Visualizing System Engineering and Project Management as an Integrated Process

Abstract

ABSTRACTIn many project environments System Engineering and Project Management are managed separately. This situation is aggravated by the discipline segregation by universities and by the corresponding professional organizations. The International Council on System Engineering (INCOSE) and Project Management Institute (PMI) operate independently and usually don't participate in each others' conferences. Project Management and System Engineering tools are rarely integrated. INCOSE members are usually not members of PMI and vice versa. Project Management, the integration of business management and technical management into systems management, requires discipline and informed implementation. The process model explained here and detailed in our recent book, Visualizing Project Management (Wiley & Sons), is a significant step to visualizing and applying these inseparable processes.