Outline critique

The introduction of the outline gives the reader the information about what the plan is about and the purpose of the entire document. This outline thus follows the basic requirement of a good SMEP plan. An SMEP should provide an outline of the technical plans and the various activities of system engineering that will be used in the development, integration, testing, validation and the deployment of the entire system (Rodriguez, 2009). The document outlines the primary purpose of the plan which is an important element that assist in the preliminary description of the project.  The outlines also highlights the requirements and the expectations of the organisation as seen in the mentioned in the main organisational interfaces, a structure of the work breakdown , how the system will be maintained and the overall production requirements.

After letting the reader understand the content of the document and thus the plan , the outlines proceed to show how plan will be implemented and the control measures  that need to be in place after the projects is complete. This is evident in the inclusion of the task, configuration management, performance measurements, the cost of the program, communication needed and the inclusion of monitoring and control requirements.  The outline is thus well organised in such a manner that the content are well structured so as to show the step by step process of the system development so that after every step , the next one can be anticipated. Thus after implementation stage the support plan for operations is shown in terms of mission analysis, performance parameters and specifications. It also outlines the final stages of the system development which include the plan for test and evaluation and management of possible risk. Thus an overview of the outline gives the reader a general idea of the whole document.  

 

References

Rodriguez, R. (2009). Systems Engineering Management Plans. Retrieved from: http://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-control.cgi/2009/097836.pdf