This paper is a progress report on the results of a SECOE research project to collect and analyze data that describes project cost, schedule, and quality with systems engineering cost and quality. The original hypotheses to be tested are that (a) at low levels, increasing systems engineering effort results in better project quality, and (b) there is an optimum above which further increases are ...

It is difficult to convince students that proper software engineering methodology is useful until they face a large project with serious deadlines based on legacy code. Without a realistic experience, students often do not understand why software engineering processes exist or are valuable. Without legacy code, the frustrations of software maintenance and upgrades are never truly imparted to st...

Successful application of a TBM in a project requires investigating both the ground conditions and the machine and backup system design features. Prediction of the machine performance is very important as it has a big effect on the duration of the project and the costs. In this respect, both penetration rate and advance rate must be estimated. Utilization factor, which depends on the type of op...

Based on the experience that there cannot be a "one-size-fits-all" method, different situational method engineering approaches are examined in this paper. The result of the analysis shows that "situations" are conceptualized very imprecisely. Therefore, we propose to differentiate between "context" and "project type" in situational method engineering. Especially context is neglected in existing...

The performance of engineering activities has significant impacts on the successfulness of implementing industrial construction projects. Improving engineering performance can lead to better project outcomes. Previous studies on engineering performance improvement have either focused on the use of certain techniques or products, or looked at specific engineering processes or areas. There has be...

The performance of engineering activities has significant impacts on the successfulness of implementing industrial construction projects. Improving engineering performance can lead to better project outcomes. Previous studies on engineering performance improvement have either focused on the use of certain techniques or products, or looked at specific engineering processes or areas. There has be...

The core competence of a global engineering and manufacturing enterprise increasingly depends on the quality of its intellectual resources and how these resources are used. This paper presents an approach to document-based knowledge management in a typical global engineering and manufacturing application, the ANZAC Ship Project. 1. Document-based Knowledge Management 1.1 Documents in the Projec...

This poster describes our initial work in applying assurance cases to the requirements engineering processes necessary in building interoperable medical device systems. 1998 ACM Subject Classification D.2.9 Management, K.6.3 Software Management, K.6.4 System Management

financial and economic analysis of investment constitute an essential part of the decision making process. in this paper the feasibility of executing wastewater projects has been assessed using techniques of engineering economics including economic and financial analyses. primarily, the economic and financial assessments of a specific project in kalateh-khij city, with a population of five thou...