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Principles for successful systems and software processes

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ICSSP '14: Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Software and System Process

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This paper summarizes several iterations in developing a compact set of four key principles for successful systems engineering, which are 1) Stakeholder Value-Based Guidance 2) Incremental Commitment and Accountability 3) Concurrent Multidiscipline Engineering, and 4) Evidence- and Risk-based Decisions. It provides a rationale for the principles, including short example case studies of failed projects that did not apply the principles, and of successful projects that did. It will compare the principles with other sets of principles such as the Lean Systems Engineering and the Hitchins set of principles for successful systems and systems engineering, and indicate how the principles will help projects and organizations cope with increasing needs for process diversity and change.

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Mundt EWilke DAnacker HDumitrescu R(2023)Principles for the Effective Application of Systems Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review and Application Use Case2023 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)10.1109/SMC53992.2023.10394119(1307-1312)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/SMC53992.2023.10394119
Andon PSinitsyn IIgnatenko PSlabospitskaya О(2018)Information Technology for Computer Systems Applied Software Development and Usage Cost expert-analytical estimationPROBLEMS IN PROGRAMMING10.15407/pp2018.04.015(015-029)Online publication date: Dec-2018
https://doi.org/10.15407/pp2018.04.015

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Principles for successful systems and software processes
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development process management
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Software configuration management and version control systems

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Mundt EWilke DAnacker HDumitrescu R(2023)Principles for the Effective Application of Systems Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review and Application Use Case2023 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)10.1109/SMC53992.2023.10394119(1307-1312)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/SMC53992.2023.10394119
Andon PSinitsyn IIgnatenko PSlabospitskaya О(2018)Information Technology for Computer Systems Applied Software Development and Usage Cost expert-analytical estimationPROBLEMS IN PROGRAMMING10.15407/pp2018.04.015(015-029)Online publication date: Dec-2018
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