Essentials of Project and Systems Engineering Management

by Eisner, Howard

• ISBN13: 9780470129333
• ISBN10: 0470129336
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-14
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The Third Edition of Essentials of Project and Systems Engineering Management enables readers to manage the design, development, and engineering of systems effectively and efficiently. The book both defines and describes the essentials of project and systems engineering management and, moreover, shows the critical relationship and interconnection between project management and systems engineering. The author's comprehensive presentation has proven successful in enabling both engineers and project managers to understand their roles, collaborate, and quickly grasp and apply all the basic principles. Readers familiar with the previous two critically acclaimed editions will find much new material in this latest edition, including: * Multiple views of and approaches to architectures * The systems engineer and software engineering * The acquisition of systems * Problems with systems, software, and requirements * Group processes and decision making * System complexity and integration Throughout the presentation, clear examples help readers understand how concepts have been put into practice in real-world situations. With its unique integration of project management and systems engineering, this book helps both engineers and project managers across a broad range of industries successfully develop and manage a project team that, in turn, builds successful systems. For engineering and management students in such disciplines as technology management, systems engineering, and industrial engineering, the book provides excellent preparation for moving from the classroom to industry.

Author Biography

Howard Eisner, DSc, is Distinguished Research Professor and Professor in the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department at The George Washington University. Prior to joining the university in 1989, Dr. Eisner held various positions in industry, including president of two systems and software engineering companies, Intercon Systems Corporation and Atlantic Research Services Corporation. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Overview	p. 1
Systems, Projects, and Management	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
Systems and Projects	p. 3
Problems in Managing Engineering Projects	p. 12
The Systems Approach	p. 17
The Project Organization	p. 21
Organizational Environments and Factors	p. 25
Large-Scale Organization and Management Issues	p. 33
Questions/Exercises	p. 38
References	p. 39
Overview of Essentials	p. 41
Introduction	p. 41
Project Management Essentials	p. 41
Systems Engineering Process and Management Essentials	p. 45
Historical Overview of Acquisition Notions	p. 49
Selected Standards	p. 53
Questions/Exercises	p. 66
References	p. 67
Project Management	p. 69
The Project Plan	p. 71
Introduction	p. 71
Needs, Goals, Objectives, and Requirements	p. 72
Task Statements, Statement of Work (SOW), and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)	p. 78
Technical Approach	p. 8
Schedule	p. 83
Organization, Staffing, and Task Responsibility Matrix (TRM)	p. 86
Budget	p. 86
Risk Analysis	p. 90
The Proposal	p. 92
SEMP and SEP	p. 92
Questions/Exercises	p. 95
References	p. 96
Schedule, Cost, and Situation Analysis	p. 99
Introduction	p. 99
Schedule Analysis and Monitoring	p. 100
Cost Analysis and Monitoring	p. 104
Situation Analysis (SA)	p. 122
Questions/Exercises	p. 128
References	p. 130
The Project Manager and Leadership	p. 131
Introduction	p. 131
Project Manager Attributes	p. 132
Self-Evaluation	p. 139
Interactions with Your Supervisor	p. 147
Customer Interaction	p. 151
Leadership	p. 152
Questions/Exercises	p. 157
References	p. 158
Team Building and Team Interactions	p. 159
Introduction	p. 159
Communications	p. 160
Building the Project Team	p. 162
Team Busters	p. 166
Conflict Management	p. 168
Meetings	p. 171
Presentations	p. 173
Proposals	p. 176
A Note on Motivation and Incentives	p. 182
Another Team-Related Perspective	p. 184
Group Processes	p. 187
Questions/Exercises	p. 189
References	p. 190
Systems Engineering and Management	p. 191
The Thirty Elements of Systems Engineering	p. 191
Overview of the Systems Approach and Engineering Process	p. 193
Two Systems Engineering Perspectives	p. 194
The Thirty Elements of Systems Engineering	p. 199
The Importance of Domain Knowledge in Systems Engineering	p. 230
Questions/Exercises	p. 231
References	p. 231
Requirements Analysis and Allocation	p. 233
Introduction	p. 233
Department of Defense (DOD) Perspectives	p. 234
A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Perspective	p. 237
The Organization of Requirements Statements	p. 238
Specific Requirements Statements	p. 242
Essential Steps of Requirements Analysis	p. 244
Derived and Allocated Requirements	p. 248
Other Requirements Issues	p. 251
Questions/Exercises	p. 255
References	p. 256
Systems Architecting: Principles	p. 257
Introduction	p. 257
A View of Systems Architecting	p. 258
A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Perspective	p. 259
Architecture Descriptions	p. 261
Essential Steps of System Architecting	p. 269
The 95% Solution	p. 286
Trade-Offs and Sensitivity Analyses	p. 287
Modeling and Simulation	p. 293
Other Architectures and Tools	p. 297
Summary	p. 300
Questions/Exercises	p. 301
References	p. 302
Software Engineering	p. 305
Introduction	p. 305
Standards	p. 306
Software Management Strategies	p. 313
Capability Maturity	p. 316
Metrics	p. 319
The Systems Engineer and Software Engineering	p. 329
Summary	p. 332
Questions/Exercises	p. 333
References	p. 334
Selected Quantitative Relationships	p. 337
Introduction	p. 337
Basic Probability Relationships	p. 338
The Binomial Distribution	p. 345
The Poisson Distribution	p. 346
The Normal (Gaussian) Distribution	p. 347
The Uniform Distribution	p. 349
The Exponential Distribution	p. 350
The Rayleigh Distribution	p. 351
Error Analyses	p. 352
Radar Signal Detection	p. 353
System Reliability	p. 357
Software Reliability	p. 361
Availability	p. 361
A Least Squares Fit	p. 362
Summary	p. 363
Questions/Exercises	p. 365
References	p. 366
Trends, Perspectives, and Integrative Management	p. 367
Systems/Software Engineering and Project Management Trends	p. 369
Introduction	p. 369
Systems Engineering Trends	p. 369
Software Engineering Trends	p. 386
Project Management Trends	p. 400
Questions/Exercises	p. 404
References	p. 404
Selected New Perspectives	p. 409
Introduction	p. 409
Role of INCOSE	p. 409
Acquisition of Systems	p. 410
Problems in Systems and Software	p. 418
Integration of Systems	p. 419
Questions/Exercises	p. 430
References	p. 431
Integrative Management	p. 433
Introduction	p. 433
Managers as Integrators	p. 434
Teams as Integrators	p. 435
Plans as Integrators	p. 437
The Systems Approach as Integrator	p. 439
Methods and Standards as Integrators	p. 440
Information Systems as Integrators	p. 441
Enterprises as Integrators	p. 442
Thinking Outside the Box	p. 443
Summary	p. 447
Questions/Exercises	p. 447
References	p. 448
Systems Architecting-Cases	p. 451
Introduction	p. 451
A Logistics Support System (Case 1)	p. 452
A Software Defects Assessment System (Case 2)	p. 457
A Systems Engineering Environment (Case 3)	p. 462
An Anemometry System (Case 4)	p. 470
Summary	p. 480
References	p. 480
Index	p. 481
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