Managing Complex Technical Projects: A Systems Engineering Approach (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781580533782)

This resource discusses the management of complex technical projects through systems engineering. Written for a wide spectrum of readers, from novices to experienced practitioners, it explores solutions for delivering projects on time and within budget, avoiding the failures and inefficiencies of past efforts. It provides a framework that encapsulates all areas of systems engineering, showing where the multitude of systems engineering activities fit within the overall effort. The top-down approach introduces the reader to the philosophical aspects of this discipline, and offers an understanding of a plethora of important terms, standards and practices that have been developed independently. Moreover, the authors present key systems engineering issues in a manner that seeks to promote individual thinking and unique approaches to the various projects encountered in the field.

Author: Ian R. Faulconbridge
ISBN-10: 1580533787
ISBN-13: 9781580533782
Publisher: Artech House Publishers
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2002
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.48h x 6.10w x 0.88d