{"product_id":"essentials-of-project-and-systems-engineering-management-isbn-9780470129333","title":"Essentials of Project and Systems Engineering Management","description":"The Third Edition of \u003ci\u003eEssentials of Project and Systems Engineering Management\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e Readers familiar with the previous two critically acclaimed editions will find much new material in this latest edition, including: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMultiple views of and approaches to architectures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe systems engineer and software engineering\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe acquisition of systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProblems with systems, software, and requirements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGroup processes and decision making\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSystem complexity and integration\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Throughout the presentation, clear examples help readers understand how concepts have been put into practice in real-world situations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Overview 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Systems Projects and Management 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Systems and Projects 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Problems in Managing Engineering Projects 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 The Systems Approach 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 The Project Organization 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Organizational Environments and Factors 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Large-Scale Organization and Management Issues 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions\/Exercises 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Overview of Essentials 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Project Management Essentials 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Systems Engineering Process and Management Essentials 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Historical Overview of Acquisition Notions 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Selected Standards 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions\/Exercises 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Project Management 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Project Plan 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Needs, Goals, Objectives, and Requirements 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Task Statements, Statement of Work (SOW), and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Technical Approach 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Schedule 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Organization, Staffing, and Task Responsibility Matrix (TRM) 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Budget 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Risk Analysis 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 The Proposal 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.10 SEMP and SEP 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions\/Exercises 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Schedule, Cost, and Situation Analysis 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Schedule Analysis and Monitoring 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Cost Analysis and Monitoring 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Situation Analysis (SA) 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions\/Exercises 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Project Manager and Leadership 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Project Manager Attributes 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Self-Evaluation 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Interactions with Your Supervisor 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Customer Interaction 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Leadership 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions\/Exercises 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Team Building and Team Interactions 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Communications 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Building the Project Team 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Team Busters 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Conflict Management 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Meetings 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 Presentations 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 Proposals 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.9 A Note on Motivation and Incentives 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.10 Another Team-Related Perspective 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.11 Group Processes 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions\/Exercises 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Systems Engineering and Management 191\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Thirty Elements of Systems Engineering 191\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Overview of the Systems Approach and Engineering Process 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Two Systems Engineering Perspectives 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 The Thirty Elements of Systems Engineering 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 The Importance of Domain Knowledge in Systems Engineering 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions\/Exercises 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Requirements Analysis and Allocation 233\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Department of Defense (DOD) Perspectives 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Perspective 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 The Organization of Requirements Statements 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Specific Requirements Statements 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Essential Steps of Requirements Analysis 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Derived and Allocated Requirements 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 Other Requirements Issues 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions\/Exercises 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Systems Architecting: Principles 257\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 A View of Systems Architecting 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Perspective 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Architecture Descriptions 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Essential Steps of System Architecting 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 The 95% Solution 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Trade-Offs and Sensitivity Analyses 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.8 Modeling and Simulation 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.9 Other Architectures and Tools 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.10 Summary 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions\/Exercises 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Software Engineering 305\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Introduction 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Standards 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Software Management Strategies 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Capability Maturity 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Metrics 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 The Systems Engineer and Software Engineering 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7 Summary 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions\/Exercises 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Selected Quantitative Relationships 337\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Introduction 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Basic Probability Relationships 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 The Binomial Distribution 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 The Poisson Distribution 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 The Normal (Gaussian) Distribution 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 The Uniform Distribution 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 The Exponential Distribution 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8 The Rayleigh Distribution 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.9 Error Analyses 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.10 Radar Signal Detection 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.11 System Reliability 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.12 Software Reliability 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.13 Availability 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.14 A Least Squares Fit 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.15 Summary 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions\/Exercises 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 366\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Trends, Perspectives, and Integrative Management 367\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Systems\/Software Engineering and Project Management Trends 369\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Introduction 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Systems Engineering Trends 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Software Engineering Trends 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Project Management Trends 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions\/Exercises 404\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 404\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Selected New Perspectives 409\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Introduction 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Role of INCOSE 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Acquisition of Systems 410\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Problems in Systems and Software 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Integration of Systems 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions\/Exercises 430\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 431\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Integrative Management 433\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Introduction 433\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Managers as Integrators 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Teams as Integrators 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Plans as Integrators 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 The Systems Approach as Integrator 439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.6 Methods and Standards as Integrators 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.7 Information Systems as Integrators 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.8 Enterprises as Integrators 442\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.9 Thinking Outside the Box 443\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.10 Summary 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions\/Exercises 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix: Systems Architecting—Cases 451\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.1 Introduction 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2 A Logistics Support System (Case 1) 452\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.3 A Software Defects Assessment System (Case 2) 457\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.4 A Systems Engineering Environment (Case 3) 462\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.5 An Anemometry System (Case 4) 470\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.6 Summary 480\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 480\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 481\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHOWARD EISNER, DS\u003csmall\u003eC\u003c\/small\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e 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.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHIRD EDITION SHOWS HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY MANAGE SYSTEMS DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe\u003ci\u003e Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e of\u003ci\u003e Essentials of Project and Systems Engineering Management\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders familiar with the previous two critically acclaimed editions will find much new material in this latest edition, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMultiple views of and approaches to architectures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe systems engineer and software engineering\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe acquisition of systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProblems with systems, software, and requirements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGroup processes and decision making\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSystem complexity and integration\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThroughout the presentation, clear examples help readers understand how concepts have been put into practice in real-world situations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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. 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