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7.4.4 Some Early History of Systems Engineering – 1950's in IRE Publications (Part 2): The Solution
Author(s) -
Ferris Timothy L.J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2007.tb02936.x
Subject(s) - schedule , perspective (graphical) , computer science , system of systems engineering , systems engineering , engineering , engineering management , systems design , artificial intelligence , operating system
This paper is the second stage in a project investigating the early history of systems engineering. Many current systems engineering texts refer to the post World War II era as the origin of systems engineering as a means to overcome the problems of systems development projects that failed to deliver satisfactory product systems according to budget and schedule. The present paper investigates primary sources from the 1950's period to provide an understanding of the early stages of development of the systems engineering solution to the problems that had been observed and discussed in part 1 of this study. The sources have been investigated from the perspective of the evidence that they provide concerning the systems engineering solution to the problems which had been experienced and why these solutions were regarded as satisfactory.