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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Butterworth-Heinemann,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford ; Burlington, MA : |
Publication Dates: | 2005. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750665070 |
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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. |
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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. |