Systems Engineering Tools and Techniques for Project Managers

This document discusses various systems thinking tools and techniques that can aid project managers in solving project problems. It covers tools such as affinity diagram, graphical analysis, decision matrix, effective analysis, functional analysis, impact graph, and intangible model. The relevance of systems engineering to project cases is also assessed, along with the importance of appropriate selection of project management application systems in meeting project objectives.

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Mandatory Readings
 Part 1: SEBoK
Introduction -
'Introduction to SE
Transformation';
 Part 1: SEBoK
Introduction -
'SEBoK Users and
Uses';
 Part 6: Related
Disciplines -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems
Engineering and
Project
Management'
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 2.1; 2.6 -
2.8; 2.21;
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
Introduction;
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
21504:2016
Project,
programme and
portfolio
2.Identify different
systems thinking tools
and techniques to aid
project managers solve
project problems.
Various types of apparatuses of framework believing that helps the venture
administrator in taking care of undertaking issues are liking chart, graphical
examination, choice grid, viable investigation, useful examination, impact
outline and elusive model.
Liking chart (AD): The proclivity outline is alluded as the basic frameworks
suspecting instrument which can empower the undertaking group in performing
various errands, for example, creating imaginative thoughts for taking care of
the issue and sorting out these thoughts into the important gatherings.
Graphical examination: The graphical investigation is tied in with distinguishing
and understanding the information of framework through graphical portrayal.
For the most part, the graphical portrayal is done in two different ways,
recurrence plot and time arrangement plot.
Choice framework: TheDecision Matrix is utilized in situations where we can
lessen the quantity of alternatives to a few if there are bigger number of
applicant choices.
Viable investigation: The successful examination is alluded as an instrument
which is associated with empowering the undertaking group to organize the
impacts and reasons for the task disappointment. The viable investigation is
considered as the group of disappointment strategies.
Practical investigation: The useful examination is alluded as the profoundly
organized methodology for choosing and building up the plan ideas of the task.
The significant goal of the utilitarian examination is to accomplish the elements
of the undertaking.
Fleming, Q.W. and
Koppelman, J.M., 2016,
December. Earned value
project management.
Project Management
Institute.
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management—
Guidance on
portfolio
management;
Case Study
 Chief Counsel's
Report - Chapter 5
(PDF 700KB),
Impact graph (ID): The impact outline is the frameworks thinking device which is
associated with distinguishing and building up the noteworthy connections
among the various segments of the framework.
Elusive model: The Intangible model is the framework thinking instrument which
is associated with empowering the undertaking colleagues to build up a social
model or operational model for the framework.
The framework figuring instruments will be useful in the advancement of the
basic information and data of the association. The framework figuring devices
will likewise be useful in investigating the questions identified with the bound
together frameworks approachs.
Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
Engineering –
 'Knowledge
Area: Systems
Fundamentals';
 'Knowledge
Area: Systems
Science';
 'Knowledge
Area: Systems
Thinking';
 'Knowledge
Area:
Representing
Systems with
Models';
3. Assess the relevance
of systems engineering
to project cases.
In the commitment of all the undertaking colleagues and in doling out suitable
assets so as to build up the related errands for estimating the capacities of each
task colleague.
During the time spent conveying the undertaking destinations and in managing
the advancement of the venture alongside controlling the resourcesas per the
need of the task i.e., directing the task the correct way.
Notwithstanding these examination results, it is additionally recognized that the
framework building has the capacity of limiting the dangers and improving the
specialized execution of the undertaking. This improvement in the specialized
execution will be useful in organizing the framework building forms. In the
meantime, it is additionally distinguished that the noteworthy relationship has
created between the acts of the frameworks building and the execution of the
venture. Frameworks building in responsible for considering both the business
just as the specialized prerequisites of the considerable number of clients so as
to give the quality item and administrations from the yields of the venture. The
specialists who played out the examination on various angles identifying with
the frameworks building have given a few answers for task chiefs, program
Heagney, J.,
2016. Fundamentals of
project management.
