Managing and Engineering Complex Technological Systems

Words From Incose President

Dear Systems Engineers,

I am proud to be a systems engineer.

Systems engineers have an important role in developing systems for the benefit of mankind and the world.

The study on Systems Engineering has Many Facets, which is documented in this book, is very important for the Systems Engineering community, as it presents for the first time different views and various aspects of systems engineering as expressed by 24 experts who have been interviewed for this research. These experts come from different countries, cultures, and backgrounds.

This study is a great asset for INCOSE as a training material and as a promotional document for the systems engineering community as it presents the diverse, rich, and colorful roles of the systems engineer.

I am proud to be part of this effort as one of the experts to be interviewed. It gave me the opportunity to communicate my views and vision on the important values of the systems engineer.

I congratulate the leaders of this initiative – Shuki and Avigdor, and I express my thanks to the Gordon Center for supporting this study.

John A. Thomas, ESEPINCOSE President(2012–2013)