The Business Case for Systems Engineering Study: Detailed Response Data
Abstract
The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Systems Engineering Division collaborated with the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society and the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) of Carnegie Mellon to obtain quantitative evidence of the benefit of systems engineering (SE) best practices on project performance. The team developed and executed this survey of system developers to identify SE best practices used on projects, collect performance data on these projects, and search for relationships between the application of these SE best practices and project performance. The researchers surveyed a sample of system developers obtained through the memberships of the NDIA, IEEE, and International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) using a questionnaire developed with the SE expertise and the broadly diverse experience of research team members. The questionnaire consists of three sections:1. one to identify the characteristics of the responding project2. a second to assess the projects use of SE best practices3. a third to collect measures of project performance.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 12, 2012
- Accession Number
- AD1153743
Entities
People
- Dennis R. Goldenson
- Joseph P. Elm
Organizations
- Carnegie Mellon University