and Below), 159 Validating the Data Flow Diagrams, 160 Chapter Review, 161 5 Data Modeling, 169 Introduction, 170 The Entity Relationship Diagram, 170 Reading an Entity Relationship Diagram, 171 Elements of an Entity Relationship Diagram, 172 The Data Dictionary and Metadata, 177 Creating an Entity Relationship Diagram, 179 Building Entity Relationship Diagrams, 179 Advanced Syntax, 182 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 184 Validating an Entity Relationship Diagram, 188 Design Guidelines, 188 Normalization, 191 Balancing Entity Relationship Diagrams with Data Flow Diagrams, 191 Chapter Review, 193 Appendix 5A: Normalizing The Data Model, 196 Part 3 Design Phase 6 Moving into Design, 203 Introduction, 204 Transition from Requirements to Design, 204 System Acquisition Strategies, 206 Custom Development, 208 Packaged Software, 209 Outsourcing, 210 Influences on the Acquisition Strategy, 213 Business Need, 213 In-House Experience, 214 Project Skills, 215 Project Management, 215 Time Frame, 215 Selecting an Acquisition Strategy, 215 Alternative Matrix, 216 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 218 Chapter Review, 220 7 Architecture Design, 222 Introduction, 223 Elements of an Architecture Design, 223 Architectural Components, 223 Client–Server Architectures, 224 Client–Server Tiers, 225 Server-Based Architecture, 227 Mobile Application Architecture, 228 Advances in Architecture Configurations, 229 Comparing Architecture Options, 230 Creating an Architecture Design, 231 Operational Requirements, 231 Performance Requirements, 232 Security Requirements, 234 Access Control Requirements, 236 Cultural and Political Requirements, 239 Designing the Architecture, 241 Hardware and Software Specification, 243 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 245 Creating an Architecture Design, 245 Hardware and Software Specification, 246 Chapter Review, 247 8 User Interface Design, 250 Introduction, 251 The Usability Concept, 251 Principles for User Interface Design, 252 Layout, 252 Content Awareness, 254 Aesthetics, 255 Usage Level, 255 Consistency, 257 Minimize User Effort, 258 Special Issues of Touch Screen Interface Design, 258 User Interface Design Process, 259 Understand the Users, 260 Organize the Interface, 262 Define Standards, 265 Interface Design Prototyping, 266 Interface Evaluation/Testing, 268 Navigation Design, 272 Basic Principles, 272 Menu Tips, 273 Message Tips, 275 Input Design, 278 Basic Principles, 278 Input Tips, 280 Input Validation, 282 Output Design, 282 Basic Principles, 282 Types of Outputs, 284 Media, 286 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 287 Understand the Users, 287 Organize the Interface, 288 Define Standards, 289 Interface Template Design, 289 Develop Prototypes, 294 Interface Evaluation/Testing, 295 Chapter Review, 295 9 Program Design, 300 Introduction, 301 Moving from Logical to Physical Process Models, 301 The Physical Data Flow Diagram, 301 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 304 Designing Programs, 305 Structure Chart, 308 Syntax, 309 Building the Structure Chart, 312 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 314 Design Guidelines, 318 Program Specification, 324 Syntax, 324 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 327 Chapter Review, 330 10 Data Storage Design, 336 Introduction, 337 Data Storage Formats, 337 Files, 338 Databases, 340 Selecting a Storage Format, 344 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 346 Moving from Logical to Physical Data Models, 347 The Physical Entity Relationship Diagram, 347 Revisiting the CRUD Matrix, 350 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 351 Optimizing Data Storage, 351 Optimizing Storage Efficiency, 354 Optimizing Access Speed, 356 Estimating Storage Size, 360 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 362 Chapter Review, 364 Part 4 Implementation Phase 11 Moving into Implementation, 369 Introduction, 369 Managing the Programming Process, 370 Assigning Programming Tasks, 370 Coordinating Activities, 371 Managing the Schedule, 372 Testing, 372 Test Planning, 374 Unit Tests, 374 Integration Tests, 377 System Tests, 377 Acceptance Tests, 377 Developing Documentation, 379 Types of Documentation, 380 Designing Documentation Structure, 380 Writing Documentation Topics, 382 Identifying Navigation Terms, 383 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 385 Managing Programming, 385 Testing, 385 Developing User Documentation, 386 Chapter Review, 389 12 Transition to the New System, 391 Introduction, 391 Making the Transition to the New System, 392 The Migration Plan, 393 Selecting the Conversion Strategy, 394 Preparing a Business Contingency Plan, 398 Preparing the Technology, 399 Preparing People for the New System, 400 Understanding Resistance to Change, 400 Revising Management Policies, 402 Assessing Costs and Benefits, 402 Motivating Adoption, 405 Enabling Adoption: Training, 406 Postimplementation Activities, 409 System Support, 