Systems Engineering Practice
is a comprehensive approach used to develop and manage complex systems. It integrates systems, products, and services to meet stakeholder needs and ensure functionality, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
3. Accessible to Non-Experts
The core feature of the text is its structured approach to the system lifecycle. Faulconbridge breaks down the engineering process not just by phases, but by decision gates.
- Functional Flow Block Diagrams (FFBD): Faulconbridge champions FFBDs for understanding timing and logic before selecting hardware.
- Allocation: How to take a "Power On" function and allocate it to a specific battery, wire, or software routine.
The authors detail the systems engineering process across the entire system life cycle:
