Integrating Program Management with Systems Engineering : Processes, Tools and Organizational Systems for Improving Performance.

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Main Author: Rebentisch, Eric
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Somerset : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2017.
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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Editors; Contributors; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword: Practices, Knowledge, and Innovation; Preface; Reference; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Origins of an Important Collaboration; Creating a Knowledge Foundation through Exploratory Research; Overview of the Book; References; PART I: IN SEARCH OF INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS; CHAPTER 1: TOWARD A NEW MINDSET; 1.1 Striving for Perfection in Complex Work; 1.2 Boldly Going Again Where People Have Gone Before; 1.3 Strategy Realization Requires Good Management.
  • 1.4 Workforce + Organizational Capabilities = Competitive Advantage1.5 Rays of Hope; 1.6 Trekking toward a New Mindset; 1.7 Summary; 1.8 Discussion Questions; 1.9 References; Endnote; CHAPTER 2: THE ENGINEERING PROGRAM PERFORMANCE CHALLENGE; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Making White Elephants Extinct; 2.3 Large Engineering Programs Are Complex; 2.4 We Need a Better Solution; 2.5 Summary; 2.6 Discussion Questions; 2.7 References; Additional Resources; CHAPTER 3: THE FEATURES OF SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; 3.1 A Major Engineering Program Failure?
  • 3.2 Bridging Boundaries to Foster Program Success3.3 Contributors to Success in Action; 3.4 Summary; 3.5 Discussion Questions; 3.6 References; Additional Resources; CHAPTER 4: THE CASE FOR INTEGRATING PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT; 4.1 The Roots of Nonintegration; 4.2 Program Management and Systems Engineering Are Different; 4.3 Program Management; 4.4 Systems Engineering; 4.5 Why Divergence Is Such a Problem; 4.6 Integrating Is Difficult, but Not Impossible; 4.7 Discussion Questions; 4.8 References; Additional Resources; CHAPTER 5: KEY CONCEPTS IN INTEGRATION; 5.1 Introduction.
  • 5.2 Assessing Integration between Disciplines5.3 Attributes of Integration in Complex Organizations; 5.4 Practitioner Perspectives on Integration; 5.5 Summary; 5.6 Discussion Questions; 5.7 References; PART II: BUILDING CAPABILITIES TO EFFECTIVELY EXECUTE ENGINEERING PROGRAMS; CHAPTER 6: HOW INTEGRATION WORKS IN PROGRAMS; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Integration Framework; 6.3 Summary; 6.4 Discussion Questions; 6.5 References; CHAPTER 7: INTEGRATION IN PRACTICE IN THE F/A-18E/F SUPER HORNET PROGRAM; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Program Background and the Context of Integration.
  • 7.3 Twelve Days of August: A Start on the Integration Journey7.4 Enabling Integration by Reducing Program Complexity; 7.5 A Parallel Process in NAVAIR to Improve Integration; 7.6 The E/F Program Pilots a New Way of Working Together; 7.7 Improved Decision Making; 7.8 Program Delivery; 7.9 Integration Practices Observed in the F/A-18E/F Program; 7.10 Summary; 7.11 Discussion Questions; 7.12 References; Endnote; CHAPTER 8: PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING INTEGRATION PROCESSES, PRACTICES, AND TOOLS; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Episodic Integration Mechanisms.