Entry Date:
February 19, 2008

Systems Engineering Economics

Principal Investigator Donna Rhodes

Co-investigators Adam Ross , Warren Seering , Daniel Hastings , Richard de Neufville , Olivier de Weck , Daniel Frey , Christopher Magee , Daniel Roos , Hugh L N McManus


This research area aims at developing a new paradigm that encompasses an economics view of systems engineering to achieve measurable and predictable outcomes while delivering value to stakeholders. Examples include:

(*) Measurement of productivity and quantifying the ROI of systems engineering
(*) Advanced methods for reuse, cost modeling, and risk modeling
(*) Application of real options in systems and enterprises
(*) Leading indicators for systems engineering effectiveness