| dc.description.abstract | As organizations develop more complex systems, increased emphasis is being placed
on Systems Engineering (SE) to ensure that cost, schedule, and performance targets
are met. Correspondingly, the failure to adequately plan and fund the systems
engineering effort appears to have contributed to a number of cost overruns and
schedule slips, especially in the development of complex aerospace systems. This
has resulted in a recent increased emphasis on revitalizing systems engineering in
government and commercial organizations. COSYSMO, the Constructive Systems Engineering Cost Model, is an “open” model
that can help people reason about their decisions related to systems engineering
through a structured approach for estimating systems engineering effort. BAE
Systems, in close collaboration with University of Southern California (USC) Center
for Systems and Software Engineering (CSSE) and the MIT/Lean Aerospace Initiative
(LAI), has been intimately involved in the development and validation of the model
since its inception and continues to collaborate on the refinement of the model. | en_US |
