Designing Complex Products with Systems Engineering Processes and Techniques

This book looks at how to design complex products that have many components with intricate relationships and requirements. It also discusses how to manage processes involved in their lifecycle, from concept generation to disposal, with the objectives of increasing customer satisfaction, quality, safety, and usability and meeting program timings and budgets. Part I covers systems engineering concepts, issues, and bases in product design. Part II examines quality, human factors, and safety engineering approaches. Part III describes important tools and methods used in these fields, and Part IV includes other relevant integration topics, interesting applications of useful techniques, and observations from a few "landmark" product development case studies.

Preface

Part I : Systems Engineering Concepts, Issues and Methods in Product Design
Chapter 1 : Introduction to Products, Processes and Product Development
Chapter 2 : Systems Engineering and Other Disciplines in Product Design
Chapter 3 : Decision Making and Trade-Offs
Chapter 4 : Attributes and Requirements and Functional Analyses
Chapter 5 : Understanding and Managing Interfaces
Chapter 6 : Product Evaluation, Verification and Validation
Chapter 7 : Program Planning and Management
Chapter 8 : Cost Considerations and Models

Part II : Quality, Human Factors and Safety Engineering Approaches
Chapter 9 : Quality Engineering
Chapter 10 : Human Factors in Product Design
Chapter 11 : Safety Engineering in Product Design

Part III : Tools and Methods
Chapter 12 : Methods and Tool Box
Chapter 13 : Product Development Tools
Chapter 14 : Quality Tools
Chapter 15 : Human Factors Engineering Tools
Chapter 16 : Safety Engineering Tools

Part IV : Applications, Case Studies and Integration
Chapter 17 : System Decomposition, Interface Diagram, Interface Matrix, Requirements Cascade and Verification Tests
Chapter 18 : Case Studies and Integration
Chapter 19 : Future Research Issues

Appendices
Index