409 System Maintenance, 410 Project Assessment, 412 Applying the Concepts at DrōnTeq, 414 Implementation Process, 414 Preparing the People, 414 Postimplementation Activities, 414 Chapter Review, 415 13 Agile Development Methods, 418 Introduction, 418 Origins of Agile, 419 Evolution of Agile Development, 420 Adoption of the Agile Approach, 421 Benefits of Agile Methods, 421 Adoption of Specific Agile Methodologies, 421 Scrum, 422 Overview of Scrum, 422 Scrum Characteristics, 424 Scrum Roles, 424 Scrum Features, 426 Scrum Processes, 430 How Does Scrum End?, 434 Other Types of Agile Methodologies, 434 Crystal Development Methodology, 434 Dynamic Systems Development Methodology, 435 Feature Driven Development, 435 Lean Software Development, 436 Comparing the SDLC with Agile Methodologies, 436 Chapter Review, 437 Index I-1

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Book SynopsisSuccess is Assured was born from a pair using those design practices over a century ago: The Wright Brothers. They set about methodically learning the causal relationships between the different design decisions they needed to make and the performance of the airplane. The Wright Brothers fundamentally transformed the front end of development into a sharply focused learning and decision-making process, and thereby eliminated the late - process rework in which their competition was stuck.Similarly, Toyota built an amazing manual product development system that consistently created a cadence of high quality products that customers want. Myriads of Lean principles, jargon, and tools have been introduced and applied with minimal impact on design loopbacks, engineering productivity, and knowledge reuse within small to midsize engineering companies and almost no penetration within highly complex engineering companies. This book teaches methodologies to relentlessly expose knowledge Trade Review"Success Is Assured is a practical guide to successful product development using 'Set-Based Design' principles and an 'Intelligent Fast Failure' approach. The authors rely on their extensive industry experience in their respective fields and as successful industry consultants helping to transform the way existing companies do business. An easy-to-read addition to the field with many new, useful conceptual models." - Charlie Camarda, Astronaut STS-114 Discovery (Return to Flight mission), Former Director of Engineering, NASA Johnson Space Center"In 1953, my dad led his development team at GM to design and build the iconic 55 Chevy in just 23 months - unheard of then and certainly not possible today. How did they succeed in that? Through focused learning and decision making leveraging strong engineering expertise. Over the last decade, we have strayed from that, focusing too much on tasks and schedules. This book shows us how to rebuild that capability through new analytical tools for decision-focused learning and the creation and reuse of visual knowledge. This is increasingly important as complexity is increasing dramatically and the need for effective and speedy product development is critical to success."- David Cole, Ph.D., Chair, AutoHarvest; Chair Emeritus, Center for Auto Research; Chair, Building America’s Tomorrow; Automotive Hall of Fame Inductee"I wish this book was already written when we started our Lean Journey almost 11 years ago. It is a breakthrough in the thinking process on how to make decisions that will drive your business results to 'Success is Assured'! From the very core definition of the 'True North' of Product Development to the Enabler of all Enablers (the Causal Map), the authors' experience provides everyone clarity on how to learn faster and innovate better while having a lot more fun! My team and I are very enthusiastic and we almost cannot hold ourselves in anticipation of the great achievements we'll be able to provide to our business partners."- Manoel de Queiroz Cordova Santos, Business Excellence Manager - Product Development, Embraer S.A."Transforming New Product Development for complex products is a difficult endeavor. As if the technical challenges generated by the large number of variables and interdependencies were not enough, the current leadership practices could drive the wrong behaviors, creating additional complications. What new behaviors should be embraced by leadership? How to tackle complicated technical interdependencies in a new and robust way? This book does an excellent job in covering both questions, using an approach that includes real and fictional stories, peppered with a lot of examples. Highly recommended for both leadership and technical experts embarking in their New Product Development transformation."- Ovidiu Contras, Lean Coach, Bombardier Aerospace "This book is invaluable for any team or organization aiming to design complex systems successfully. The practical knowledge based approach for robust decision making explained in the book, with lucid examples, is exceptionally relevant. The case study story is something most teams and organizations dealing with the design and development of complex systems can easily correlate with."