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ESD.34

System Architecture

Graduate · Historical course

January IAP 2007

This course covers principles and methods for technical System Architecture. It presents a synthetic view including: the resolution of ambiguity to identify system goals and boundaries; the creative process of mapping form to function; and the analysis of complexity and methods of decomposition and re-integration. Industrial speakers and faculty present examples from various industries. Heuristic and formal methods are presented. Restricted to SDM (System Design and Management) students.

Readings

  • Rechtin, E., and M. W. Maier. The Art of Systems Architecting . Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780849304408.
    Required
  • Ulrich, K. T., and S. D. Eppinger. Product Design and Development . 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Inc, 2000. ISBN: 9780072296471.
    Required
  • PDD, chapter 2
    Listed reading
  • SA, chapters 1 and 2
    Listed reading
  • SES #: Workshop · THEMES: Creativity workshop · READINGS: Creativity Workshop Readings ↗
    Reading assignment
  • SA, chapter 3
    Listed reading
  • PDP, chapter 6
    Listed reading
  • SES #: L4 · THEMES: Ambiguity · PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES (PDP): Closure PDP, downstream · ARCHITECTURES: Timing, operator, cost · EXAMPLES: Skateboard, services, network, refrigerator · READINGS: SA, chapter 8
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: L5 · THEMES: Ambiguity (cont.) · PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES (PDP): Upstream · ARCHITECTURES: Needs, goals · EXAMPLES: Skateboard, services, network, refrigerator · READINGS: PDD, chapter 4
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: L6 · THEMES: Summary · PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES (PDP): Role of the architect · ARCHITECTURES: Value, style, platforms · EXAMPLES: SDM · READINGS: PDD, chapter 9
    Reading assignment
  • de Bono, Edward. Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step By Step . New York, NY: Harper, 1973. ISBN: 9780060903251.
    Recommended
  • Buzan, Tony. The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain’s Untapped Potential . New York, NY: Penguin, 1996. ISBN: 9780452273221.
    Recommended
  • Gelb, M. J. How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day . New York, NY: Dell Publishing, 2000. ISBN: 9780440508274.
    Recommended
  • Kelly, T., and J. Littman. The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America’s Leading Design Firm . New York, NY: Doubleday, 2001. ISBN: 9780385499842.
    Recommended
  • Siller, T. Think Like a Genius: Use your Creativity in Ways that will Enrich your Life . New York, NY: Bantam, 1999. ISBN: 9780553379280.
    Recommended
  • Thorpe, S. How to Think Like Einstein: Simple Ways to Break the Rules and Discover Your Hidden Genius . Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc, 2000. ISBN: 9781570715853.
    Recommended
  • Vance, M., and D. Deacon. Think Out of the Box . Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press Inc, 1995. ISBN: 9781564141866.
    Recommended
  • Akin, O., and C. Akin. “ On the Process of Creativity in Puzzles, Inventions, and Designs .” Automation in Construction 7, no. 2–3 (1998): 123–38. ↗
    Recommended
  • ESD Architecture Committee, D. L. Whitney - chair. “The Influence of Architecture in Engineering Systems.” MIT Engineering Systems Monograph, March 31, 2004. ( PDF ) ↗
    Listed reading
  • Shishko, R. NASA Systems Engineering Handbook . NASA SP-6105. Darby, PA: Diane Pub Co, June 1995. ISBN: 9780788132957.
    Listed reading
  • Rechtin, E. Systems Architecting: Creating and Building Complex Systems . Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991. ISBN: 9780138803452.
    Listed reading
  • Oliver, D. W., T. P. Kelliher, and J. G. Keegan, Jr. Engineering Complex Systems with Models and Objects . New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN: 9780070481886.
    Listed reading
  • Suh, N. P. The Principles of Design . New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780195043457.
    Listed reading
  • Leveson. Safeware: System Safety and Computers . Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1995. ISBN: 9780201119725.
    Listed reading
  • Shaw. Software Architecture: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996. ISBN: 9780131829572.
    Listed reading
  • Pahl, G. and Beitz, W. Engineering Design . New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1999. ISBN: 9783540199175.
    Listed reading
  • Alexander, C. Notes on the Synthesis of Form . Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1964. ISBN: 9780674627512
    Listed reading
  • Gabriel, Richard. Patterns of Software: Tales from the Software Community . New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780195121230.
    Listed reading
  • Murman, Earll, et al. Lean Enterprise Value . New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. ISBN: 9780333976975.
    Listed reading
  • Dori, Dov. Object-Process Methodology . New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 2002. ISBN: 9783540654711.
    Listed reading
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