Integrating Program Management and Systems Engineering : Methods, Tools and Organizational Systems for Improving Performance

Intro -- 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 Advantage -- 1.5 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 Success -- 3.3 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.