- Ramakrishnan Raman, ESEP, Assistant Sector Director – INCOSE Asia Oceania; Principal Systems Engineer – Honeywell"As for any company in charge of developing new products, the key challenge is to define the solution that provides the best trade-offs between customer’s needs and the Company’s goals and capabilities to provide maximum value to both. The traditional Point-Based Design quickly converges on a solution based on a single point in the design space – a process which inevitably creates rework, delays and cost overruns. This book explains in a very effective instructive style the Set-Based Design approach - a most powerful method to develop better solutions. The key principle is to focus upfront in building key knowledge to make decisions by exploring the trade-offs between critical parameters and mapping an area of feasibility. This is the first book that describes Set-Based Design in an easy to apply way. It provides a set of powerful tools and methods developed by the authors and shows how to apply them through many examples. It provides clarity in how to conduct the development process and build it step by step with different enablers to assure success! This book is indispensable for anyone willing to make their process of product development much more valuable." - Luc Delamotte, Senior Coach Lean Engineering, Lean Community Manager, Thales"I have always liked Michael´s approach to this complex subject. He has always been curious to learn more and challenge every ‘truth' he encountered on his way seeking 'Success is Assured'. In this book the authors capture the true essence of the matter, what it takes to assure the success of the product development project. A real 'how to' book which will help many product developers to shorten lead times and to innovate! Read the book and apply the knowledge and your success will be assured."- Peter Palmér, Chairman, Lean Product & Process Development Exchange (LPPDE); Senior Manager, R&D Way Office, Scania"I highly recommend Success is Assured! To my knowledge, it is the only book in print that provides a detailed methodology on the application of set-based design to complex system development using real-world examples."- Donny Blair, Senior Director of Engineering, L3 Technologies "If you are still not convinced about the merits of Lean Product Development, read this book and you will be. Even if you are not an engineer."- Dr. Göran Gustafsson, Chalmers University of TechnologyTable of ContentsForeword. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I HOW TO ESTABLISH “SUCCESS IS ASSURED” PRIOR TO MAKING DECISIONS IN YOUR ORGANIZATION. 1 Pratt & Whitney Case Study: Their Journey to“Success is Assured. 2 “True North”. 3 The Enablers. 4 Causal Mapping. 5 Aligning “True North” across Organizational Boundaries. 6 Making the Transition. Part II A STORY OF SET-BASED CAUSAL MAPPING ACCELERATING COLLABORATIVE LEARNING. 7 Introduction to the Story. 8 Monday Morning, Infrared Technologies Corporation. 9 Tuesday Morning, Infrared Technologies Corporation. 10 Wednesday Morning, Infrared Technologies Corporation. 11 Thursday Morning, Unmanned Aircraft, Inc. 12 Thursday Afternoon, UA Teleconference with Power Flow Corp. 13 Wednesday Morning, Week 2, Teleconference between the Navy, IRT, and UA. 14 Monday Morning, Week 3, UA Headquarters. 15 Tuesday Morning, Week 3, UA Headquarters. 16 Friday Morning, Week 3. Appendix I: Character List Quick Reference. Appendix II: A Brief History of Lean Product Development and Set-Based Concurrent Engineering. Appendix III: Causal Mapping for Problem-Solving. Appendix IV: Causal Mapping for Making a Set of Decisions. Appendix V: Causal Mapping for Achieving or Improving a Customer Interest. Appendix VI: Causal Mapping for Moving a Limit Curve in a Specific Direction. 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Book SynopsisTable of Contents 1 The Systems Development Environment 2 The Origins of Software 3 Managing the Information Systems Project 4 Identifying and Selecting Systems Development Projects 5 Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects 6 Determining System Requirements 7 Structuring System Process Requirements 8 Structuring System Data Requirements 9 Designing Databases 10 Designing Forms and Reports 11 Designing Interfaces and Dialogues 12 Designing Distributed and Internet Systems 13 System Implementation 14 Maintaining Information Systems Download the detailed table of contents

