Mission
Identify and promote opportunities associated with the effective integration of the Systems Engineering and Project/Program Management disciplines.
- Explore the linkages necessary to create effective integration and collaboration between Systems Engineers and Program Managers.
- Be the intersection point where Systems Engineers, Program/Project Managers collaborate and integrate their efforts.
- Study the interface between Systems Engineering and Project Management domains and Tools. Especially relationship between Systems Engineering tools (MBSE, Requirement management) and tools supporting project management (scheduling, cost estimate models, portfolio management). This includes the digitalization/data models connection between the two domains.
- Support the SE Vision 2035.
Scope
Our scope encompasses activities relating to defining, capturing, evolving, and communicating PM/SE integration best practices. This may include training material, guideline material, recommendations for industry best practices and standards, and shared output with industry working groups from other organizations.
Additionally, also in scope is joining efforts with other INCOSE working groups such as Requirements, Risks, Lean SE, Agile SE, etc… where appropriate, to ensure subject matter expertise is seamlessly integrated into various aspects of the systems engineering process. Exploration of common problems and/or practices also falls within scope.
Goals
- Facilitate collaboration between Systems Engineering and Program Management communities.
- Demonstrate the value of integrating systems engineering and program management to develop better solutions that drive strategic business results and outcomes.
- Produce useful deliverables that support effective integration and practice of collaborative systems engineering and program management.
- Provide thought leadership on open integration challenges between program management and systems engineering.
- Bring external thinking into the systems engineering and program management communities to facilitate thinking outside of the box.
- Represent a think tank for free thinking and engagement around critical issues associated with program management and systems engineering.
- Draft guidelines and/or influence existing ones (e.g. PMBok, SEBoK, etc.) based on experience and exchanges on PM/SE integration and collaboration.