Introduction Using Visual Models to Master Complex Systems
Part One: Using Models and Frameworks to Master Complex Systems
1.Why Are Project Requirements a Critical Issue?
Maintaining consistency of the business case, the project scope, and customer needs
2.Visualizing the Project Environment
Using systems thinking to understand and manage the bigger picture
3.Modeling the Five Essentials
Visualizing the critical relationships in managing projects
Part Two: The Essentials of Project Management
4.Organizational Commitment
Ensuring success with management support, quality environment, and needed resources
5.Project Communication
Communicating clearly, completely, and concisely
6.Teamwork
Maximizing team energy and output
7.The Project Cycle
Understanding the steps and gates in every project life cycle
8.The Ten Management Elements
Comprehending the relationships among the techniques to be applied throughout the cycle
Part Three: The Ten Management Elements in Detail
9.Project Requirements
Ensuring satisfied users by determining and delivering what’s wanted
10.Organization Options
Selecting and adapting the structure for the project
11.The Project Team
Getting the right people
12.Project Planning
Determining the best way to get there
13.Opportunities and Their Risks
Seeking and seizing opportunities and managing their risks
14.Project Control
Making sure the right things happen and the wrong things don’t
15.Project Visibility
Providing project transparency for everyone involved
16.Project Status
Discovering the problems
17.Corrective Action
Fixing the problems
18.Project Leadership
Motivating and inspiring the team
Part Four: Implementing the Five Essentials
19.Principles and Tactics for Mastering Complexity
Implementing the technical development process
20.Integration, Verification, and Validation
Delivering the right thing, done right
21.Improving Project Performance
Moving beyond success
Appendixes
A.Web Site for Forms and Templates
B.The Professional and Standards Environment
C.The Role of Unified Modeling Language™ in Systems Engineering
D.A Summary of the Eight Phase Estimating Process
E.Overview of the SEI-CMMI
Glossary One Hundred Commonly Misunderstood Terms
Notes
Index