Böcker i Engineering Management-serien

Estimates can be prepared at any stage during a project but in order to make use of an estimate it is important to consider its purpose, the stage of the project when it was prepared and the degree of risk in the project. This book offers advice on the understanding, the preparation and the use of estimates in the civil engineering industry.

An analysis of today¿s business environment and the integration of software, people, and interfaces, this book explores the roles of engineers, information technologists, and product development professionals. It provides methods, processes, and tools (MPTs) for life cycle costing while focusing on technology centric examples. The author includes unpublished material on the costing of commercial off-the-shelf systems and presents the MPTs from a product development perspective. The text also covers applications that use Excel spreadsheets for better comprehension.

Modeling and simulation (M&S) is increasingly becoming a central activity in the development of new and existing systems because it enables designers and researchers to manage systems complexity and investigate system behaviors through virtual representation. To date, a handbook that includes established M&S practices is not available in the systems engineering community. This multi-contributed reference book provides the M&S practices for supporting systems engineering in diverse domains. Readers can also identify their systems engineering needs and adapt these practices to suit their specific application domain, thus avoiding redefining practices from scratch.