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ADDENDUM:

The “Preface to the Second Edition” on p. xvii states:

“During the past 70 years, Systems Engineering has evolved from roots in fields such Aerospace and Defense (A&D) …”

should read …

“During the past 70 years, Systems Engineering has evolved from roots in Bell Telephone Laboratories (Kelly, 1950)

into Aerospace and Defense (A&D) (Johnson, 2002) and proliferated into new business domains such as energy; medical products and healthcare; transportation —land, sea, air, and space; telecommunications; financial; educational; and many others.

References:

Johnson, Stephen B. (2002), The Secret of Apollo: Systems Management in the American and European Space Programs, Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Kelly, Mervin J. (1950), “The Bell Telephone Laboratories – an example of an institute of creative technology,” Proceedings of the Royal Society - Biological Sciences; Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 1950 137, doi: 10.1098/rspb.1950.0050, 28 November 1950, London: The Royal Society.