System Analysis, Design, and Development: Concepts, Principles, and Practices

by Charles S. Wasson

Book Overview

Written in a practical, easy to understand style, this text provides a step-by-step guide to System Analysis and Engineering by introducing concepts, principles, and practices via a progression of topical, lesson oriented chapters. Each chapter focuses on specific aspects of system analysis, design, and development, and includes definitions of key terms, examples, author's notes, key principles, and challenging exercises that teach readers to apply...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471393339
• ISBN13: 9780471393337
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 818 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.2" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Technical Reference to keep handy

This book is an excellent gradute level book. It gives a very through review of technical concepts that are needed for the complex systems of today. Great as a course level book, or simply as a handy reference.

An excellent approach for students and professionals

Within the book you can find a deep and clear overview useful for all professionals that develop solutions that should integrate a series of elements that reach an specific goal. A most in every engineer library.

Finally, the authoritative SE text!

This excellent text will be useful to every system engineer (SE) regardless of the domain. It covers ALL relevant SE material and does so in a very clear, methodical fashion. The breadth and depth of the author's presentation of SE principles and practices is outstanding. Anyone thinking of writing the "great American SE textbook" can put down their pens. Mr Wasson has done it.

Excellent Reference on Systems Engineering

Wasson's book provides a very complete review of systems engineering processes, procedures and terminology. I found the section on trade studies of particular value for developing aerospace applications. Sections on requirements analysis and specifications were also very helpful. [...]Content-wise the book is excellent.

great practical book on SE - not systems analysis

. . . The author wrote this beook because he was concerned that many of the SE textbooks on the market were too philosophical, and decided to channel his energies into creating a text that reflected his realities as an SE practitioner and program manager. The book includes 1) conceptual foundations in SE, 2) HOW TOs, and 3) practitioner-based knowledge. Since SE applies to any type of system from Space Shuttles to PDAs, organizations, services etc., Wasson built on the basic SE foundations from aerospace and defense in formulating a fresh new approach that canbe applied to any business domain - construction, communications, financial, medical, educational, transportation, etc. The 57 chapters are "lesson oriented", developed for upper-undergraduate to graduate level students, focus on specific SE topics, and include two types of exercises: development of general systems, products, and services and organizational centric. Instructors can take the topics to any level of detail they desire, depending on their audience.