Competitive engineering : a handbook for systems engineering, requirements engineering, and software engineering using Planguage /

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 thous...

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Main Authors: Gilb, Tom
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Brodie, Lindsey
Published: Butterworth-Heinemann,
Publisher Address: Oxford ; Burlington, MA :
Publication Dates: 2005.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750665070
Summary: 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,
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxi, 474 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-447) and index.
ISBN: 0080457096
9780080457093
Index Number: QA76
CLC: TP11
Contents: Planguage basics and process control : the purpose of planguage -- Introduction to requirements : why? -- Functions : what systems "do" -- Performance : how good? -- Scales of measure : how to quantify -- Resources, budgets and costs : costs of solutions -- Design ideas and design engineering : how to solve the "requirements problem" -- Specification quality control : how to know how well you specified -- Impact estimation : how to understand strategies -- Evolutionary project management : how to manage project benefits and costs.