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ENG3169 - ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT
Political
Societal
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Competitors
Quality Management
Lecture 4
Organisational
Structure
External
- Requirements Definition
- Technical Solution Definition
Technical Management
- Planning/Control
- Technical Decision Analysis
Systems Integration
- Product Realisation
- Evaluation/Verification
Management
Accounting
Project Planning
And Control
Management
Decision
Analysis
Financial Evaluation
Procurement &
Contract Management
IPR & Patents
Sales
Company
Financing
Customer
Resource Management
Interface
Task Definition
Cost Management
WBS
Schedule Planning
Risk
Marketing
Industrial Legislation
Project
System Design
Systems Engineering
Shareholders
Company Law
Organisation
Systems Engineering
Economy
Suppliers
HR/Personnel
User Requirements
Top-level user requirement states what
the user needs
Example: A system for cooling an office
Requirements Analysis
Detailed requirements usually lacking at
start of a project
Customer default: low-cost, fit-for-purpose
User: performance
Trade-off performance and cost
Functional Focus
Focus on what has to be achieved, not how
Functional characteristics of system
independently of the physical form
Functional characteristics directly from
user needs
Map user needs to function, then to form
More solutions can be systematically explored
Requirements Analysis
A system for cooling an office
office = occupied by people
Cool the air (not the office furnishings!)
Force recirculation of air?
cooling = define as maintaining
temperature at 24oC maximum?
Need ability for users to control system?
Need ability to measure temperature of
air?
System needs to control itself?
Function Definition
Functional decomposition
Cools air
Detects temperature
Switches off system
Example Functional
Decomposition
Physical Decomposition
System Cools
Office
Circulates cool
air
Provides user
control
Provides
automated
control
Provides on
switch
Monitors office
temperature
Sucks in air
Provides off
switch
Maintains
maximum office
temperature
Provides
temperature
control
Cools air
Satisfies safety
regulations
Prevents
electrocution
Example Physical
Decomposition
Systems Engineering
Process Example
Office Cooling
System
Container
subsystem
Air Inlet
Forced cooling
subsystem
Cooling
assembly
Control
subsystem
Power supply
subsystem
Fan assembly
On/off switch
Wiring
Electrical
earthing
Air Exit
Compressor
Motor
Temperature
selector
System
housing
Condensor
Fan
Temperature
sensor
Controller
Example Physical to
Functional Mapping
Functional Decomposition
Cools air
Sucks in air
X
X
X
X
X
X
Electrical earthing
Wiring
X
X
Controller
Provides on switch
Prevents electrocution
Temperature
sensor
Temperature
selector
On/off switch
Fan
Motor
Condenser
Compressor
System housing
Air exit
Air inlet
Physical Decomposition
There should be no
physical components
having no functional
link