Case Studies of Systems Engineering andManagement in Systems Acquisition ABSTRACT This paper…

Case Studies of Systems Engineering andManagement in Systems Acquisition
ABSTRACTThis paper discusses the role of case studies in systems engineering and systems management, especially case studies that involve systems acquisition. We first provide a briefoverview of case studies, including some of the analysis techniques useful for the conduct ofcase studies. Next, we discuss a two-dimensional framework for systems engineering andmanagement case studies. The framework is in the form of a 9 row by 3 column matrix. Wepresent a number of vignettes of case studies, at least one for each of the 27 cellular entriesin this matrix. The hope is that this will be a stimulus and precursor of additional systemsengineering and management case study efforts, both in terms of appropriate frameworks forthese and in the actual conduct of case study research. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Syst Eng7: 84–97, 2004Key words: case studies; case framework; systems engineering taxonomy