378
Index
Framework (continued)
systems integration frameworks, 141
3 × 3 matrix, 87
Funambulation, 291n
Functional boundaries, 31, 32, 36,
35, 358
Functions, 31, 76, 93, 175, 358. See also
Quality loss function
characterization, 131
conditions evaluation for, 122
demonstration, 122
and interaction, 116
interfaces, 93–95
limits determination, 123
object connection for, 96
of objective causalities, 87
performances, 98, 293
quality, 98–99
role of, 197
subfunctions, 148
system function, 97, 112
Fusing, 45. See also Integration
G
GAO. See U.S. Government
Accountability Office (GAO)
General systems theory, 71, 105
tenet of holism in, 144
General systems thinking, 105–107, 358
Granularity, 96, 166, 284, 358. See also
Integration; Abstraction
and abstraction, 285, 286
activity model, 287
EMMI, 287
goal of, 288
grouping of objects, 284–285
overlapping processes, 285, 286
performance measurement, 286
process manager testing, 287
top-level process, 285
Group, 358
H
HCM. See Human capital
management (HCM)
Heterarchy, 358
Heuristics, 10n
Hierarchical problems, 249–250
Hire processes, 306
Holism, 227, 358
Hubble Space Telescope, 6
Hubble Space Telescope systems
engineering, 5
integration management, 8–9
integration problems, 7–8
Human capital management
(HCM), 262
I
Identifying objects to be
integrated, 121
Illative, 358
thinking, 168
Immunity, 46
Inaction, 174
Inactivity, 175
INCOSE. See International Council
on Systems Engineering
(INCOSE)
Induction, 359
Information, 18n, 359
Instability, 112, 359
Institutionalized technology, 118n
Integral whole, 156, 285. See also
Whole
Integrated objects, 33, 79
Integrated whole, 2, 12, 33. See also
Whole
characteristics of, 155
objects’s influence, 169
Integration, 2–3, 18, 359–360. See also
Abstraction; Fusing;
Granularity; Interaction;
Systems integration
case study description, 4–5
classifications of, 355
economy of action, 3
epistemology of systems
engineering, 57
forethought, 19–21
frame, 360
importance of, 1
issues, 7
Index
Framework (continued)
systems integration frameworks, 141
3 × 3 matrix, 87
Funambulation, 291n
Functional boundaries, 31, 32, 36,
35, 358
Functions, 31, 76, 93, 175, 358. See also
Quality loss function
characterization, 131
conditions evaluation for, 122
demonstration, 122
and interaction, 116
interfaces, 93–95
limits determination, 123
object connection for, 96
of objective causalities, 87
performances, 98, 293
quality, 98–99
role of, 197
subfunctions, 148
system function, 97, 112
Fusing, 45. See also Integration
G
GAO. See U.S. Government
Accountability Office (GAO)
General systems theory, 71, 105
tenet of holism in, 144
General systems thinking, 105–107, 358
Granularity, 96, 166, 284, 358. See also
Integration; Abstraction
and abstraction, 285, 286
activity model, 287
EMMI, 287
goal of, 288
grouping of objects, 284–285
overlapping processes, 285, 286
performance measurement, 286
process manager testing, 287
top-level process, 285
Group, 358
H
HCM. See Human capital
management (HCM)
Heterarchy, 358
Heuristics, 10n
Hierarchical problems, 249–250
Hire processes, 306
Holism, 227, 358
Hubble Space Telescope, 6
Hubble Space Telescope systems
engineering, 5
integration management, 8–9
integration problems, 7–8
Human capital management
(HCM), 262
I
Identifying objects to be
integrated, 121
Illative, 358
thinking, 168
Immunity, 46
Inaction, 174
Inactivity, 175
INCOSE. See International Council
on Systems Engineering
(INCOSE)
Induction, 359
Information, 18n, 359
Instability, 112, 359
Institutionalized technology, 118n
Integral whole, 156, 285. See also
Whole
Integrated objects, 33, 79
Integrated whole, 2, 12, 33. See also
Whole
characteristics of, 155
objects’s influence, 169
Integration, 2–3, 18, 359–360. See also
Abstraction; Fusing;
Granularity; Interaction;
Systems integration
case study description, 4–5
classifications of, 355
economy of action, 3
epistemology of systems
engineering, 57
forethought, 19–21
frame, 360
importance of, 1
issues, 7