Integrating Program Management and Systems Engineering: Methods, Tools, and Organizational Systems for Improving Performance - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1119258928 ISBN 13: 9781119258926

Publisher: Wiley, 2017

Synopsis

Integrate critical roles to improve overall performance in complex engineering projects

Integrating Program Management and Systems Engineering shows how organizations can become more effective, more efficient, and more responsive, and enjoy better performance outcomes. The discussion begins with an overview of key concepts, and details the challenges faced by System Engineering and Program Management practitioners every day. The practical framework that follows describes how the roles can be integrated successfully to streamline project workflow, with a catalog of tools for assessing and deploying best practices. Case studies detail how real-world companies have successfully implemented the framework to improve cost, schedule, and technical performance, and coverage of risk management throughout helps you ensure the success of your organization's own integration strategy. Available course outlines and PowerPoint slides bring this book directly into the academic or corporate classroom, and the discussion's practical emphasis provides a direct path to implementation.

The integration of management and technical work paves the way for smoother projects and more positive outcomes. This book describes the integrated goal, and provides a clear framework for successful transition.

• Overcome challenges and improve cost, schedule, and technical performance
• Assess current capabilities and build to the level your organization needs
• Manage risk throughout all stages of integration and performance improvement
• Deploy best practices for teams and systems using the most effective tools

Complex engineering systems are prone to budget slips, scheduling errors, and a variety of challenges that affect the final outcome. These challenges are a sign of failure on the part of both management and technical, but can be overcome by integrating the roles into a cohesive unit focused on delivering a high-value product. Integrating Program Management with Systems Engineering provides a practical route to better performance for your organization as a whole.

About this title

From the Author

A very talented and experienced team of editors, contributors, and researchers helped me to produce Program Management and Systems Engineering Integration. Many of us worked together over the course of four years with the involvement of many others drawn from across the PMI, INCOSE, and academic communities.

Some specific people who took a leading role in assembling contributed contentand writing the chapters in the book - the editors - deserve special mention. They wrote, reviewed, edited and integrated thechapters into a coherent and readable text. Here's who they are and abrief mention of their significant contributions to the book:

• Marvin Nelson (PMI) was a chapter lead author and was responsible for comprehensive and extensive cover-to-cover editing and manuscript integration.
• Stephen Townsend (PMI) was a chapter lead author and provided cover-to-cover review and integration of the book manuscript.
• Prof. Virginia Greiman (Boston University) was a chapter lead author and reviewer.
• Edivandro "Eddi" Conforto (independent consultant) contributed many of the research findings and was a chapter lead author and reviewer.
• Eric Norman (Norman& Norman Consulting, LLC) was a chapter lead author and provided cover-to-cover chapter reviews and editing.
• Betsy Clark (SoftwareMetrics, Inc.) wrote major case studies used in the book.
• Tina Srivastava (INCOSEand Gigavation Incorporated) was a chapter lead author.
• Kenneth Zemrowski  (INCOSEand Engility Corp.) was a chapter contributor and reviewer.

Other contributors who provided important content to the book included:

• Larry Prusak (consultant)
• Akio Mitsufuji (Project Management Associationof Japan)
  
• Alan S. Harding (INCOSE and BAE Systems)
  
• Bohdan Oppenheim (Loyola Marymount University)
  
• Brian Maddocks (Ticom Geomatics)
  
• Bryan Moser (MIT System Design and Management Program)
  
• David Pearson (Defense Acquisition University)
  
• Deborah Nightingale (Nightingale Associates)
  
• Dennis Van Gemert (ManTech InternationalCorporation)
  
• Eric Nicole (Knowledge Inside)
  
• Guruprasad C. Vasudeva (Nationwide MutualInsurance Company)
  
• Josef Oehmen (Technical University of Denmark)
  
• Kambiz Moghaddam (Boeing)
  
• Mark A. Langley (PMI)
  
• Michael O'Brochta (Zozer, Inc.)
  
• Stanley I. Weiss (consulting professor)
  
• Thomas Paider (Nationwide Mutual InsuranceCompany)
  
• Timothy Wiseley (Sandia National Lab)
  

This book resulted from the efforts of many professionals from different communities and perspectives working together to demonstrate the impact and benefits of integrating the program management and systems engineering disciplines.

From the Back Cover

"A great contribution to systems engineering and project management, this book lays out the fundamental challenges of integrating these two disciplines and offers well-written practical guidance on how to address those challenges. This is the most comprehensive examination I have seen on the ties between systems engineering and program management."
―Dr. Art Pyster, Professor and Associate Dean for Research Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University

"The integration of program management and systems engineering is the vital mixture for success of complex organization and societal challenges. This was the critical ingredient for the Apollo mission, and it is urgently needed for today's fast-paced and networked world. This is an indispensable book for those seeking evidence-based research and results."
―Edward J. Hoffman, Ph.D, former, Chief Knowledge Officer NASA and Executive in Residence, Columbia University, School of Professional Studies

"Through real life cases and examples, this book makes the case for genuine integration of program management and systems engineering. It shows how a combination of shared vision, responsiveness to change, empowerment of teams and technical competence lead to value realization when dealing with complex socio-technical systems. A must-read book!"
―Michel Thiry, Ph.D, FAPM, PMI Fellow

Achieve Greater Performance by Integrating your Key Program Functions

Integrating Program Management and Systems Engineering makes the case for achieving significant program and project improvements through the strategic integration of program managers and system engineers.

Developed through an alliance between the Project Management Institute (PMI), International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), and the Consortium for Engineering Program Excellence (CEPE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), this integrated approach and framework offers path of successful practices for creating better solutions. This guidebook presents a diverse group of contributors in program management, systems engineering, and academia, who share their collective knowledge of best approaches to improving program results through a unified working relationship between program managers and systems engineers. From defining the integrated goal to making a successful transition, everything you need is inside, including:

• Tools for assessing your current capabilities and building up to custom fit your organizational needs
• Proven tactics to improve cost, schedule, and technical performance of programs and projects
• Innovative techniques for managing risk through every stage of integration and performance improvement

Break through the silos in your organization and accomplish more together with Integrating Program Management and Systems Engineering.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1119258928
• ISBN 13: 9781119258926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Rebentisch Eric