Contents About the Editor...............................................................................................xi About the Contributors ................................................................................... xiii Chapter 1 Best Practices in Mission-Assured, Mission-Critical, and Safety-Critical Systems....................................................................... 1 1 Roadmap to This Book ...................................................................................................1 1.1 Systems Engineering ................................................................................................1 1.2 Important Issues........................................................................................................3 1.3 Material Covered ......................................................................................................5 2 Best Practices...................................................................................................................7 2.1 What and Why?........................................................................................................7 2.2 Rationale ...................................................................................................................7 2.3 Standards and Guidelines for a QMS......................................................................8 3 Project Management and Systems Engineering ...........................................................17 3.1 Project Management...............................................................................................17 3.2 Systems Engineering ..............................................................................................20 3.3 Mission Assurance..................................................................................................24 4 Process Flows for Developing Products.......................................................................26 4.1 Plan, Execute, Review, Report, and Update (PERRU) ........................................26