| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 474 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-447) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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, manage and deliver results in any complex organization - in engineering, industry, systems engineering, software, IT, the service sector and beyond. Elegant, comprehensive and accessible, the Competitive Engineering methodology provides a practical set of tools and techniques that enable readers to effectively design, manage and deliver results in any complex organization - in engineering, industry, systems engineering, software, IT, the service sector and beyond. * Provides detailed, practical and innovative coverage of key subjects including requirements specification, design evaluation, specification quality control and evolutionary project management * Offers a complete, proven and meaningful 'end-to-end' process for specifying, evaluating, managing and delivering high quality solutions * Tom Gilb's clients include HP, Intel, CitiGroup, IBM, Nokia and the US Department of Defense. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Systems engineering -- Management.
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Systems engineering -- Management. |
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Systems engineering. |
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Process control.
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Process control. |
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Project management.
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Project management. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Brodie, Lindsey.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gilb, Tom. Competitive engineering. Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005 0750665076 (OCoLC)56913137 |
| ISBN |
0080457096 (electronic book) |
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9780080457093 (electronic book) |
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0750665076 (paperback) |
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9780750665070 (paperback) |
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9786610629220 |
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6610629226 |
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