Effective management of simulation and modeling projects

Abstract

Effective management and control of modeling and simulation projects can provide significant savings in the development of large-scale, complex, multidisciplinary systems. With the evolution of the techniques of modeling, simulation and software engineering from "art to science", must come discipline. Discipline is the responsibility of the manager, and for him to effectively control the development of today's projects he must have a detailed understanding of the simulation software phased, cascading life-cycle. With this knowledge, the manager can develop an effective simulation methodology to attack the major cost problems of analysis, design, visibility, testing (verification/validation), standards, concurrent documentation, configuration management, reliability and quality control. To understand the software life-cycle, one must first understand that it is unlike any other product and thus an effective modeling and simulation methodology will require some techniques and mechanisms which differ from the classical management patterns.