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		Essentials of Project and Systems Engineering Management by Howard Eisner ISBN-10: 047103195X ISBN-10: 0-471-03195-X ISBN-13: 9780471031956 ISBN-13: 978-0-471-03195-6 Hardcover 2002-01-16 Wiley Find Lowest Price
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Product Description The Authoritative Principles for Successfully Integrating Systems Engineering with Project Management *Essentials of Project and Systems Engineering Management* outlines key project management concepts and demonstrates how to apply them to the systems engineering process in order to optimize product design and development. Presented in a practical treatment that enables managers and engineers to understand and implement the basics quickly, this updated Second Edition also provides information on industry trends and standards that guide and facilitate project management and systems engineering implementation. Along with scores of real-world examples, this revised edition includes new and expanded material on: Project manager attributes, leadership, integrated product teams, elements of systems engineering, and corporate interactions Systems engineering management problems and issues, errors in systems, and standards advocated by professional groups such as the Electronic Industries Association (EIA) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fixed price contracting, systems integration, software cost estimating, life cycle cost relationships, systems architecting, system disposal, and system acquisition Risk analysis, verification and validation, and capability maturity models *Essentials of Project and Systems Engineering Management, Second Edition* is the ideal, single-source reference for professional technical and engineering managers in aerospace, communications, information technology, and computer-related industries, their engineering staffs, technical and R&D personnel, as well as students in these areas.
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unfortunate From what I understand, this text book is an adaptation of Mil-Std-499; when the DoD abandoned Mil-Std's, Eisner was left without a customer, and so this book was born. It is currently used (but soon being replaced) as the standard textbook in the GWU EMSE repertory, and I have heard time and again (and indeed concur) that this book is a portfolio of platitudes and elevator speeches. There is not an item within its pages that prepares the reader to manage a systems engineering project or project manage a system. I feel cheapened by its words and would not encourage anyone to spend the money on this or "Managing Complex Systems: Thinking Outside the Box", Eisner's other book. In fact, the latter is even worse-- I cannot wait to dispose of it, I would not even sell it back.
Awesome The book is outstanding. It has thoroughly fulfilled my expectations. My work as a Master of Science student has become easier, since I started to read the book.
A book that needs updating This book needs its concepts and focus updated and broaden. I found the book had a very narrow point of view, focusing only on a government perspective of approaching project and engineering management, and providing very little on private industry's management point of view in the book. Even when the book repeats again and again concepts on how government, DoD and NASA do business, the concepts it presents are different (outdated) from how government and DoD do business presently. In short, the book needs to be updated extensively, perhaps a brand new one written altogether.
A grad student's review Howard Eisner's book is an outstanding work that bridges the gulf between project management and systems engineering. As a 46 year old student of Dr Eisner's, I assert this with 25 years of experience in both disciplines. His book has been a wonderful aid to refreshing and updating my skills. If a section with the answers to the problems had been included, I would have said SIX stars... Highly recommended.

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