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1.2.3 The Systems Engineer
A system engineer is the connecting link between the disciplines in a project,
which are sometimes very different. System engineers think along the line of the
entire system, independent of software, hardware, or other specific views.
From the organizational perspective, the systems engineering discipline ranks
like a staff unit. It reports directly to the corporate management on the entire
project which, in turn, communicates directly with the other development departments.
Systems engineers should not be mediators between the project management
and the development departments. They are the architects 4 on system level.
They have to be capable of dealing with different development departments
about domain issues rather than just playing the role of observers and go-between
for messages. In particular, a system engineer has decision authority. According to
INCOSE, 20 to 30 percent of the entire project budget should be allocated to systems
engineering [45].
Many projects lack the organizational unit systems engineering shown in Figure
1.


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