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Book SynopsisAbout our authors Joseph S. Valacich is an Eller professor of management information systems in the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona. He has had visiting faculty appointments at Buskerud College (Norway), City University of Hong Kong, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Riga Technical University (Latvia), and Helsinki School of Economics and Business. He received a PhD from the University of Arizona (MIS), and an MBA and a BS degree in computer science from the University of Montana. His teaching interests include systems analysis and design, collaborative computing, project management, and management of information systems. Dr. Valacich co-chaired the national task forces to design IS 2010: The Model Curriculum and Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Systems. He also served on the Executive Committee, funded by the National Science Foundation, to define the IS Program Accreditation Standards and on the Board of Directors for CSAB (formally, the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board), representing the Association for Information Systems (AIS). He was the general conference co-chair for the 2003 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), and the co-chair for the Americas' Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) in 2012. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Valacich worked in the information systems field as a programmer, a systems analyst, and a technical product manager. He has conducted numerous corporate training and executive development programs for organizations, including AT&T, Boeing, Dow Chemical, EDS, Exxon, FedEx, General Motors, Microsoft, and Xerox. Dr. Valacich is the co-editor-in-chief of AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, a senior editor at MIS Quarterly, and was formerly an associate editor for Information Systems Research. He has published more than 200 scholarly articles in numerous prestigious journals and conferences. His scholarly work has had a tremendous impact not only on the field of information systems, but also on a number of other disciplines, including computer science, cognitive and social psychology, marketing, and management. In February 2014, Google Scholar listed his citation counts at over 13,800, with an H-index of 54. He is also a coauthor of the leading Modern Systems Analysis and Design, 7th Edition, and Information Systems Today, 7th Edition. Joey F. George is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Ivy College of Business at Iowa State University. Dr. George earned his bachelor's degree at Stanford University in 1979 and his PhD in management at the University of California at Irvine in 1986. He served at Florida State University as chair of the Department of Information and Management Sciences from 1995 to 1998 and as Associate Dean for Research in the Ivy College from 2019 to 2021. Dr. George has published over 95 articles in such academic journals as Information Systems Research, Communications of the ACM, MIS Quarterly, Journal of MIS, and Communication Research. His research interests focus on the use of information systems in the workplace, including computer-based monitoring, computer-mediated deceptive communication, and group support systems. Dr. George has been a coauthor of Modern Systems Analysis and Design since its inception. Dr. George has served as an associate editor and senior editor for both MIS Quarterly and Information Systems Research. For three years he was editor-in-chief of the Communications of the AIS. He was the conference co-chair for the 2001 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), held in New Orleans, Louisiana; conference chair for the 2012 ICIS, held in Orlando, Florida; and conference co-chair of the virtual (due to the pandemic) ICIS meeting in 2020. He is a fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and served as president of AIS from 2010 to 2011. AIS awarded him its highest honor, the LEO lifetime achievement award, in 2014.

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Book SynopsisWe relate to things and things relate to us. Emerging technologies do this in ways that are interesting and exciting, but often also inaccessible or invisible. In this open access book, leading design researchers and philosophers respond to issues raised by this situation inquiring into what it means to live with and relate to things that can actively relate to us, and that relate to each other in ways that do not involve us at all.Case studies include Amazon''s Alexa, the Internet of Things, Pokémon Go and Roomba the robot vacuum cleaner. Authors explore everything from the care work undertaken by objects, reciprocal human/machine learning, technological mediation as a form of control, and what it takes to reveal things that tend to be hidden and that often (by design) conceal the ways in which they use us.As a whole, Relating to Things is a collaborative philosophical inquiry into the nature and consequences of contemporary technological things. It is a design inquiry Trade ReviewThis is one of the first collections to take seriously our changing relationship with non-human actors, yet in doing so it is also a profoundly human book. As disturbing as it is enlightening, Relating to Things is full of insight and curiosity about what it means to live in