No More Muddling Through: Mastering Complex Projects in Engineering and Management

ISBN-13: 9781402050176 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 185 str.

Rainer Zust; Peter Troxler

Opis

Sustainable solutions require the integration of social and ecological aspects in every planning and decision-making process. This book explains the most important principles and elements of Systems Engineering and three planning cases demonstrate the practical application. It provides an understandable guide with questions and recommendations, and offers a clear structure of the problem solving process.

Spis treści

Pre-Conditions.- Life Cycle Model, the Problem-Solving Cycle and their Interaction.- Methods – Interdisciplinary Universal Tool Box.- Situation Analysis.- Goal Definition.- The Search for Solutions: Concept Synthesis and Concept Analysis.- Selection: Evaluation and Decision.- Cases.

O autorze

Prof. Dr., Dipl. Ing. Rainer Züst ist Assistenzprofessor für Betriebswissenschaften an der ETH Zürich. Er unterrichtet "Systems Engineering" an der ETH, an Ingenieurschulen in der Schweiz und an ausländischen Universitäten. Er ist in zahlreiche Praxisprojekte involviert, die mit "Systems Engineering" zum erfolgreichen Abschluss gebracht wurden.