A Tailored Systems Engineering Framework for Science and Technology Projects

Abstract

As government becomes subject to a wider range of technology initiatives, science and technology (S&T) research project leadership recognizes the need to incorporate more systems engineering (SE) rigor into their projects. The objective of this research is to develop a tailorable systems engineering framework for S&T project planning, execution, assessment and transition. The key deliverable is an SE framework, implemented as an Excel application, for use by S&T organizations. It includes a report with tailored methods based on programmatic discriminants. To develop this framework, a comprehensive understanding of SE principles is applied to several case studies across government and supporting industry-sponsored S&T activities. The framework allows S&T project leaders and engineers to customize a recommended set of SE processes, methods and tools for their specific project type, size, maturity, budget, and integration level.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA495684

Entities

People

  • J. B. Pitzer
  • Jane F. White
  • Stephen M. Behm

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Basic Programming Language
  • Business Administration
  • Case Studies
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Literature Surveys
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Project Management
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Hydrologic Risk Analysis and Mitigation.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Software Engineering.