System Management

System management is the way of conducting and controlling the system offering, resources and activities.

System Management Capability

The system management capability is the system offering system which functions to realize the management of system offering needs, requirements, products, solutions and abilities.

The purpose of the system management capability is to enable and assure the abilities of governance, organization, integration, assurance and compliance of the needs, requirements, products, solutions, and abilities of the system offerings.

System Management

System management is the system offering management of the system management capability.

The purpose of system management is to enable and assure the management and abilities of the system management capabilities of the enterprise are controlled, balanced and aligned to the mission and needs of the enterprise as a whole.

System Management Responsibilities

The system manager role is responsible for system management of the system management capability.

System management work products include system management ideas, requirements, plans, risks, opportunities, reviews, decisions and action items.

System Management Architecture

The system management architecture is the system offering architecture of system management of the system management capability.

The system manager role uses the system management architecture to support system management responsibilities and activities.

The purpose of the system management architecture is to provide a management structure to enable and assure the system management capability of the enterprise is controlled, balanced and aligned to the mission and needs of the enterprise as a whole.

The structure includes systems engineering management, product development management and production management.

System Management Architecture Responsibilities

The system architect role is responsible for architecting the system management architecture in support of the system management responsibilities of the system manager role.

System management architecture work products include system management architecture concepts, descriptions, models, views, viewpoints, specifications and analyses.  Specific examples are system engineering management plan, hardware, software and data development plans, system integration plans, system verification plans, system validation plans, system operations plans, sustainment plans, maintenance plans, training and manuals plans, system security plan and system safety plan.

System Management Team

As shown in Figure 78 – System Management Team Concept, system management is interconnected with and interdependent on enterprise management and integration, business management, process management, information management, IT management and service management.

System ManagementFigure 78 – System Management Team Concept

Within the system offering system management is interconnected with and interdependent on system needs, system requirementssystem productssystem solution and system abilities.

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