DocumentCode :
1550411
Title :
Systems engineering-is it a new discipline?
Author :
Stoddart, Alan
Volume :
10
Issue :
3
fYear :
1999
fDate :
6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
129
Lastpage :
135
Abstract :
The article attempts to define three principal areas: firstly, what is a system, secondly what is a project, and thirdly, what is an engineer. Salient points have been extracted that provide an insight into what knowledge a systems engineer must possess. The result of the discussion of what constitutes a project rules out a number of areas that are normally considered as defining parameters, especially by industry; they are cost, time and whether the project is specifiable. The only area that stands a more rigorous examination is the ability to let a contract. This then leads to the necessity to have secondary level definitions of specification, budget and time in order to complete the contract letting process.
Keywords :
systems engineering; budget; contract letting process; project; specification; systems engineering; time;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Computing & Control Engineering Journal
Publisher :
iet
ISSN :
0956-3385
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1049/cce:19990306
Filename :
788106
Link To Document :
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