Although most engineers are required to work within a systems engineering framework, few possess the skills necessary to manage the product design and development process effectively within this challenging environment. This refence both explains key project management concepts and shows how to integrate them successfully into the system engineering process. Essentials of Project and Systems Enginering Management uses a practical and integrative approach to enable readers to understand and implement the basics quickly in a host of key area – including project planning, leadership and team building, requirements analysis and allocation, principles of systems architecting, and clarifies the often unclear relationship between project management and system engineering by demonstrating how systems engineering actually fits into the overall structure of a project. Packed with real-life examples and up to date with the latest thends in software engineering and integrative management. It’s the ideal guide for profesional technical and engineering managers, and an importannt resource for students of engineering and business management.