Decision Making in Systems Engineering and Management (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management) Review

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(More customer reviews)Disclosure statement: I was an instructor in West Point's Department of Systems Engineering while this book was being written & I own the previous (Spring 2007) edition of this book, not the current edition. That being said, the authors (all senior faculty members in the department) undertook this project because at the time, there were no undergraduate references that attempted to incorporate both hard and soft systems-thinking methodologies and concepts as they apply to decision-making and complex systems. I actually taught the first-year systems engineering design course using this book & found it extremely useful. However, be forewarned -- while this textbook does contain references to traditional systems engineering approaches to generating requirements, system decomposition, and the like, this textbook does not have a focus on traditional systems engineering as it is taught in SE programs which have more of a computer/ electrical/ mechanical engineering flavor. In any event, I think this is a great reference for anyone seeking a methodology to solve complex problems using a systems-thinking approach.

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Decision Making in Systems Engineering and Management is a comprehensive textbook that provides a logical process and analytical techniques for fact-based decision making for the most challenging systems problems. Grounded in systems thinking and based on sound systems engineering principles, the systems decisions process (SDP) leverages multiple objective decision analysis, multiple attribute value theory, and value-focused thinking to define the problem, measure stakeholder value, design creative solutions, explore the decision trade off space in the presence of uncertainty, and structure successful solution implementation. In addition to classical systems engineering problems, this approach has been successfully applied to a wide range of challenges including personnel recruiting, retention, and management; strategic policy analysis; facilities design and management; resource allocation; information assurance; security systems design; and other settings whose structure can be conceptualized as a system.

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