Systems Engineering approach to final design freeze in uncertain project environments

The ordinary characteristics of data center project are complex systems subject to interdependent systems, combining multiple technical disciplines, integrated system platform, and rapid changes of technologies. Traditional project management discipline may not answer all those function needs. Systems Engineering (SE) is a multidisciplinary approach and indicates to enable the realization of successful systems in complex and uncertain environments. It achieves these objectives by defining business´ needs and required functionality early in the project development cycle, documenting requirements, design freeze and analysis, monitoring and control cycles, system validation, and system operation while considering the complete problems. The research uses 21 case studies and al literature survey to demonstrate the benefits of systems engineering to final design freeze in uncertain project environment such as data center. The case studies reflex the distorted processes of interpreting business requirements and constraints to final data center design that affects a long-term operation costs.