AN INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS,

Abstract

The paper is an introduction to a working session on 'system effectiveness', defined by the office of Naval Material as 'a measure of the extent to which a system can be expected to complete its assigned mission within an estimated time frame under stated environmental conditions.' For systems effectiveness, not only must reliability and maintainability parameters be considered, but each of these must be traded off with performance criteria. Defining effectiveness measures for the designer shifts from the research-orientation of looking for basic principles to techniques for organizing design performance, managing the design performance, and setting up a structure of project management within which the designer must work.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0622417

Entities

People

  • H. S. Dordick

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Maintainability
  • Maintenance Management
  • Materials
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Project Management
  • Reliability
  • Systems Management

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

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