an increasingly sentient material world. Essential reading for anybody trying to make sense of the politics of relationality in design and the coming world of active objects. -- Damon Taylor, School of Architecture and Design, University of Brighton, UKRelating to Things is an extraordinarily rich exploration of how humans and technologies act, depend upon, and guide one another. Emerging at the intersection of philosophy of technology and design studies, this collection helps us to see how we have come to relate to our creations and how our freedom to design and redesign these relations can open the door to very different futures. This is an essential read for those wanting to gain a deeper sense of how to live with technologies that ask more, give more, take more, and share more with us every day. -- Professor Shannon Vallor, Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction Heather Wiltse (Umeå University, Sweden) I: Caring for Things That Care for Us 1. Privacy as Care: An Interpersonal Model of Privacy Exemplified by Five Cases in the Internet of Things Dylan Wittkower (Old Dominion University, USA) 2. Attachment to Things, Artifacts, Devices, Commodities: An Inconvenient Ethics of the Ordinary Michel Puech (Paris-Sorbonne University, France) 3. The New Assisted Living: Caring for Alexa Caring for Us Diane Michelfelder (Macalester College, USA) II: Learning from Things That Learn from Us 4. Handling Things that Handle Us: Things Get to Know Who We Are and Tie Us Down to Who We Were Bruno Gransche (University of Siegen, Germany) 5. Can Ethics be Learned? Videogames as an Ethical Sandbox Fanny Verrax (independent scholar and consultant, France) 6. Casting Things as Partners in Design: Toward a More-than-Human Design Practice Elisa Giaccardi (TU Delft, Netherlands) III: Controlling Things That Control Us 7. Hostile Design and the Materiality of Surveillance Robert Rosenberger (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) 8. A Tool for the Impact and Ethics of Technology: The Case of Interactive Screens in Public Spaces Steven Dorrestijn (Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands) 9. Postphenomenology of Augmented Reality Galit Wellner (Tel Aviv University, Israel) IV: Revealing Things That Reveal Us 10. Imagining Things: Unfolding the “of” in Philosophy of Technology, through Object-Oriented Ontology Yoni Van Den Eede (Free University of Brussels, Belgium) 11. The Disappearing Acts of the Morse Things: A Design Inquiry into the Withdrawal of Things Ron Wakkary (Simon Fraser University, Canada; TU Eindhoven, Netherlands), Sabrina Hauser (Simon Fraser University, Canada) and Doenja Oogjes (Simon Fraser University, Canada) 12. Revealing Relations of Fluid Assemblages Heather Wiltse (Umeå University, Sweden) 13. Designing Networks that Reveal Themselves Holly Robbins (TU Delft, Netherlands) 14. Reflection and Commentary Erik Stolterman (Indiana University, USA)

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Book SynopsisBrings a powerful toolkit to bear on engineering and scientific endeavors. This book describes the fundamental principles of systems science so engineers and other scholars can put them into practical use at work and in their personal lives. Systems science aims to determine systemic similarities among different disciplines and to develop applicable solutions in many fields of inquiry. Systems Science for Engineers and Scholars readers will discover: Ten systems science principles that open engineers' and scholars' horizons to practical insights related to their areas of interest A methodology for designing holistic systems that exhibit resilient behavior to overcome systems' context uncertainties The most critical current dilemma of humankindthe global environment and energy crises, as well as a systemic, no-nonsense action plan to deal with these issues Independent articles describing how engineers and scholars can utilize systems science creatively in (1) engineering and systemicTable of ContentsPREFACE 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 12 PART 1 - FACETS OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 14 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS SCIENCE 15 1.1 FOREWORD 15 1.2 CRITICAL HUMANITY CHALLENGE 19 1.3 SYSTEMS SCIENCE IN BRIEF 21 1.4 EARLY SYSTEMS PIONEERS 28 1.5 RECOMMENDED BOOKS ON SYSTEMS SCIENCE 30 1.6 CRITICISM OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE 31 1.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 34 CHAPTER 2: PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE (PART I) 36 2.1 INTRODUCTION 36 2.2 UNIVERSAL CONTEXT 36 2.3 SYSTEMS BOUNDARY 41 2.4 SYSTEMS HIERARCHY 45 2.5 SYSTEMS INTERACTIONS 49 2.6 SYSTEMS CHANGE 54 2.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 63 CHAPTER 3: PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE (PART II) 65 3.1 INTRODUCTION 65 3.2 SYSTEMS INPUT/OUTPUT 65 3.3 SYSTEMS COMPLEXITY 70 3.4 SYSTEMS CONTROL 83 3.5 SYSTEMS EVOLUTION 86 3.6 SYSTEMS EMERGENCE 95 3.