Difference between revisions of "Systems Engineering and Project Management"

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The goal of project management is to plan and coordinate the work activities needed to deliver a satisfactory product, service, or enterprise endeavor within the constraints of schedule, budget, resources, infrastructure, and available staffing and technology. The purpose of this knowledge area (KA) is to acquaint systems engineers with the elements of project management and to explain the relationships between systems engineering (SE) and project management (PM).

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Topics

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References

Works Cited

None.

Primary References

Fairley, R.E. 2009. Managing and Leading Software Projects. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons.

Forsberg, K., H. Mooz, and H. Cotterman. 2005. Visualizing Project Management. 3rd ed. New York, NY, USA: John Wiley & Sons.

PMI. 2008. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 4th ed. Newtown Square, PA, USA: Project Management Institute (PMI).

Additional References

Blanchard, B. 2008. System Engineering Management. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons.

Kerzner, Harold. 2003. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling. 8th Ed. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons.

Martin, J. 1997. Systems Engineering Guidebook: A Process for Developing Systems and Products. London, UK: Taylor and Francis Group CRC-Press, LLC.

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 ==References==
 ===Works Cited===
+None.
-Boehm, B., C. Abts., A.W. Brown, S. Chulani, B.K. Clark, E. Horowitz, R. Madachy, D. Reifer, and B. Steece. 2000. ''Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II''. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: Prentice Hall.
-Fairley, R.E. 2009. ''Managing and Leading Software Projects''. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons.
-Forsberg, K., H. Mooz, and H. Cotterman.  2005. ''Visualizing Project Management.'' Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley and Sons.
-INCOSE. 2012. ''Systems Engineering Handbook: A Guide for System Life Cycle Processes and Activities,'' version 3.2.2. San Diego, CA, USA: International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), INCOSE-TP-2003-002-03.2.2.
-ISO/IEC/IEEE. 2009. ''Systems and Software Engineering - Life Cycle Processes - Project Management''. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electronical Commission (IEC)/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), ISO/IEC/IEEE 16326:2009(E).
-NASA. 2007.  ''Systems Engineering Handbook."  Washington, DC,USA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
-Valerdi, R. 2008.''The Constructive Systems Engineering Cost Model (COSYSMO): Quantifying the Costs of Systems Engineering Effort.'' Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag.
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