Based on the work of R. Egelstaff "How do assignments work - critical thinking & writing critically
Essay Assessment
Your task is to write a 2000 word essay describing how the contents in the following:
- SEBoK
- Kerzner (2013)
- AS/NZS 15288:2013 Systems engineering - Systems life cycle processes
- Full Final Report from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
- Chapter 5: Overarching Failures of Management of the Chief Counsel's report from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
- Other material as you feel appropriate
Address and explain the relevance of systems thinking to a project and an organisation by using the theories and ideas related to:
- General systems management
- Organisational structures, forms and culture
- Engineering risk, risk management,
- Portfolio alignment
- Business value
- Portfolio management process cycle
- Organisational maturity.
You should illustrate your arguments by identifying what different system thinking tools and techniques might aid project managers to solve problems, such as what occurred with Texas City and Deepwater Horizon
Essay Structure Recap
- 2000 words
- Introduction
- Put forward your central argument for the essay
- Provide the setting for the topics
- Topics
- Relevance of systems thinking to a project and an organisation related to general systems management, organisational structures, forms and culture, Portfolio alignment, business value, portfolio management process cycle, organisational maturity.
- Provide evidence and examples and in text citations
- Conclusions
- Bring all the topics together to the central argument
- Bookend to the Introduction
- References
- HarvardProgram and Portfolio Management Information Systems
A description of the theories and ideas specific to general systems management, organisational structures, forms and culture, value management, engineering risk, risk management, systems engineering and an assessment of the linkages between these?
A demonstration of thorough knowledge and application of relevant project and portfolio management principles, concepts, methods and theories in a systems context?
Appropriate and well structured, concise and clear expression of systems engineering arguments in response to the assessment task?
A clear flow of thought throughout the paper with a clear purpose described in the introduction and a comprehensive conclusion?
A critical review and integration of relevant academic and professional literature (cited at least twenty (20) times from six (6) separate reference sources)?