System engineering management

System Engineering Management is a complete, hands-on guide to making system engineering tools and principles an integral part of the design and development process in your organization. Professor Benjamin Blanchard arms you with a comprehensive, top-down, life-cycle approach that has been proven to reduce cost, speed up the design and development process, improve reliability, and win customers. Fully revised and updated, this Second Edition features new and expanded coverage of such timely topics as requirements analysis; the open architecture approach to functional analysis and allocation; rapid prototyping, simulation modeling, and software support systems; technical performance measures (TPMs); international aspects of supplier selection and management; Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD); and Integrated Process Team (IPT). Comprehensive Revision Of More Than 30% Of The Content Of The Previous 2nd Edition Increased Coverage In The Areas Of System Engineering Processes, Outsourcing, Risk-analysis, Globalization, And The Application Of New Technologies In System Development Additional Case Studies Have Been Added Reflecting Real-world Successes "Benjamin S. Blanchard is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Industrial and System Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg."--Jacket