Decision Making in Systems Engineering and Management, 3rd Edition

List of Figures

Figure 1.1 The stages of a system's life cycle.

Figure 1.2 Waterfall system life cycle model.

Figure 1.3 Spiral life cycle model with embedded risk assessment. Source: Boehm  [38].

Figure 1.4 Life cycle assessment of environmental costs of a washing machine [41].

Figure 1.5 Systems decision process used throughout a system life cycle. Source: D/SE, 2010.

Figure 1.6 Simplified risk management cycle affecting systems decisions.

Figure 1.7 Elements of decision quality (the corresponding SDP phases are annotated in the diagram).

Figure 1.8 Systems decision process.

Figure 1.9 Modeling and analysis flow for typical SDP application.

Figure 1.10 Spectrum of modeling purposes. Source: Pidd  [18]/with permission of Springer Nature.

Figure 1.11 Three required ingredients for proper problem definition.

Figure 1.12 Stakeholder salience types. Source: Matty  [48].

Figure 2.1 Ordered dependency tracing example.

Figure 2.2 Major capability acquisition chart [9].

Figure 2.3 Two abstract system models: graphical and mathematical.

Figure 2.4 A system representation with external feedback.

Figure 2.5 Three possible qualitative structures of a system kernel function.

Figure 2.6 Conceptualization of engineering management system.

Figure 2.7 Landmark^® under‐counter wine refrigerators. Source: Landmark.

Figure 2.8 Two boundary options for the same BEV system of interest.

Figure 2.9 Degrees of internal understanding of a system.

Figure 2.10 Multilateral friendship systems in a social ...