Project Management and Systems Engineering (APPEL-vPM&SE)

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe relevant NASA guidance on project management, systems engineering and technical authority for specific project applications (NASA-smart).
• Explain the impact of project management and systems engineering challenges and decisions to safety and mission assurance across the mission lifecycle (SMA-focused)
• Differentiate between the art and science of systems engineering.
• Apply each of the 17 processes contained within the SE Engine to specific system problems.
• Evaluate the disparate relationships and interfaces between system and project elements.
• Evaluate the disparate relationships and interfaces between system and project elements.
• Apply leadership principles to small-group dynamics to complete specific project management and systems engineering tasks.
• Differentiate approaches to PM and SE based on project scope.
• Create solutions to complex, ill-defined tasks including organizing, planning, executing and adapting (“mapping and managing”) an integrated project plan, systems engineering management plan and other tools for a representative space mission faced with real-world requirements to balance cost, schedule, performance and risk across the lifecycle.