Topics in Systems Integration Engineering. 3 credits

Catalog description

Covers lifecycles; large systems comprising heterogeneous components; human, organizational, and technological basis for integration; societal and cultural basis; conceptual frameworks; structure, function, and purpose of industry; risk management; user requirements and functional specifications; bid and proposal process; systems integration and federal government; standards; integration of systems and federations of systems; integrated process and product development; architectures; systems management and cost estimation; reengineering; quality management; increasing returns to scale, network effects, and path dependency issues; and systems integration ecology and evolutionary systems integration Notes: May be repeatable if topics are substantially different. Offered by Systems Engr & Operations Rsch . May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.