This module introduces students to systems design, looking at why they should use systems design, system inputs and outputs, and systems and subsystems.
The systems perspective is that everything interacts with other things. Yet we tend to design our products in isolation from the environment in which they will operate. This module introduces students to one method of performing systems design; that is, designing so as to take into account the interactions of a product with its environments and the interactions between its elements. Systems designing is an important technique especially in large and complex engineering projects, and in trying to develop sustainable technologies.
The module also looks at how to design systems, covering the topics:
• Define the overall system
• Identify inputs and outputs
• Conceptualize solution systems
• Identify subsystems
• Define subsystem flows
• Systems recursion and iteration
[Description and screenshot taken from the wiki page for this module. Materials are used under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.]
Link: http://deseng.ryerson.ca/xiki/Design/Main:Systems_designPublication Date: 2007-02-20
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