Integrating the ISO/IEC 15288 systems engineering standard with the PMBoK project management guide to optimize the management of engineering projects

Abstract

International audienceAs economic pressure continues to mount worldwide, cooperationbetween people, companies and even countries is becoming increasingly needed. Atthe same time, the scale of project is being revised upwards daily. In order to ensurethe success of large scale projects, the manner in which cooperation is set upbetween different teams, such as systems engineers and project managers, isbecoming an important issue. Cooperation between systems engineering and projectmanagement is now key in this respect. On the other hand, it is widely recognizedthat the use of standards can improve the success ratio. Thus, integration usingstandards or guides from systems engineering and project management can helpcompanies improve their competitiveness. A host of standards or guides havealready been published in both domains. The purpose of this paper is to choosethose most frequently used standards or guides from the systems engineering andproject management in order to compare and build a bridge between them andprovide a view shared by systems engineers and project managers enabling them tocarry out the project effectively