Acknowledgements I would like to convey my appreciation to NASA and the individual mangers and colleagues that both sponsored my participation in the Systems Design and Management Program and continued to express genuine interest and encouragement throughout the program I would also like to express my gratitude to my thesis advisor Dr.Olivier L.de Weck and technical advisor Dr.Raymond Sedwick for their willingness to give the precious commodities of knowledge and time. Finally,I would like to thank my parents Karl and Judy,children Melanie and Abigail, and wife Beth for sharing their lives and establishing the most valuable of life's architectural frameworks. 4Acknowledgements I would like to convey my appreciation to NASA and the individual mangers and colleagues that both sponsored my participation in the Systems Design and Management Program and continued to express genuine interest and encouragement throughout the program. I would also like to express my gratitude to my thesis advisor Dr. Olivier L. de Weck and technical advisor Dr. Raymond Sedwick for their willingness to give the precious commodities of knowledge and time. Finally, I would like to thank my parents Karl and Judy, children Melanie and Abigail, and wife Beth for sharing their lives and establishing the most valuable of life’s architectural frameworks. 4