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Improving System Engineering Excellence at NASA's Marshall Space Flight CenterNASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) management feels that sound system engineering practices are essential for successful project management, NASA studies have concluded that recent project failures could be attributed in part to inadequate systems engineering. A recent survey of MSFC project managers and system engineers' resulted in the recognition of a need for training in Systems Engineering Practices, particularly as they relate to MSFC projects. In response to this survey, an internal pilot short-course was developed to reinforce accepted practices for system engineering at MSFC. The desire of the MSFC management is to begin with in-house training and offer additional educational opportunities to reinforce sound system engineering principles to the more than 800 professionals who are involved with system engineering and project management. A Systems Engineering Development Plan (SEDP) has been developed to address the longer-term systems engineering development needs of MSFC. This paper describes the survey conducted and the training course that was developed in response to that survey.
Document ID
20010020073
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Takada, Pamela Wallace
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Newton, Steve
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Gholston, Sampson
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Thomas, Dale
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2001
Subject Category
Engineering (General)
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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