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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003238819707536

Autore

Gilb, Tom

Titolo

Competitive engineering [e-book] : a handbook for systems engineering, requirements engineering, and software engineering using Planguage / Tom Gilb ; editor, Lindsey Brodie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005

ISBN

9780750665070

0750665076

Descrizione fisica

xxi, 474 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Brodie, Lindsey

Disciplina

620.00684

Soggetti

Systems engineering - Management

Process control

Project management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-447) and index

Nota di contenuto

1. Planguage Basics and Process Control; 2. Introduction to Requirements; 3. Functions; 4. Performance; 5. Scales of Measure; 6. Resources, Budgets and Costs; 7. Design Ideas and Design Engineering; 8. Specification Quality Control; 9. Impact Estimation; 10. Evolutionary Project Management; Planguage Concept Glossary

Sommario/riassunto

Competitive Engineering documents Tom Gilb's unique, ground-breaking approach to communicating management objectives and systems engineering requirements, clearly and unambiguously. Competitive Engineering is a revelation for anyone involved in management and risk control. Already used by thousands of project managers and systems engineers around the world, this is a handbook for initiating, controlling and delivering complex projects on time and within budget. The Competitive Engineering methodology provides a practical set of tools and techniques that enable readers to effectively design, manage and deliver results in any complex organization - in engineering, industry, systems engineering, software, IT, the service sector and beyond. Elegant, comprehensive and accessible, the Competitive Engineering methodology provides a practical set of tools



and techniques that enable readers to effectively design, manage and deliver results in any complex organization - in engineering, industry, systems engineering, software, IT, the service sector and beyond. * Provides detailed, practical and innovative coverage of key subjects including requirements specification, design evaluation, specification quality control and evolutionary project management * Offers a complete, proven and meaningful 'end-to-end' process for specifying, evaluating, managing and delivering high quality solutions * Tom Gilb's clients include HP, Intel, CitiGroup, IBM, Nokia and the US Department of Defense