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Factors Affecting Systems Engineering Rigor in Launch Vehicle Organizations
| Title: | Factors Affecting Systems Engineering Rigor in Launch Vehicle Organizations. |
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| Name(s): |
Gibson, Denton, Author Karwowski, Waldemar, Committee Chair Rabelo, Luis, Committee Member Kotnour, Timothy, Committee Member Kern, David, Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2019 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Systems engineering is a methodical multi-disciplinary approach to design, build, and operate complex systems. Launch vehicles are considered by many extremely complex systems that have greatly impacted where the systems engineering industry is today. Launch vehicles are used to transport payloads from the ground to a location in space. Satellites launched by launch vehicles can range from commercial communications to national security payloads. Satellite costs can range from a few million dollars to billions of dollars. Prior research suggests that lack of systems engineering rigor as one of the leading contributors to launch vehicle failures. A launch vehicle failure could have economic, societal, scientific, and national security impacts. This is why it is critical to understand the factors that affect systems engineering rigor in U.S. launch vehicle organizations.The current research examined organizational factors that influence systems engineering rigor in launch vehicle organizations. This study examined the effects of the factors of systems engineering culture and systems engineering support on systems engineering rigor. Particularly, the effects of top management support, organizational commitment, systems engineering support, and value of systems engineering were examined. This research study also analyzed the mediating role of systems engineering support between top management support and systems engineering rigor, as well as between organizational commitment and systems engineering rigor. A quantitative approach was used for this. Data for the study was collected via survey instrument. A total of 203 people in various systems engineering roles in launch vehicle organizations throughout the United States voluntarily participated. Each latent construct of the study was validated using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to examine the relationships between the variables of the study. The IBM SPSS Amos 25 software was used to analyze the CFA and SEM. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0007806 (IID), ucf:52348 (fedora) | |
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2019-12-01 Ph.D. Engineering and Computer Science, Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Doctoral This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | systems engineering -- systems engineering rigor -- launch vehicle -- rocket -- satellites -- complex systems -- payloads -- factors -- structural equation modeling -- confirmatory factor analysis -- organizational commitment -- value of systems engineering -- management support -- communication -- personnel -- systems engineer -- manufacturing -- integration and test -- system design -- launch vehicle organization -- critical factors -- critical success factors -- lessons learned -- best practices -- launch failures -- rocket failures -- factors affecting systems engineering -- improving systems engineering -- cause of failures -- contributing to failure -- SEM -- CFA | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007806 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public 2019-12-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
