ABSTRACT
A project can be conceptualized as a system of people, equipment, materials, and facilities organized and managed to achieve a goal. Much of the established theory and practice about what it takes to organize and coordinate a project comes from a perspective called the “systems approach.” At the same time, work done in projects is often done for the purpose of creating systems, and such projects commonly employ methodologies such as “systems analysis” and “systems engineering.” This chapter introduces concepts that form the basis for project management and the systems methodologies used in technical projects.
