Toward mission assurance: A framework for systems engineering management

Systems Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-227

  Sauser, Brian ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Contingency theory; Systems engineering management

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; CONTINGENCY THEORY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 33748414748     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.20052     Document Type: Article

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