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 99 CHAPTER 4: SYSTEMS THINKING 101 4.1 INTRODUCTION 101 4.2 HISTORY OF SYSTEMS THINKING 101 4.3 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF SYSTEMS THINKING 102 4.4 THE ICEBERG MODEL OF SYSTEMS THINKING 104 4.5 EXPLORING SYSTEMS THINKING AS A SYSTEM 105 4.6 BARRIERS TO SYSTEMS THINKING 107 4.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 109 CHAPTER 5: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 110 5.1 INTRODUCTION 110 5.2 PHILOSOPHY OF ENGINEERING 110 5.3 BASIC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CONCEPTS 119 5.4 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DEFICIENCIES 124 5.5 BIBLIOGRAPHY 135 CHAPTER 6: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS – TWO DOMAINS 136 6.1 INTRODUCTION 136 6.2 A CASE FOR COMPARISON 136 6.3 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF A COMPUTER HARD DRIVE (CHD) 137 6.4 FUNCTIONAL CORRELATIONS BETWEEN CHD AND THE DHD 139 6.5 CONCLUSIONS 144 6.6 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 145 6.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 145 PART 2 - HOLISTIC SYSTEMS DESIGN 146 CHAPTER 7: HOLISTIC SYSTEMS CONTEXT 147 7.1 INTRODUCTION 147 7.2 RETHINKING THE CONTEXT OF THE SYSTEM 147 7.3 COMPONENTS OF SYSTEMS' CONTEXT 148 7.4 BIBLIOGRAPHY 152 CHAPTER 8: EXAMPLE - UAV SYSTEM OF INTEREST (SOI) 154 8.1 INTRODUCTION 154 8.2 EXAMPLE - UAV SYSTEM 154 8.3 BIBLIOGRAPHY 163 CHAPTER 9: EXAMPLE - UAV CONTEXT (PART I) 164 9.1 INTRODUCTION 164 9.2 UAV CONTEXT - NATURAL SYSTEMS 164 9.3 UAV CONTEXT - SOCIAL SYSTEMS 167 9.4 UAV CONTEXT - RESEARCHAPTER SYSTEMS 168 9.5 UAV CONTEXT - FORMATION SYSTEMS 173 9.6 UAV CONTEXT - SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS 176 9.7 UAV CONTEXT - BUSINESS SYSTEMS 178 9.8 UAV CONTEXT - COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS 180 9.9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 186 CHAPTER 10: EXAMPLE - UAV CONTEXT (PART II) 188 10.1 INTRODUCTION 188 10.2 UAV CONTEXT - FINANCIAL SYSTEMS 188 10.3 UAV CONTEXT - POLITICAL SYSTEMS 191 10.4 UAV CONTEXT - LEGAL SYSTEMS 194 10.5 UAV CONTEXT - CULTURAL SYSTEMS 196 10.6 UAV CONTEXT - BIOSPHERE SYSTEMS 202 10.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 203 PART 3 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY - CRISIS AND ACTION PLAN 205 CHAPTER 11: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT CRISES 206 11.1 INTRODUCTION 206 11.2 CLIMATE CHANGE 208 11.3 BIODIVERSITY LOSS 216 11.4 BIBLIOGRAPHY 227 CHAPTER 12: SYSTEMIC ENVIRONMENT ACTION PLAN 229 12.1 INTRODUCTION 229 12.2 SUSTAINING THE EARTH'S ENVIRONMENT 229 12.3 SUSTAINING HUMAN SOCIETY 238 12.4 BIBLIOGRAPHY 247 CHAPTER 13: GLOBAL ENERGY CRISIS 248 13.1 INTRODUCTION 248 13.2 CURRENT GLOBAL ENERGY STATUS 248 13.3 ENERGY RETURN ON INVESTMENT (EROI) 250 13.4 RENEWABLE ENERGY 253 13.5 FOSSIL FUELS ENERGY 258 13.6 CONVENTIONAL FISSION REACTION ENERGY 259 13.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 261 CHAPTER 14: SYSTEMIC ENERGY ACTION PLAN 262 14.1 THE GLOBAL ENERGY DILEMMA 262 14.2 RENEWABLE ENERGY – ACTION PLAN 262 14.3 FOSSIL FUELS ENERGY – ACTION PLAN 263 14.4 CARS AND TRUCKS ACTION PLAN 264 14.5 FISSION REACTION ENERGY – ACTION PLAN 264 14.6 SMALL MODULAR REACTORS (SMRS) ACTION PLAN 265 14.7 FUSION NUCLEAR ENERGY ACTION PLAN 269 14.8 BIBLIOGRAPHY 273 PART 4 - MORE SYSTEMS SCIENCE FOR ENGINEERS AND SCHOLARS 274 CHAPTER 15: ENGINEERING AND SYSTEMIC PSYCHOLOGY 275 15.1 INTRODUCTION 275 15.2 SCHEMA THEORY 275 15.3 COGNITIVE BIASES 276 15.4 SYSTEMS FAILURES 279 15.5 COGNITIVE DEBIASING 285 15.6 BIBLIOGRAPHY 288 CHAPTER 16: DELIVERING VALUE AND RESOLVING CONFLICTS 289 16.1 INTRODUCTION 289 16.2 DELIVERING SYSTEMS VALUE 289 16.3 CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION 294 16.4 BIBLIOGRAPHY 299 CHAPTER 17: MULTI-OBJECTIVE MULTI-AGENT DECISION MAKING 300 17.1 INTRODUCTION 300 17.2 UTILITY-BASED REWARDS 300 17.3 REPRESENTATION OF THE DECISION PROCESS 301 17.4 KEY TYPES OF DECISION PROCESSES 302 17.5 EXAMPLE-1 - WOLVES AND SHEEP PREDATION 305 17.6 EXAMPLE-2 - COOPERATIVE TARGET OBSERVATION 308 17.7 EXAMPLE-3 - SEAPORT LOGISTICS 310 17.8 BIBLIOGRAPHY 313 CHAPTER 18: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING USING CATEGORY THEORY 315 18.1 INTRODUCTION 315 18.2 THE PROBLEM OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY, COLLABORATIVE DESIGN 315 18.