A practical approach to systems engineering

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Practical Approach

A practical, multidisciplinary approach for assessing leadership in project management education

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Mazzetto
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
College Of Engineering

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a practical approach to the teaching of project management as it was applied in the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning and the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the College of Engineering, Qatar University. The leadership skills of the project managers, leading several working groups, were evaluated by running a multidisciplinary collaborative project. Design/methodology/approach The main aim of the research was to propose a practical approach for assessing the extent to which the knowledge and skills of a leader are important for ensuring that a project is completed successfully. The research exercise highlighted the fact that some of the leadership attitudes of the project manager are fundamental to the success of the work. The project manager’s ability to lead a team through the different work stages of a project is seen as a fundamental contributor to its success. Findings This practical approach to the appraisal of leadership brings the theoretical teaching of project management closer to its practical applications, by encouraging students to learn the techniques and tools commonly used in the professional setting. The paper concludes by suggesting that there is a need to focus more attentively on assessing leadership skills when selecting a project manager, in either an academic or a professional context. Originality/value The research exercise highlighted the fact that some of the leadership attitudes of the project manager are fundamental to the success of the work. The project manager’s ability to lead a team through the different work stages of a project is seen as a fundamental contributor to its success.

A Process-Oriented (Practical) Approach to Program Office Systems Engineering Management Using the CMMI-AM as a Guide

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Schenker ◽  
Tim Morrow ◽  
Mike Gagliardi ◽  
Mike Van Wie ◽  
Mike Gomes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Engineering Management ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Process Oriented ◽  
Office Systems

Abstraction: An alternative neurocognitive account of recognition, prediction, and decision making

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie F. Reyna ◽  
David A. Broniatowski
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Trace Theory ◽  
Fuzzy Trace Theory ◽  
Abstract Representations ◽  
Technical Systems

Abstract Gilead et al. offer a thoughtful and much-needed treatment of abstraction. However, it fails to build on an extensive literature on abstraction, representational diversity, neurocognition, and psychopathology that provides important constraints and alternative evidence-based conceptions. We draw on conceptions in software engineering, socio-technical systems engineering, and a neurocognitive theory with abstract representations of gist at its core, fuzzy-trace theory.

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