Large investments are made annually to develop and maintain IT systems. Successful
outcome of IT projects is therefore crucial for the economy. Yet, many IT projects fail …

While system complexity is on the rise across many product lines, the resources required to
successfully design and implement complex systems remain constrained. Because …

Identifying and appropriately resolving system tradeoffs or effectively evaluating alternatives
is a key deliverable of systems engineering. Without proper resolution, system performance …

There is an increased complexity in applied research projects that demand more researcher
skills, especially in managing the research project and interdisciplinary work. Researchers …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the implementation and testing of a modified
project risk management framework that integrates PMI's framework with Monte Carlo …

In new product development (NPD) in the commercial (as opposed to military/aerospace)
environment, many firms express confidence in the value of applying systems engineering …

Sex trafficking is the fastest‐growing organized criminal activity. Trafficking organizations are
driven by profit and provide a service due to existing demand. We examined the feasibility of …

The launch vehicle industry has long been considered a pioneering industry in systems
engineering. Launch vehicles are large complex systems that require a methodical multi …

The authors recently executed a project in which we twice exercised the full product lifecycle
of conceiving, designing, building, and testing a UAS. The process was fully instrumented …

In this paper, we define Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) as a set of different
approaches which vary in scope and in purpose, as opposed to defining it as a monolithic …