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Overcoming barriers to systems engineering process improvement
Author(s) -
Sheard Sarah A.,
Lykins Howard,
Armstrong James R.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
systems engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.474
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1520-6858
pISSN - 1098-1241
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6858(2000)3:2<59::aid-sys1>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - process (computing) , process systems , engineering , popularity , work in process , systems engineering , system of systems engineering , computer science , management science , engineering management , risk analysis (engineering) , systems design , operations management , business , psychology , social psychology , process engineering , operating system
Neither systems engineering nor process improvement is new. Since 1992, INCOSE papers and others have been reporting success in documenting and improving processes. A considerable body of process improvement literature is available, particularly related to improvement of software development processes. Even systems engineering process improvement is gaining in popularity, judging from the increasing number of INCOSE papers detailing various efforts. Yet the nature of systems engineering poses challenges over and above those seen in other process improvement efforts. This paper focuses on identifying and resolving typical barriers to improving the systems engineering process. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Syst Eng 3: 59–67, 2000