| The increasing complexity of Aerospace and Defense (A&D) systems, as well as some commercial systems, increases the challenges of designing and developing these systems within cost and schedule requirements while meeting performance requirements. As the design of a system increases in size and complexity, the organization that is responsible to design, develop, and produce the system also increases in size and complexity. The organization that is responsible for managing a complex program is called a "program organization". Therefore, the complexities associated with the design of an organization create a need for a systematic approach to effectively design, develop, and deliver a complex program.;The objective of this research was to develop a methodology including a Design Support Model (DSM) to design a program organization. This methodology is for designing a program organization utilizing the Program Organization Architecture Framework (POAF). The DSM is formulated based on the Program Organization Architecture Description (POAD) - an application for executing the POAF- as a constraint programming model to support the decision makers in solving a resource-constrained scheduling problem. The methodology is developed in accordance with systems engineering process and methods and followed the principles of system architecting.;This methodology provides a comprehensive approach based on a systematic approach to designing a program organization. The significance of this methodology lies in its ability to produce a feasible and optimized (in sense of cost and schedule) program organization design. The methodology also provides a practical approach that supports the decision makers in determining the "right mix" of personnel resources within the specified program's cost and schedule constraints and develops the program organization. |
