7.1.3 PRINCIPLES OF COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

This work presents basic principles currently used in commercial systems engineering. The principles were identified through correlative research into the practices of a wide variety of projects and companies. Sources include personal interviews, benchmark research into active companies and projects, and papers from the first four NCOSE symposia. The basic defining characteristic of commercial projects is considered to be amortized system development for production marketing. This characteristic results in customer focus, severe time and cost constraints, initially undefined requirements, marketability constraints, and management push for profitability.