2. Why engineering/acquisition projects fail?
and what is project failure defined as?
There is no measurable definition of what
Done looks like in units of measure meaningful
to the decision maker
Measures of Effective
Measures of Performance
Key Performance Parameters
Technical Performance Measures
Reducible (Epistemic) and Irreducible
(Aleatory) uncertainties that create risk are not
handled in a meaningful manner
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3. To what extent and what kind of project failures can be
attributed to inconsistencies between project /program
management and systems engineering?
The disconnect between Systems Engineering
and Project Performance Management has
been well documented
The inconsistences are self inflicted wounds,
since both SE and PM (Project Performance
Management) have much in common and those
connections are well documented
Research shows the root cause of this disconnect
is in the integration of the two disciplines and the
mismanagement of that integration
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4. To what extent and what kind of project failures can be
attributed to inconsistencies between project /program
management and systems engineering?
Common causes of the Dis-Integration
between PM and SE
Cost and schedule performance measures are
not integrated with Systems Engineering
performance measures
Work effort is duplicated, with program members
receiving potentially conflicting views of the same
technical and programmatic work activities
Requirements tracked and manager separately,
resulting in different views of the customer needs
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5. To what extent and what kind of project failures can be
attributed to inconsistencies between project /program
management and systems engineering?
Barriers to successfully making these
connections, starts with …
Cultural differences between Program Managers
and Systems Engineers and their Stakeholders
needs through the lens of:
Managing, planning, and implementation processes
Defining system components and the interactions of
these components
Building system component in the presence of cost,
schedule, and technical performance uncertainty
Integrating systems components to deliver needed
Capabilities for the needed cost on the needed Date
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6. How can we bridge the gap between SE
and PM?
Start with a model of the integration
Data
Processes
Outcomes
Recognize
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7. What is agenda for industry and academia
on this issue?
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