Although technology and productivity has changed much of engineering, many topics are still taught in very similarly to how they were taught in the 70s. Using a new approach to engineering economics, Systems Life Cycle Costing: Economic Analysis, Estimation, and Management presents the material that a modern engineer must understand to work as a practicing engineer conducting economic analysis. Organized around a product development process that provides a framework for the material, the book presents techniques such as engineering economics and simulation-based costing (SBC), with a focus on.
Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author; Chapter 1: Overview of Systems Life Cycle Costing; Chapter 2: Introduction to Engineering Economy; Chapter 3: Advanced Economic Analysis of Alternatives; Chapter 4: Life Cycle Framework and Techniques; Chapter 5: Simulation-Based Costing; Chapter 6: Costing of Complex Systems; Chapter 7: Software-Intensive Systems; Chapter 8: Parametric Cost Estimating; Chapter 9: Cost as an Independent Variable; Chapter 10: Costing and Managing Off-the-Shelf Systems; Chapter 11: Cost of Quality; Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms; Back Cover.