Systems Engineering versus Project Management, a comparative study

Systems Engineering versus Project Management, a comparative study

Abstract

The scope for this Wiki article is to investigate the similarities and differences between standard best practices of the two domains:

• Project Management, as described by the PMI and/or ISO 21500 standard practices
• Systems Engineering, as described by the INCOSE systems engineering handbook

and to reflect on how the holistic "requirements management" focus of systems engineering could contribute to improve project management practices Some of the inspiration for the article comes from the joint PMI/INCOSE survey on differences and similarities between program management and systems engineering, and possibilities for integrating the two However, in this article we go one step down from program to project level and look for particular aspects of system engineering worth integrating in basic project management practice.

The article covers:

• Cross-reference comparison of project management and systems engineering
• Detailed comparison of practice for requirements management in the two domains
• The V-model, possible integration in project management practice

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