8. Frequently asked questions
Are systems engineering and project management equivalent concepts or approaches?
Absolutely not. Engineering deals with technical tasks, the creation/design of solutions. Project management is concerned with deadlines, costs, means and human and physical resources. It involves organizing tasks within a given timeframe, at a given cost and with finite resources.
My company's organization is based on the physical architecture of our systems/products/services. How can we create innovative products or innovative modifications to our products that challenge the architecture of our products/services?
The solution is to put in place an organization that has the capacity to adapt. A matrix organization, as suggested above, makes it possible to set up different types of project, without disrupting the core businesses....
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International standards
ISO-IEC 15288 - Systems and software engineering - System Life Cycle Processes (2008)
ISO-IEC 19760 - Systems and software engineering - Guide for Application of ISO-IEC 15288 (2003)
ANSI/EIA 632 - Processes for engineering a system (1998)
ISO/IEC 26702...
Websites
www.incose.org International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1990. Its mission is to share, promote and advance the best of systems engineering from across the globe for the benefit of humanity and the planet.
Regulations
There are no regulations for system design in general. Only industrial sectors have regulations on the subject: aeronautics, railways, medicine, medical biology, etc.
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SBS: System Breakdown Structure
SysML: System Modelling Language
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