Table of Contents

* Part I: Core Systems Engineering Processes * Chapter 1: What is Systems Engineering? * Chapter 2: Phases of Systems Engineering * Chapter 3: System Trade Studies * Chapter 4: Performance-Driven Requirements * Chapter 5: System Performance Evaluation * Chapter 6: Architecting Process * Chapter 7: Program Complexity Evaluation * Chapter 8: Use of Leading Indicators * Chapter 9: Systems Engineering Tools * Part II: Applications of Core SE Processes * Chapter 10: Case Studies * Part III: Advanved Topics in Systems Engineering * Chapter 11: Service-Oriented Architectures * Chapter 12: Net-Centric Systems * Part IV: Systems Engineering Management & Development * Chapter 13: Proven Systems Engineering Management Techniques & Sample Work Products * Chapter 14: Developing and Maintaining Systems Engineers' Skills and Competencies * Chapter 15: Model-Based Systems Engineering and Agile Development * Appendix A: Systems Engineering Laws * Appendix B: Writing Good Technical Documents * Appendix C: Heuristics for Systems Engineering

About the Author

Tom Jeffrey is a Principal Engineering Fellow at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS). He has over thirty-five years of broad experience in systems engineering covering all phases of design and development, has led systems engineering teams, developed systems engineering training and serves as a mentor to new systems engineers. Tom has taught a number of radar and systems engineering-related courses at Raytheon and is also the author of Phased-Array Radar Design: Applications of Radar Fundamentals, SciTech, 2009.