ENB205 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Russell L. Ackoff, Reductionism, Emergence
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Today"s engineering, business and scientific environments are characterised by increasing change. There is a pursuit for continual innovation: creativity is a necessity. Increasing need for inter-disciplinary research and a systems approach. Moore"s law - a long term trend in the history of computing hardware (number of transistors double every two years. All problems require a system"s approach for easiest and most informed solution. A system is a set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole, in particular. Makes it possible to handle increasing complexity and uncertainty. An interdisciplinary mix of project management, business, rational decomposition, requirements traceability, integration, testing, verification and validation, operations, etc A field of engineering that focuses on how to design and manage complex engineering projects over their life cycles standardises the flow-down and traceability of specifications for products/systems from customer requirements through production, operation, and disposal. needs,
