System Verification

Systems Engineering--an interdisciplinary, multi-stage-driven approach to the design and implementation of any large-scale or complex engineered product or service--has found its way from aerospace into general manufacturing as well as the services industry. It has been found to be particularly useful in such applications as software engineering, the bio- and medical industries, and large, multi-component projects like those found in energy-generation. Following on the author's previous book System Requirements Analysis, System Verification will lay out the steps and procedures needed to implement a quality check of the system being proposed or designed...the "Verification- stage of a full systems engineering program. Systems engineering usually begins with defining a product that will satisfy a customer need and then rationally building a set of required components, personnel, and financial resources. The testing and evaluating of a proposed design solution is known as Verification, and this will guide the systems engineer and his engineering and management team in setting up the detailed protocols for a step-by-step quality control check of each stage of a proposed system design. Complete overview of the basic principles involved in setting up a System Verification program Follows a proven pattern of "Define the problem, "Solve the Problem," and "Prove it"Covers a variety of approaches to Qualification Verification, System Test and Evaluation, and Acceptance Verification, as well as Process Verification

Jeffrey O. Grady is the Owner of JOG System Engineering, a consulting and teaching company, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of California, San Diego. He was formerly the manager of systems development at GD Space Systems. He is the author of ten books in the systems engineering field. Jeff is an INCOSE Fellow, Founder, and ESEP. Jeff worked as an employee for Librascope, Ryan Aeronautical, General Dynamics Convair, and General Dynamics Space Systems. He has consulted in systems engineering for many companies, developing military and commercial products. He has taught hundreds of system engineering courses for universities, short course companies and for his own company.

PART I: SETTING THE STAGEIntroduction to System DevelopmentSystem Requirements Analysis OverviewThe Global Verification SituationPART II: ITEM QUALIFICATION VERIFICATIONVerification RequirementsTop-Down Verification PlanningItem Qualification Test Planning AnalysisItem Qualification Test ImplemenationNon-Test Item Qualification Methods CoordinationItem Qualification Verification ReportingItem Qualification Verification Management and AuditItem Qualification Verification Close-outPART III: ITEM ACCEPTANCE VERIFICATIONAcceptance Test Planning AnalysisOther Acceptance Methods CoordinationProduct Acceptance Verification ReportingProduct Verification Management and AuditPART IV: SYSTEM TEST AND EVALUATIONSystem Verification PlanningSystem Test and Evaluation ManagementItem and System Re-VerificationPART V: PROCESS VALIDATION AND VERIFICATIONProcess ValidationProcess VerificationPART VI: POSTSCRIPTVerifciation and Systems Development Closure