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND ON CATEGORY THEORY AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 316 18.4 EXAMPLE - DESIGNING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE 317 18.5 CATEGORY THEORY (CT) AS A SYSTEM SPECIFICATION LANGUAGE 322 18.6 CATEGORICAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE DESIGN (C-MCD) 329 18.7 THE C-MCD CATEGORIES 331 18.8 THE CATEGORICAL DESIGN PROCESS 339 18.9 CONCLUSION 340 18.10 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 340 18.11 BIBLIOGRAPHY 340 CHAPTER 19: HOLISTIC RISK MANAGEMENT USING SOSF METHODOLOGY 342 19.1 INTRODUCTION 342 19.2 LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICES 342 19.3 FEATURES OF SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMS FAILURES (SOSF) 343 19.4 EXAMPLE-1 - HOLISTIC RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAILURE CLASSES 347 19.5 EXAMPLE-2 – SYNTHETIC SOSF RISK MANAGEMENT 354 19.6 CONCLUSION 358 19.7 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 358 19.8 BIBLIOGRAPHY 358 CHAPTER 20: SYSTEMIC ACCIDENTS AND MISHAPS ANALYSES 360 20.1 INTRODUCTION TO ACCIDENT CAUSATION MODELS 360 20.2 BASIC ACCIDENTS AND MISHAPS CONCEPTS 360 20.3 CLASSIFICATION OF INCIDENT CAUSATION MODELS 361 20.4 SYSTEMS THEORETIC ACCIDENT MODEL AND PROCESS (STAMP) 362 20.5 CAUSAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM THEORY (CAST) 365 20.6 CAST PROCEDURE 366 20.7 CAST EXAMPLE - CH-53 HELICOPTERS MID-AIR COLLISION 367 20.8 BIBLIOGRAPHY 374 APPENDIX-A: DISTINGUISHED SYSTEMS SCIENCE RESEARCHERS 376 APPENDIX-B: DISTINGUISHED SYSTEMS THINKING RESEARCHERS 378 APPENDIX-C: PERMISSIONS TO USE THIRD-PARTY COPYRIGHT MATERIAL 380 APPENDIX-D: LIST OF ACRONYMS 392 INDEX 398

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Book SynopsisUmit S Bititci is Professor of Business Performance at Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, UK. He has worked with an international portfolio of companies and public sector organizations and has led several international research and development projects with his research portfolio c 20million. Agnessa Spanellis is a Senior Lecturer at The University of Edinburgh, UK, where she teaches modules on Systems Approaches to Sustainability and Business Thinking. She has been published in peer-reviewed journals, books and outlets such as The Conversation.Trade Review"A tour de force which manages to explain the theory in simple terms whilst remaining rooted in the practice. An ideal introduction to our modern world of systems." * Sir Iain Vallance, former CEO and chairman of British Telecom *"Systems Thinking for Business and Management is ideal for students interested in learning about and using systems thinking. It is well-written, easy to understand and provides a solid foundation for those interested in modelling systems. Providing a comprehensive overview of systems thinking, this textbook includes discussions of basic concepts, methods and models, as well as applications of systems thinking in various industrial business case studies and future systems thinking." * Joniarto Parung, Professor of Supply Chain Management and Rector, University of Surabaya, Indonesia *"This book is invaluable for both practitioners and students of business and operations. There is no other book that covers these topics in a practically useful way." * Kathryn E. Stecke, Professor of Operations Management, University of Texas, USA *"The authors' ability to apply systems thinking to practical problems is an invaluable resource for students and for those of us managing a business in today's complex, interconnected and volatile world." * Gilad Tiefenbrun, CEO, Linn products, UK *"A comprehensive book and a must-read for students and researchers. In particular, part four's focus on the future is unique in the sense that it offers readers systems thinking insights in the age of VUCA." * Toshiko Kikkawa, Professor of Social Psychology, Keio University, Japan *"System thinking is one of the most important topics in management that is unfortunately underestimated by a wide audience. Systems Thinking for Business and Management provides an opportunity to explore these topics in depth and gain essential skills for business. The authors guide us from the first pages and provide simple narratives to explain complex theories and methods. This book also includes plenty of examples, methods and tools that provide tangible input and allow for fast adoption of the content." * Igor Levinskiy, Delivery Executive, SAP EMEA South, Dubai *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Introduction; Section - ONE: Fundamentals of systems thinking; Chapter - 02: Introduction to systems; Chapter - 03: Understanding systems; Section - TWO: Models and methods; Chapter - 04: Common system models and frameworks; Chapter - 05: Hard systems thinking; Chapter - 06: Soft systems thinking; Chapter - 07: Systems thinking in group decision making; Section - THREE: Systems complexity; Chapter - 08: Understanding the behaviour of complex systems; Chapter - 09: Changing complex systems; Section - FOUR: The future; Chapter - 10: Future systems thinking; Chapter - 11: Summary and key takeaways; Chapter - 12: Glossary;