Amacom.
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 Part 6: Related
Disciplines –
 'Knowledge
Area: Systems
Engineering
and Industrial
Engineering';
 'Knowledge
Area: Systems
Engineering
and Specialty
Engineering';
 Part 7: Systems
Engineering
Implementation
Examples:
 How Lack of
Information
Sharing
Jeopardized the
NASA/ESA
Cassini/Huygen
s Mission to
Saturn;
 Project
Management
Case Study;
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 17.12-
17.17;
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
Chapter 5;
supervisors and portfolio administrators for viably organizing and sorting out the
venture exercises.
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Project,
programme and
portfolio
management—
Guidance on
portfolio
management;
Movies and Web sites
 YouTube:
 "Systems
Engineering"
(by
ThinkTVPBS)
 Modeling the
Management of
Systems
Engineering
Projects (by
VitechCorp)
 Web Sites:
 International
Council on
Systems
Engineering
(INCOSE)
 Systems
Engineering
Society of
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 The Guide to Lean
Enablers for
Managing
Engineering
Programs - MIT
Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems Approach
Applied to
Engineered
Systems';
 Part 5: Enabling
Systems
Engineering;
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 1.21;
2.16-2.18; 17.18;
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
Chapter 6.1-6.2;
 Al-Mamary Y.H.,
Shamsuddin A, &
Aziati N., (2013)
"The Impact of
Management
Information
Systems Adoption
in Managerial
4. Describe how
systems engineering
concepts and
methodologies can help
a project, program and
portfolio managers
organise a project.
The frameworks building idea model (SECM) is associated with capturing the
various kinds of ideas which are connected with the frameworks designing
assortment of information (SEBOK). The SEBOK group has built up an idea model
with respect to the frameworks designing which is alluded as the idea guide will
be especially useful for the task administrator and program director in
organizing and sorting out the diverse venture exercises of the undertaking.
The frameworks building is just alluded as a device which is especially useful in
the acknowledgment of the fruitful frameworks. The significant goal of the
frameworks building is to guarantee that all the client necessities are satisfied. A
portion of the central regimens controls of the framework designing are
activities, booking, execution, preparing and producing. Frameworks building in
responsible for considering both the business just as the specialized
prerequisites of the considerable number of clients so as to give the quality item
and administrations from the yields of the venture. The specialists who played
out the examination on various angles identifying with the frameworks building
have given a few answers for task chiefs, program supervisors and portfolio
administrators for viably organizing and sorting out the venture exercises. Some
of arrangements portrayed by the analysts during the time spent effectively
sorting out the undertaking exercises are characterizing the extent of the task
and survey the advancement of the venture plan with the utilization of the
frameworks designing administration plan (SEMP).
A. Hodgson, E. M.
Hubbard, and C. E.
Siemieniuch, 2013
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Decision Making:
A Review"
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
21504:2016
 Portfolio
Management;
 Movie: Enterprise
Project Portfolio
Management
(EPPM).
Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK
 Part 3: Systems
Engineering and
Management:
Knowledge Area:
Introduction to
Life Cycle
Processes;
 Part 3: Systems
Engineering and
Management:
Knowledge Area:
Life Cycle
Models;
 Part 3: Systems
Engineering and
Management:
Knowledge Area:
Concept
Definition;
 Part 3: Systems
5. Explain the
importance of
appropriate selection of
project management
(PM) application
systems in regards to
meeting the internal
and external objectives
of a project.
Thera are numerous significant procedures in the venture the board or the
portfolio the executives directly from the commencement of the task to the
conclusion of the undertaking. All theprocesses in undertaking the executives
are observed by the supervisor or the board. Improvement of work breakdown
plan (WBS), controlling the task exercises, characterizing the extent of the
venture and guaranteeing the accessibility of required assets are not many of
the huge parts of the undertaking the executives.
