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PART I: OVERVIEW.

1. Systems, Projects, and Management.

1.1 Introduction.

1.2 Systems and Projects.

1.3 Problems in Managing Engineering Projects.

1.4 The Systems Approach.

1.5 The Project Organization.

1.6 Organizational Environments and Factors.

1.7 Large-Scale Organization and Management Issues.

Questions/ Exercises.

References.

2. Overview of Essentials.

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Project Management Essentials.

2.3 Systems Engineering Process and Management Essentials.

2.4 System Acquisition Essentials.

2.5 Selected Standards.

Questions/ Exercises.

References.

PART II: PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

3. The Project Plan.

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Needs, Goals, Objectives, and Requirements.

3.3 Task Statements, Statement of Work (SOW), and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

3.4 Technical Approach.

3.5 Schedule.

3.6 Organization, Staffing, and Task Responsibility Matrix (TRM).

3.7 Budget.

3.8 Risk Analysis.

3.9 The Proposal.

Questions/ Exercises.

References.

4. Schedule, Cost, and Situation Analysis.

4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Schedule Analysis and Monitoring.

4.3 Cost Analysis and Monitoring.

4.4 Situation Analysis.

Questions/ Exercises.

References.

5. The Project Manager and Leadership.

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Project Manager Attributes.

5.3 Self-Evaluation.

5.4 Interactions with the Supervisor.

5.5 Customer Interaction.

5.6 Leadership.

Questions/Exercises.

References.

6. Team Building and Team Interactions.

6.1 Introduction.

6.2 Communications.

6.3 Building the Project Team.

6.4 Team Busters.

6.5 Conflict Management.

6.6 Meetings.

6.7 Presentations.

6.8 Proposals.

6.9 A Note on Motivation and Incentives.

6.10 Another Team-Related Perspective.

Questions/ Exercises.

References.

PART III: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT.

7. The Thirty Elements of Systems Engineering.

7.1 Overview of the Systems Approach and Engineering Process.

7.2 Two Systems Engineering Perspectives.

7.3 The Thirty Elements of Systems Engineering.

7.4 The Importance of Domain Knowledge in Systems Engineering.

Questions/ Exercises.

References.

8. Requirements Analysis and Allocation.

8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Department of Defense (DoD) Perspectives.

8.3 A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Perspective.

8.4 The Organization of Requirements Statements.

8.5 Specific Requirements Statements.

8.6 Essential Steps of Requirements Analysis.

8.7 Derived and Allocated Requirements.

8.8 Other Requirements Issues.

Questions/ Exercises.

References.

9. System Architecting: Principles.

9.1 Introduction.

9.2 A View of Systems Architecting.

9.3 A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Perspective.

9.4 Architecture Descriptions.

9.5 Essential Steps of System Architecting.

9.6 The 95% Solution.

9.7 Trade-Offs and Sensitivity Analyses.

9.8 Modeling and Simulation.

9.9 Summary.

Questions/ Exercises.

References.

10. Software Engineering.

10.1 Introduction.

10.2 Standards.

10.3 Software Management Strategies.

10.4 Capability Maturity.

10.5 Metrics.

10.6 Summary.

Questions/ Exercises.

References.

11. Selected Quantitative Relationships.

11.1 Introduction.

11.2 Basic Probability Relationships.

11.3 The Binomial Distribution.

11.4 The Poisson Distribution.

11.5 The Normal (Gaussian) Distribution.

11.6 The Uniform Distribution.

11.7 The Exponential Distribution.

11.8 The Rayleigh Distribution.

11.9 Error Analyses.

11.10 Radar Signal Detection.

11.11 System Reliability.

11.12 Software Reliability.

11.13 Availability.

11.14 Summary.

Questions/ Exercises.

References.

PART IV: TRENDS AND INTEGRATIVE MANAGEMENT.

12. Systems/ Software Engineering and Project Management Trends.

12.1 Introduction.

12.2 Systems Engineering Trends.

12.3 Software Engineering Trends.

12.4 Project Management Trends.

Questions/ Exercises.

References.

13. Integrative Management.

13.1 Introduction.

13.2 Managers as Integrators.

13.3 Teams as Integrators.

13.4 Plans as Integrators.

13.5 The Systems Approach as Integrator.

13.6 Methods and Standards as Integrators.

13.7 Information Systems as Integrators.

13.8 Enterprises as Integrators.

13.9 Summary.

Questions/ Exercises.

References.

Appendix: Systems Architecting-Cases.

A.1. Introduction.

A.2. A Logistics Support System (Case 1).

A.3. A Software Defects Assessment System (Case 2).

A.4. A Systems Engineering Environment (Case 3).

A.5. An Anemometry System (Case 4).

A.6. Summary.

References.

Index.