Enterprise systems engineering

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Enterprise Systems Engineering (ESE) is a discipline of engineering that focuses on integration of many engineering sub-systems and principles into a complete system.

It accomplishes all of the tasks of "traditional" systems engineering, further informed by an expansive view of the context (political, operational, economic, technological, interacting systems, etc.) in which the system(a) under consideration are being developed, acquired, modified, maintained, or disposed of.

Enterprise Systems Engineering may be required when the complexity being faced (due to scale, uncontrollable interdependencies, and other uncertainties) breaks down the assumptions upon which textbook systems engineering is based, such as requirements being relatively stable and well-understood, a system configuration that can be controlled, and a small, easily discernible set of stakeholders.

[edit] See also

• Complex adaptive system
• Complex system
• David E. Goldberg
• Enterprise Architecture
• Enterprise engineering
• Enterprise Life Cycle
• System of systems
• System of systems engineering (SoSE)

[edit] Further reading

• Oscar A. Saenz, and Chin-Sheng Chen (2004). "A Framework for Enterprise Systems Engineering"
• Robert S. Swarz, and Joseph K. DeRosa (2006). A Framework for Enterprise Systems Engineering Processes

[edit] External links

• Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• MIT Engineering Systems Division

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