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Book SynopsisUmit S Bititci is Professor of Business Performance at Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, UK. He has worked with an international portfolio of companies and public sector organizations and has led several international research and development projects with his research portfolio c 20million. Agnessa Spanellis is a Senior Lecturer at The University of Edinburgh, UK, where she teaches modules on Systems Approaches to Sustainability and Business Thinking. She has been published in peer-reviewed journals, books and outlets such as The Conversation.Trade Review"A tour de force which manages to explain the theory in simple terms whilst remaining rooted in the practice. An ideal introduction to our modern world of systems." * Sir Iain Vallance, former CEO and chairman of British Telecom *"Systems Thinking for Business and Management is ideal for students interested in learning about and using systems thinking. It is well-written, easy to understand and provides a solid foundation for those interested in modelling systems. Providing a comprehensive overview of systems thinking, this textbook includes discussions of basic concepts, methods and models, as well as applications of systems thinking in various industrial business case studies and future systems thinking." * Joniarto Parung, Professor of Supply Chain Management and Rector, University of Surabaya, Indonesia *"This book is invaluable for both practitioners and students of business and operations. There is no other book that covers these topics in a practically useful way." * Kathryn E. Stecke, Professor of Operations Management, University of Texas, USA *"The authors' ability to apply systems thinking to practical problems is an invaluable resource for students and for those of us managing a business in today's complex, interconnected and volatile world." * Gilad Tiefenbrun, CEO, Linn products, UK *"A comprehensive book and a must-read for students and researchers. In particular, part four's focus on the future is unique in the sense that it offers readers systems thinking insights in the age of VUCA." * Toshiko Kikkawa, Professor of Social Psychology, Keio University, Japan *"System thinking is one of the most important topics in management that is unfortunately underestimated by a wide audience. Systems Thinking for Business and Management provides an opportunity to explore these topics in depth and gain essential skills for business. The authors guide us from the first pages and provide simple narratives to explain complex theories and methods. This book also includes plenty of examples, methods and tools that provide tangible input and allow for fast adoption of the content." * Igor Levinskiy, Delivery Executive, SAP EMEA South, Dubai *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Introduction; Section - ONE: Fundamentals of systems thinking; Chapter - 02: Introduction to systems; Chapter - 03: Understanding systems; Section - TWO: Models and methods; Chapter - 04: Common system models and frameworks; Chapter - 05: Hard systems thinking; Chapter - 06: Soft systems thinking; Chapter - 07: Systems thinking in group decision making; Section - THREE: Systems complexity; Chapter - 08: Understanding the behaviour of complex systems; Chapter - 09: Changing complex systems; Section - FOUR: The future; Chapter - 10: Future systems thinking; Chapter - 11: Summary and key takeaways; Chapter - 12: Glossary;

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Book SynopsisEmerging imaging techniques have opened new fronts to investigate tissues, cells, and proteins. Transformative technologies such as microCT scans, super-resolution microscopy, fluorescence-based tools, and other methods now allow us to study the mechanics of cancer, dissect the origins of cellular force regulation, and examine biological specimens at the nanoscale.The Handbook of Imaging in Biological Mechanics presents the spectrum of imaging techniques used for noninvasive visualization of the morphology and mechanics of the large and smallfrom organs to individual macromolecules. The handbook presents optimal imaging technologies to study deformation, stress, and constitutive behavior of tissues, cells, and proteins. It also describes a suite of technologies available for probing the mechanics of surfaces, membranes, and single molecules. With chapters authored by highly recognized experts in their area, the handbook covers the entire spectrum of biomechanicaTable of ContentsIntroduction. Tissue and Organ Imaging Methods: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Methods. Tissue and Organ Imaging Methods: Ultrasound. Tissue and Organ Imaging Methods: Radiography and Computed Tomography. Tissue and Organ Imaging Methods: High Throughput and Image Quantification. Tissue and Organ Imaging Methods: Multiscale Imaging and Modeling. Cellular and Molecular Imaging Methods: Microenvironments: Native ECM. Cellular and Molecular Imaging Methods: Microenvironments: In Vitro Culture Systems. Cellular and Molecular Imaging Methods: Cellular and Subcellular Biophysics. Cellular and Molecular Imaging Methods: Nuclear Biophysics. Cellular and Molecular Imaging Methods: Channels. Cellular and Molecular Imaging Methods: Surfaces and Single Molecule Measurements.

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