Systems methodology and design

1 November 1985

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics

Vol. SMC-15 (6) , 685-697
https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.1985.6313452

Abstract

Traditional and modern ways of handling engineering design problems are compared, and key issues that systems methodology and design (SMD) should address are developed. A review of several traditional sciences and disciplines (e.g. psychology, mathematics, philosophy) shows that SMD can be enhanced and extended to help improve the results obtained. A merger of different disciplines and pragmatic action-oriented perspectives of real world concerns leads to the benefits of SMD. Recommendations for increasing engineering success with SMD include changing design education for undergraduates to an SMD basis, relating management and engineering concepts, supporting increased funding for research, and getting the engineering societies to promote SMD and yet maintain an active scholarly and research perspective so that SMD itself continually improves.

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