A comprehensive basis for systems engineering theory

Author

Triantis, Konstantinos P. ; Collopy, Paul D.

Author_Institution

Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Falls Church, VA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

March 31 2014-April 3 2014

Firstpage

97

Lastpage

102

Abstract

Given the recent systems engineering failures, we suggest that an alternative way of thinking and communicating about systems engineering is essential. We provide the language, a bit of ontology, and some key concepts that will hopefully allow us to discuss the most basic issues of systems engineering in a clear, coherent, and effective way. The main premise of our exposition is that at the core of systems engineering is the concept of organization, which we use in two ways: (1) characterizing the structure within an artifact, and (2) referring to a cultural institution within which people work together in a structured manner.

Keywords

cultural aspects; ontologies (artificial intelligence); organisational aspects; production engineering computing; systems engineering; cultural institution; ontology; organization concept; structure characterization; systems engineering failures; systems engineering theory; Aircraft; Aircraft propulsion; Design engineering; Ontologies; Organizations; Standards organizations; Systems engineering and theory; design teams; ontology; organization; systems engineering; systems engineering theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems Conference (SysCon), 2014 8th Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2087-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SysCon.2014.6819242

Filename

6819242