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Systems Integration Management
Engineering practices reflect advances in technology to satisfy the demands for products. This situation is quite similar to other fields that have a goal to satisfy, a problem to solve, or a need to fulfill. There are stakeholders whose requirements are expected to be met, procedures that are set up and followed, and results that are measured in some fashion. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, something devised or contrived for bringing about some end or result is defined as a project (1290 AD). The view that the project is a social structure that results in questions, investigating, questioning, studying, examining, and building things is the focal point for systems engineering management. “An engineering ...