> Microsoft Project isn't intended to be used to define requirements, perform technical trade studies, model and compare alternative system architectures, or configuration manage technical artifacts of the engineering process.
I never meant to imply that Microsoft Project is a suitable tool for aiding in any of these things. Anyone crazy enough to try...
But if you want to make a Gantt chart, Project does well enough. The NASA systems engineers I knew certainly used Project for that purpose. Thus I hardly think you can say that it "isn't suitable for systems engineering" as it is useful in creating/viewing/editing one of the key tools of a system engineer's work -- a project schedule.
I never meant to imply that Microsoft Project is a suitable tool for aiding in any of these things. Anyone crazy enough to try...
But if you want to make a Gantt chart, Project does well enough. The NASA systems engineers I knew certainly used Project for that purpose. Thus I hardly think you can say that it "isn't suitable for systems engineering" as it is useful in creating/viewing/editing one of the key tools of a system engineer's work -- a project schedule.