Systems Engineering and Project Management

This presentation discusses the importance of systems engineering and project management in product development and innovation. It explores the concepts of systems thinking, system life cycle, and the characteristics of systems engineering. The relevance of systems engineering to project management is also discussed.

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
AND PROJECT
MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION
System engineering
and system
thinking in project
management are
the major factors
that must be
considered for
development of a
product or service.
The project chosen
for this presentation
is developing of an
operating system.
Picture 1: System
engineering
(Source: Turner, 2014,
p. 76)

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
 System engineering and project management are
required for proper product development.
 Management of various systems projects is a
foundational course for a system engineering program.
 In the project of software development, systems
engineering was utilized in modifications that were to
be made in the older version of the system. the
proportion of subsystems were also changed.
 Success of the technical project was dependent on the
integrated approach of systems engineering and the
way professionals utilized it.

SYSTEMS THINKING
 System thinking is
generally defines as a
holistic approach to the
analysis which
concentrates on a way
using which its constituents
parts of the system relate
to each other.
 In the project, systems
thinking had helped in
linking different parts of
operating system to each
other.
 It also dealt with how the
system would work over
time and in context of huge
systems.
Picture 2: systems
thinking
(Source: Chapman,
2018, p. 85)

FUNDAMENTALS OF SYSTEM
THINKING
 Interconnectedn
ess
 Synthesis
 Emergence
 Feedback loops
 Causality
 System mapping
Picture 3: fundamentals
of systems thinking
(Source: Kerzner &
Kerzner, 2017 , p. 85)

IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEMS
THINKING TO INNOVATION
 Rapid learning:
understanding the big
picture of implementation
of the operating system.
 Rapid adaptation:
identifying patterns of
how the system would
work.
 Rapid impact: solving real
problems faced by people
using older version of
system.
 Rapid innovation:
elimination of bloats. Picture 4: tools of a
system thinker
(Source: Nicholas &
Steyn, 2017, p. 396)

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
 Systems engineering can be
defined as the discipline which
makes the success of system
engineer possible. This helped
in providing a substantial
advance in the entire
performance of the operating
system.
 System engineering is an
approach that is
interdisciplinary in nature and
aims in enabling the realization
of various successful systems.
This had helped in
understanding how successful
was the system in satisfying
customers.
Picture 5: system
engineering
(Source: Turner, 2014,
p. 248)

CHARACTERISTICS OF
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
 A specific holistic
balanced approach.
 Domain knowledge
along with creativity in
developing the system.
 Coping with various
changes and risks.
 Managing various
complexities faced in
the development.
 Reusing the experience
in net projects.
Picture 6: system
engineering approach and
system properties
(Source: Chapman, 2018, p.

CHARACTERISTICS OF
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
 User driven approach.
 Comprehension of numerous disciplines.
 Improving performance of a specific team.
 Management of data.
 Linkage to numerous business goals.

DIMENSIONS OF SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING
Some dimensions that
have been used in
development process are
as follows
 Multidisciplinary team-
Supporters or supporters,
cradle.
 Systems life cycle- Grave,
workers, elements.
 System modularization-
workers, whole.
Picture 7: system engineering
approach and system properties
(Source: Kerzner & Kerzner, 2017,

SYSTEMS LIFE CYCLE
 System life cycle can be
defined as a series of various
stages that are put into work
while a new information is
developed. The data received
from every stage of
development was useful in
further stages.
 Huge amount of time and
money can be wasted if a
developed system does not
work properly. The project
faced some issues as well and
enough time and resources
were wasted for removing the
issues Picture 8: system
life cycle
(Source: Turner,
2014, p. 20)

FEASIBILITY AND ANALYSIS
 Feasibility is the initial
part of systems life
cycle.
 This was considered as
a specific investigation
which was done by the
analyst of the
developed system.
 This stage found out
the major issues in the
present system and the
possibility of the team
to solve the problem.
 During analysis
stage, analysis the
present system was
investigated.
 This stage identified
that what actually
the problems are in
an existing system.
 This stage made use
of various methods
of fact- finding for
gathering data.

DESIGN
 In the phase of design
various alternative
possible solutions to
design software were
found out.
 The alternative
solutions were
evaluated in this
stage.
 At last the best
solution was
identified. Picture 9: testing
plan
(Source: Chapman,
2018, p. 942 )

IMPLEMENTATION
 In the implementation stage the system
was set up so that it exactly matches to
the design specification.
 Tests were carried out in order to make
sure that the parts of system perform
normally with erroneous and extreme
data.
 Tests ensure that all the processes were
carried out properly.

IMPLEMENTATION
 Normal test data was
utilized to check weather
the system is able to
handle the data.
 Extreme test data was
utilized for checking
weather the system can
cope up with the given
data.
 Erroneous test data was
utilized for checking
weather a is able to
identify data.
Picture 10: testing
using extreme,
normal and erroneous
data
(Source: Nicholas &

MAINTENANCE
 Any information system
needs to be maintained.
 A new system might need
to be changed due to
various reasons like
change in needs of users,
no problems found during
testing and need of
improvements in the
working of system.
 In the project, the
developed operating
system had to be
changed in its design due
to severe issues.
Picture 11:
maintenance
(Source: Kerzner &
Kerzner, 2017, p.
38)

RELEVANCE OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT
 The two disciplines, system engineering and project
management can be disjoint or partially interesting
depending on the project and its environment.
 One factor can be considered as a subset of another
factor. In this project, the further stages were
subsets of previous stages.
 There is no standard relation between the two,
hence system engineer and project manager were
successful in encompassing the managerial and
technical leadership of a project among themselves.

CONCLUSION
The engineering of a
complex system
begins with a specific
exploratory stage. This
presentation discusses
regarding the system
engineering in project
management. Their
relevance with each
other has also been
mentioned in the
presentation in details.
Picture 12: system
engineering
(Source: Turner, 2014,
p. 74)

REFERENCES
 Chapman, W. (2018). Engineering
modeling and design. Routledge.
 Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project
management: a systems approach to
planning, scheduling, and controlling. John
Wiley & Sons.
 Nicholas, J. M., & Steyn, H. (2017). Project
management for engineering, business
and technology. Routledge.
 Turner, J. R. (2014). Handbook of project-
based management (Vol. 92). New York,
NY: McGraw-hill.