04685nam 2200637 450 991046615570332120200520144314.01-119-17958-01-119-17959-9(CKB)3710000000748982(EBL)4585271(OCoLC)953660500(SSID)ssj0001692929(PQKBManifestationID)16545835(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001692929(PQKBWorkID)15065690(PQKB)25091200(MiAaPQ)EBC4585271(Au-PeEL)EBL4585271(CaPaEBR)ebr11234254(CaONFJC)MIL943454(EXLCZ)99371000000074898220160802h20172017 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHow to do systems analysis primer and casebook /John E. Gibson [and three others]Hoboken, New Jersey :Wiley,2017.©20171 online resource (307 p.)Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and ManagementIncludes index.1-119-17957-2 How to Do Systems Analysis: Primer and Casebook; Table of Contents; Preface; Original Preface from Jack Gibson; Acknowledgments; About the Companion Website; Part I: Primer; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 What Is a System?; 1.2 Terminology Confusion; 1.3 Systems Analysis Equals Operations Research Plus Policy Analysis; 1.4 Attributes of Large-Scale Systems; 1.5 Transportation Systems: An Example of a Large-Scale System; 1.6 Systems Integration; 1.7 What Makes a ``Systems Analysis ́́Different?; 1.8 Distant Roots of Systems Analysis; 1.9 Immediate Precursors to Systems Analysis1.10 Development of Systems Analysis As a Distinct Discipline: the Influence of RandNotes; References; Chapter 2: Six Major Phases of Systems Analysis; 2.1 The Systems Analysis Method: Six Major Phases; 2.1.1 Determine Goals; 2.1.2 Establish Criteria for Ranking Alternative Candidates; 2.1.3 Develop Alternative Solutions; 2.1.4 Rank Alternatives; 2.1.5 Iterate; 2.1.6 Action; 2.2 The Goal-Centered or Top-Down Approach; 2.3 The Index of Performance Concept; 2.4 Developing Alternative Scenarios; 2.5 Ranking Alternatives; 2.6 Iteration and the ""Error-Embracing"" Approach2.7 The Action Phase: The Life Cycle of a SystemNotes; References; Chapter 3: Goal Development; 3.1 Seven Steps in Goal Development; 3.2 On Generalizing the Question; 3.3 The Descriptive Scenario; 3.4 The Normative Scenario; 3.5 The Axiological Component; 3.6 Developing an Objectives Tree; 3.7 Validate; 3.8 Iterate; Notes; References; Chapter 4: The Index of Performance; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Desirable Characteristics for an Index of Performance; 4.3 Economic Criteria; 4.4 Four Common Criteria of Economic Efficiency; 4.5 Is there a Problem With Multiple Criteria?4.6 What Is Wrong With the B--C Ratio?4.7 Can IRR Be Fixed?; 4.8 Expected Monetary Value; 4.9 Nonmonetary Performance Indices; Notes; References; Chapter 5: Develop and Evaluate Alternative Candidate Solutions; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Classical Approach to Creativity; 5.3 Concepts in Creativity; 5.4 Brainstorming; 5.5 Brainwriting; 5.6 Dynamic Confrontation; 5.7 Zwicky's Morphological Box; 5.8 The Options Field/Options Profile Approach; 5.9 Computer Creativity; 5.10 Trade Study Methods; 5.11 Trade Study Example; Notes; References; Chapter 6: The 10 Golden Rules of Systems Analysis6.1 Introduction6.2 Rule 1: There Always Is a Client; 6.3 Rule 2: Your Client Does Not Understand His Own Problem; 6.4 Rule 3: The Original Problem Statement Is Too Specific: You Must Generalize the Problem to Give It Contextual Integrity; 6.5 Rule 4: The Client Does Not Understand the Concept of the Index of Performance; 6.6 Rule 5: You Are the Analyst, Not the Decision Maker; 6.7 Rule 6: Meet the Time Deadline and the Cost Budget; 6.8 Rule 7: Take a Goal-Centered Approach to the Problem, Not a Technology-Centered or Chronological Approach6.9 Rule 8: Non-Users Must Be Considered in the Analysis and in the Final RecommendationsWiley series in systems engineering and management.System analysisSystem analysisCase studiesElectronic books.System analysis.System analysis658.4/032Gibson John E.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910466155703321How to do systems analysis2147888UNINA