Essentials of Project and Systems Engineering Management

ESSENTIALS OF PROJECT AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT, 2nd Edition......Page 6
047103195X......Page 1
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 8
CONTENTS......Page 10
PREFACE......Page 16
PART I: OVERVIEW......Page 18
1.2 SYSTEMS AND PROJECTS......Page 20
1.3 PROBLEMS IN MANAGING ENGINEERING PROJECTS......Page 25
1.4 THE SYSTEMS APPROACH......Page 30
1.5 THE PROJECT ORGANIZATION......Page 34
1.6 ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND FACTORS......Page 39
1.7 LARGE-SCALE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES......Page 47
REFERENCES......Page 51
2.2 PROJECT MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS......Page 54
2.3 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROCESS AND MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS......Page 58
2.4 SYSTEM ACQUISITION ESSENTIALS......Page 62
2.5 SELECTED STANDARDS......Page 66
QUESTIONS/EXERCISES......Page 79
REFERENCES......Page 80
PART II: PROJECT MANAGEMENT......Page 82
3.1 INTRODUCTION......Page 84
3.2 NEEDS, GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND REQUIREMENTS......Page 85
3.3 TASK STATEMENTS, STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW), AND WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE (WBS)......Page 91
3.4 TECHNICAL APPROACH......Page 93
3.5 SCHEDULE......Page 96
3.7 BUDGET......Page 99
3.8 RISK ANALYSIS......Page 103
QUESTIONS/EXERCISES......Page 105
REFERENCES......Page 106
4.1 INTRODUCTION......Page 108
4.2 SCHEDULE ANALYSIS AND MONITORING......Page 109
4.3 COST ANALYSIS AND MONITORING......Page 113
4.4 SITUATION ANALYSIS ( SA) 4.4.1 Overall Situation Analysis Process......Page 132
QUESTIONS/EXERCISES......Page 137
REFERENCES......Page 139
5.1 INTRODUCTION......Page 140
5.2 PROJECT MANAGER ATTRIBUTES......Page 141
5.3 SELF-EVALUATION......Page 148
5.4 INTERACTIONS WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR......Page 156
5.5 CUSTOMER INTERACTION......Page 160
5.6 LEADERSHIP......Page 161
QUESTIONS/EXERCISES......Page 166
REFERENCES......Page 167
6.1 INTRODUCTION......Page 170
6.2 COMMUNICATIONS......Page 171
6.3 BUILDING THE PROJECT TEAM......Page 173
6.4 TEAM BUSTERS......Page 177
6.5 CONFLICT MANAGEMENT......Page 179
6.6 MEETINGS......Page 182
6.7 PRESENTATIONS......Page 184
6.8 PROPOSALS......Page 187
6.9 A NOTE ON MOTIVATION AND INCENTIVES......Page 193
6.10 ANOTHER TEAM-RELATED PERSPECTIVE......Page 195
REFERENCES......Page 198
PART III: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT......Page 200
7.1 OVERVIEW OF THE SYSTEMS APPROACH AND ENGINEERING PROCESS......Page 202
7.2 TWO SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVES......Page 203
7.3 THE THIRTY ELEMENTS OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING......Page 208
7.4 THE IMPORTANCE OF DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING......Page 238
QUESTIONS/EXERCISES......Page 239
REFERENCES......Page 240
8.1 INTRODUCTION......Page 242
8.2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ( DOD) PERSPECTIVES......Page 243
8.3 A NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION ( NASA) PERSPECTIVE......Page 245
8.4 THE ORGANIZATION OF REQUIREMENTS STATEMENTS......Page 247
8.5 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS STATEMENTS......Page 251
8.6 ESSENTIAL STEPS OF REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS......Page 253
8.7 DERIVED AND ALLOCATED REQUIREMENTS......Page 257
8.8 OTHER REQUIREMENTS ISSUES......Page 260
QUESTIONS/EXERCISES......Page 261
REFERENCES......Page 262
9.1 INTRODUCTION......Page 264
9.2 A VIEW OF SYSTEMS ARCHITECTING......Page 265
9.3 A NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION ( NASA) PERSPECTIVE......Page 266
9.4 ARCHITECTURE DESCRIPTIONS......Page 268
9.5 ESSENTIAL STEPS OF SYSTEM ARCHITECTING......Page 274
9.6 THE 95% SOLUTION......Page 291
9.7 TRADE-OFFS AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSES......Page 292
9.8 MODELING AND SIMULATION......Page 295
QUESTIONS/EXERCISES......Page 299
REFERENCES......Page 300
10.1 INTRODUCTION......Page 302
10.2 STANDARDS......Page 303
10.3 SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES......Page 310
10.4 CAPABILITY MATURITY......Page 313
10.5 METRICS......Page 316
10.6 SUMMARY......Page 327
QUESTIONS/EXERCISES......Page 328
REFERENCES......Page 329
11.1 INTRODUCTION......Page 332
11.2 BASIC PROBABILITY RELATIONSHIPS......Page 333
11.3 THE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION......Page 340
11.4 THE POISSON DISTRIBUTION......Page 341
11.5 THE NORMAL (GAUSSIAN) DISTRIBUTION......Page 342
11.6 THE UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION......Page 344
11.7 THE EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION......Page 345
11.9 ERROR ANALYSES......Page 346
11.10 RADAR SIGNAL DETECTION......Page 348
11.11 SYSTEM RELIABILITY......Page 350
11.13 AVAILABILITY......Page 352
11.14 SUMMARY......Page 353
QUESTIONS/EXERCISES......Page 354
REFERENCES......Page 355
PART IV: TRENDS AND INTEGRATIVE MANAGEMENT......Page 356
12.2 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TRENDS......Page 358
12.3 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TRENDS......Page 375
12.4 PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRENDS......Page 390
QUESTIONS/EXERCISES......Page 393
REFERENCES......Page 394
13.1 INTRODUCTION......Page 398
13.2 MANAGERS AS INTEGRATORS......Page 399
13.3 TEAMS AS INTEGRATORS......Page 400
13.4 PLANS AS INTEGRATORS......Page 401
13.5 THE SYSTEMS APPROACH AS INTEGRATOR......Page 404
13.7 INFORMATION SYSTEMS AS INTEGRATORS......Page 405
13.8 ENTERPRISES AS INTEGRATORS......Page 406
13.9 SUMMARY......Page 408
QUESTIONS/EXERCISES......Page 410
REFERENCES......Page 411
A.1 INTRODUCTION......Page 412
A.2 A LOGISTICS SUPPORT SYSTEM (CASE 1)......Page 413
A.3 A SOFTWARE DEFECTS ASSESSMENT SYSTEM (CASE 2)......Page 418
A.4 A SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT (CASE 3)......Page 423
A.5 AN ANEMOMETRY SYSTEM (CASE 4)......Page 432
A.6 SUMMARY......Page 435
REFERENCES......Page 440
INDEX......Page 442