Index
379
logic of, 2n, 151
management, 8–9
problems, 7–8
success, 13
Integration axioms
action, 174
best practices, 177–178
degrees of freedom, 175
inaction, 174
inactivity, 175
interaction, 174
mechanisms, 174
principles and fundaments, 176
processes, 178
systems engineering and
performance delivery, 179
theoretical construct, 176
Integration dynamics, 153
abstraction classification of
integration, 160–161
culture, 154
domain convergence, 154
integrated whole, 155
integration concepts exploration,
157–160
integrative mechanisms, 156–157
logic to integration, 151
mechanism, 151–153
model classification, 162–164
social classification, 161–162
Integration plan, 309–310. See also
Integration planning
Integration planning, 103–104,
120–121, 311. See also Events
event exposure, 305
event-space, 305
models, 306
objectives, 304
and scheduling, 308–309
task manager collaboration,
303–304
Integration principles, 10
of alignment, 11–12
application of, 104
of forethought, 19–21
of induction, 14–15
of limitation, 15–19
of loss, 23–24
of partitioning, 13–14
of planning, 21–23
Integrative framework, 89
Integrative mechanisms, 156–157, 360
Intellectual capital. See
Intellectual property
Intellectual objects, 2, 12, 127–128, 360.
See also Process
Intellectual property, 128
Intellectual thought, 127
Interaction, 2, 29, 48–49, 109, 166, 174,
266, 360. See also Function;
Integration
agreement as, 247
boundaries, 30, 32, 44–47
boundary conditions, 42–43
boundary extenders, 43–44
complexity, 265–266
connectivity, 30
EMMI and, 1
and integration, 113–114, 145, 155
integrative systems framework, 87
interacting objects, 33–35, 109
mechanism, 47–48
objects, 33, 44–47
oneness, 29–30
point to point, 69
scope, 40–42
strength, 17
system performance, 132
Interface, 93–95, 195–197, 360
Internal stakeholders, 262, 263
International Council on Systems
Engineering (INCOSE),
116, 172
Item, 208, 209–210
Iterative development and
improvement, 104n
Iterative thinking, 321. See also
Recursive thinking
effect of, 103
tests for, 318–321
K
Key stakeholder, 360
Knowledge, 10, 53, 29, 359, 361
point, 312, 315, 316
379
logic of, 2n, 151
management, 8–9
problems, 7–8
success, 13
Integration axioms
action, 174
best practices, 177–178
degrees of freedom, 175
inaction, 174
inactivity, 175
interaction, 174
mechanisms, 174
principles and fundaments, 176
processes, 178
systems engineering and
performance delivery, 179
theoretical construct, 176
Integration dynamics, 153
abstraction classification of
integration, 160–161
culture, 154
domain convergence, 154
integrated whole, 155
integration concepts exploration,
157–160
integrative mechanisms, 156–157
logic to integration, 151
mechanism, 151–153
model classification, 162–164
social classification, 161–162
Integration plan, 309–310. See also
Integration planning
Integration planning, 103–104,
120–121, 311. See also Events
event exposure, 305
event-space, 305
models, 306
objectives, 304
and scheduling, 308–309
task manager collaboration,
303–304
Integration principles, 10
of alignment, 11–12
application of, 104
of forethought, 19–21
of induction, 14–15
of limitation, 15–19
of loss, 23–24
of partitioning, 13–14
of planning, 21–23
Integrative framework, 89
Integrative mechanisms, 156–157, 360
Intellectual capital. See
Intellectual property
Intellectual objects, 2, 12, 127–128, 360.
See also Process
Intellectual property, 128
Intellectual thought, 127
Interaction, 2, 29, 48–49, 109, 166, 174,
266, 360. See also Function;
Integration
agreement as, 247
boundaries, 30, 32, 44–47
boundary conditions, 42–43
boundary extenders, 43–44
complexity, 265–266
connectivity, 30
EMMI and, 1
and integration, 113–114, 145, 155
integrative systems framework, 87
interacting objects, 33–35, 109
mechanism, 47–48
objects, 33, 44–47
oneness, 29–30
point to point, 69
scope, 40–42
strength, 17
system performance, 132
Interface, 93–95, 195–197, 360
Internal stakeholders, 262, 263
International Council on Systems
Engineering (INCOSE),
116, 172
Item, 208, 209–210
Iterative development and
improvement, 104n
Iterative thinking, 321. See also
Recursive thinking
effect of, 103
tests for, 318–321
K
Key stakeholder, 360
Knowledge, 10, 53, 29, 359, 361
point, 312, 315, 316