Designing Complex Products with Systems Engineering Processes and Techniques

Vivek D. Bhise

Systems Engineering Concepts, Issues and Methods in Product Design: Introduction to Products, Processes and Product Development. Systems Engineering and Other Disciplines in Product Design. Decision Making and Trade-Offs. Attributes and Requirements and Functional Analyses. Understanding and Managing Interfaces. Product Evaluation, Verification and Validation. Program Planning and Management. Cost Considerations and Models. Quality, Human Factors and Safety Engineering Approaches: Quality Engineering. Human Factors in Product Design. Safety Engineering in Product Design. Tools and Methods: Methods and Tool Box. Product Development Tools. Quality Tools. Human Factors Engineering Tools. Safety Engineering Tools. Applications, Case Studies and Integration: System Decomposition, Interface Diagram, Interface Matrix, Requirements Cascade and Verification Tests. Case Studies and Integration. Future Research Issues. Appendices.