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Preface | |
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Overview | |
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Systems, Projects, and Management | |
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Introduction | |
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Systems and Projects | |
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Problems in Managing Engineering Projects | |
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The Systems Approach | |
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The Project Organization | |
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Organizational Environments and Factors | |
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Large-Scale Organization and Management Issues | |
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Questions/Exercises | |
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References | |
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Overview of Essentials | |
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Introduction | |
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Project Management Essentials | |
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Systems Engineering Process and Management Essentials | |
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Historical Overview of Acquisition Notions | |
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Selected Standards | |
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Questions/Exercises | |
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References | |
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Project Management | |
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The Project Plan | |
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Introduction | |
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Needs, Goals, Objectives, and Requirements | |
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Task Statements, Statement of Work (SOW), and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) | |
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Technical Approach | |
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Schedule | |
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Organization, Staffing, and Task Responsibility Matrix (TRM) | |
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Budget | |
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Risk Analysis | |
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The Proposal | |
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SEMP and SEP | |
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Questions/Exercises | |
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References | |
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Schedule, Cost, and Situation Analysis | |
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Introduction | |
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Schedule Analysis and Monitoring | |
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Cost Analysis and Monitoring | |
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Situation Analysis (SA) | |
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Questions/Exercises | |
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References | |
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The Project Manager and Leadership | |
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Introduction | |
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Project Manager Attributes | |
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Self-Evaluation | |
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Interactions with Your Supervisor | |
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Customer Interaction | |
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Leadership | |
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Questions/Exercises | |
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References | |
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Team Building and Team Interactions | |
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Introduction | |
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Communications | |
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Building the Project Team | |
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Team Busters | |
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Conflict Management | |
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Meetings | |
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Presentations | |
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Proposals | |
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A Note on Motivation and Incentives | |
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Another Team-Related Perspective | |
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Group Processes | |
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Questions/Exercises | |
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References | |
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Systems Engineering and Management | |
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The Thirty Elements of Systems Engineering | |
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Overview of the Systems Approach and Engineering Process | |
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Two Systems Engineering Perspectives | |
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The Thirty Elements of Systems Engineering | |
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The Importance of Domain Knowledge in Systems Engineering | |
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Questions/Exercises | |
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References | |
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Requirements Analysis and Allocation | |
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Introduction | |
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Department of Defense (DOD) Perspectives | |
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A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Perspective | |
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The Organization of Requirements Statements | |
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Specific Requirements Statements | |
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Essential Steps of Requirements Analysis | |
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Derived and Allocated Requirements | |
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Other Requirements Issues | |
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Questions/Exercises | |
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References | |
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Systems Architecting: Principles | |
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Introduction | |
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A View of Systems Architecting | |
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A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Perspective | |
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Architecture Descriptions | |
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Essential Steps of System Architecting | |
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The 95% Solution | |
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Trade-Offs and Sensitivity Analyses | |
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Modeling and Simulation | |
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Other Architectures and Tools | |
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Summary | |
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Questions/Exercises | |
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References | |
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Software Engineering | |
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Introduction | |
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Standards | |
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Software Management Strategies | |
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Capability Maturity | |
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Metrics | |
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The Systems Engineer and Software Engineering | |
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Summary | |
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Questions/Exercises | |
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References | |
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Selected Quantitative Relationships | |
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Introduction | |
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Basic Probability Relationships | |
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The Binomial Distribution | |
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The Poisson Distribution | |
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The Normal (Gaussian) Distribution | |
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The Uniform Distribution | |
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The Exponential Distribution | |
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The Rayleigh Distribution | |
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Error Analyses | |
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Radar Signal Detection | |
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System Reliability | |
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Software Reliability | |
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Availability | |
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A Least Squares Fit | |
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Summary | |
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Questions/Exercises | |
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References | |
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Trends, Perspectives, and Integrative Management | |
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Systems/Software Engineering and Project Management Trends | |
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Introduction | |
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Systems Engineering Trends | |
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Software Engineering Trends | |
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Project Management Trends | |
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Questions/Exercises | |
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References | |
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Selected New Perspectives | |
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Introduction | |
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Role of INCOSE | |
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Acquisition of Systems | |
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Problems in Systems and Software | |
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Integration of Systems | |
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Questions/Exercises | |
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References | |
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Integrative Management | |
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Introduction | |
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Managers as Integrators | |
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Teams as Integrators | |
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Plans as Integrators | |
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The Systems Approach as Integrator | |
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Methods and Standards as Integrators | |
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Information Systems as Integrators | |
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Enterprises as Integrators | |
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Thinking Outside the Box | |
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Summary | |
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Questions/Exercises | |
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References | |
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Systems Architecting-Cases | |
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Introduction | |
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A Logistics Support System (Case 1) | |
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A Software Defects Assessment System (Case 2) | |
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A Systems Engineering Environment (Case 3) | |
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An Anemometry System (Case 4) | |
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Summary | |
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References | |
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Index | |