Systems Engineering & Analysis PNIE Paperback – September 1, 2013

This 820 page SE book covers the topic from A to Z. As a textbook, I see the book as having 2 semesters of use, then used as a reference thereafter. I'm reading it just to gain a deeper level of detail after reading Blanchard's SE Management book written in the early 2000s. It is an excellent companion book to my Intro to Operations Research textbook.

Great book.

Great text, packed with information- very thorough coverage of the topic. I find skimming through it to be difficult because every sentence contains important information; I have to read most chapters twice to get everything out of them. A bit expensive though, you may want to consider getting an international version of the text- it's less than 1/3 the price and contains the very same information.

Author clearly has a very high-level understanding of the topic. However, this book is very wordy and repetitive. It can be difficult to stay engaged when it keeps looping back around and saying the same thing in different ways. It's very different from your typical engineering book.

The book arrived in very good conditions. The content of the book is good, is very complete but the author tends to repeat the information.

This book is laughably difficult to use in a course setting. The shortcomings in consideration for usability and extensibility to the classroom setting by the authors significantly undermine their credibility on the topic of systems engineering.Strike 1 - The table of contents has no subtopics or any indications of what is in each chapter aside from a headline. For example "8 - Detail Design and Development". Say I want to review for a test, or find something quickly? Tough, read the whole chapter again.Strike 2 - There are no indications of what chapter you're in on any given page. For example, I flip to randomly selected page 242, which has heading 7.4 for Profitability Evaluation. This is actually in chapter 8, which you can only determine by flipping backwards until you find the intro page, which still doesn't even have the chapter number!!!! You have to find it in small print on the bottom of the first page of the chapter. This book is insanely monotonous so its easy to lose your place or accidentally go too far if for instance your instructor notes "check chapter 11, Section 5.3".Strike 3 - The index must have been an afterthought, as it hasn't included a single topic that I've wanted to review later. Want to brush up on how TPM's (Technical performance measures) are defined or used? Tough! Start flipping pages! I've tested numerous topics as I run across them in the text by flipping back to the index and laughing each time they are not there (e.g. SEMP (systems engineering management plan), PMP (program management plan), etc.).Seriously do not but this book until they fix these glaringly obvious flaws. I've been trying to find a contact for the authors or the publisher to no avail. I fault my instructor for selecting this book, obviously he has not tried to use it.

Great reference, delivery as per schedule

Fast shipping, new book, and good price..