Turner, R., 2016. Gower
handbook of project
management. Routledge.
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Engineering and
Management:
Knowledge Area:
Systems
Definition;
 Part 6: Related
Disciplines -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems
Engineering and
Software
Engineering';
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 15.16-
15.23; 23.5-23.6;
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
Chapter 6.3-6.4;
 Raymond L., &
Bergeron F.,
(2008) "Project
management
information
systems: An
empirical study of
their impact on
project managers
and project
success"
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
21504:2016
 SWEBOK V3
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Guide.
Web Sites
 SAP
 Oracle Primavera
 IBM Maximo &
BPM
 Microsoft
Project.

Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK
 Part 3: Systems
Engineering and
Management:
Knowledge Area:
Systems
Realization;
 Part 3: Systems
Engineering and
Management:
Knowledge Area:
Systems
Deployment and
Use;
 Part 3: Systems
Engineering and
Management:
Knowledge Area:
Systems
Engineering
Management;
 Part 3: Systems
Engineering and
6. Describe how the use
of project management
(PM) application
systems can lead to
effective PM knowledge
management and
decision making.
The money saving advantage proportion is a critical procedure or strategy
connected in the avocation of the venture. Through the money saving
advantage proportion, the venture is supported if the estimation of the
advantages of the task is more than the estimation of expenses in the
undertaking and the other way around. i.e., the task isn't defended when the
estimation of advantages is not exactly the estimation of expenses in the
venture. The quality administration of as association depicts the quality
procedure and technique in the association. Maybe a couple of the famous
quality administration procedures are the basic methodology, the coaching
approach and the hierarchical model methodology. Alone with quality
administration, security the board in likewise significant in the field of task the
board. A portion of the techniques in security the executives are going about
according to circumstance, adjusting work to wellbeing measures and observing
the consistence issues in the task.
Verzuh, E., 2015. The fast
forward MBA in project
management. John Wiley
& Sons.
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Management:
Knowledge Area:
Product and
Service Life
Management;
 Part 3: Systems
Engineering and
Management:
Knowledge Area:
Systems
Engineering
Standards;
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 23;
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
Annex E
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
21504:2016
Web Sites
 YouTube:
What is
Portfolio
Management
vs. Project
Management?

Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK Part 4:
Applications of
Systems
Engineering;
7. Compare and
contrast the advantages
and disadvantages of
different manual and
electronic project,
The frameworks building is just alluded as a device which is especially useful in
the acknowledgment of the fruitful frameworks. The significant goal of the
frameworks building is to guarantee that all the client necessities are satisfied. A
portion of the central regimens controls of the framework designing are
activities, booking, execution, preparing and producing. Frameworks building in
Binder, J.,
2016. Global project
management:
communication,
collaboration and
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 AS/NZS
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Annex F & G
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
21504:2016
 BP News Wrap-
up
Web Sites
 -
program and portfolio
(PPPM) application
systems within each
PPPM knowledge area
over the life cycle of a
project, program or
portfolio.
responsible for considering both the business just as the specialized
prerequisites of the considerable number of clients so as to give the quality item
and administrations from the yields of the venture. The specialists who played
out the examination on various angles identifying with the frameworks building
have given a few answers for task chiefs, program supervisors and portfolio
administrators for viably organizing and sorting out the venture exercises. Some
of arrangements portrayed by the analysts during the time spent effectively
sorting out the undertaking exercises are characterizing the extent of the task
and survey the advancement of the venture plan with the utilization of the
frameworks designing administration plan (SEMP).
management across
borders. Routledge.
References
Fleming, Q.W. and Koppelman, J.M., 2016, December. Earned value project management. Project Management Institute.
Heagney, J., 2016. Fundamentals of project management. Amacom.
Verzuh, E., 2015. The fast forward MBA in project management. John Wiley & Sons.
Binder, J., 2016. Global project management: communication, collaboration and management across borders. Routledge.
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