| Utilizing recent research & developments in systems science, methods & tools, Hitchins has developed a unified systems methodology, employable when tackling virtually any problem, from the small technological, to the global socioeconomic. Founded in the powerful `systems approach', Hitchins' systems methodology brings together both soft and hard system scientific methods into one methodological framework. This can be applied when addressing complex problems, issues & situations, and for creating robust, provable solutions, resolutions & dissolutions to those problems - supposing such to exist.
This book details and explores:
- the systems approach, using theory & method to reveal systems engineering as applied systems science, bridging the gulf between Problem & Solution Spaces;
- a `universal' Systems Methodology (including an extensive view of systems engineering, embracing both soft & hard systems) which encompasses all five stages of Hitchins' 5-layer Systems Engineering Model (artifact, project, enterprise, industry and socio-economy);
- case studies illustrating how the systems methodology may be used to address a diverse range of situations & issues, including conceiving a new defense capability, proposing a feasible way to tackle global warming, tackling enterprise interventions, how and why things can go wrong, and many more.
Systems Engineering will give an immeasurable advantage to managers, practitioners & consultants in a wide range of organizations & fields including police, defense, procurement, communications, transport, management, electrical, electronic, aerospace, requirements, software and computer engineering.
It is an essential reference for researchers seeking `systems enlightenment', including graduate students who require a comprehensive reference text on the subject, and also government departments and systems engineering institutions. | |
