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CONCEIVING AND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
Setting System Goals and Requirements[edit | edit source]
Market needs and opportunities[edit | edit source]
Opportunities which derive from new technology or latent needs[edit | edit source]
Factors that set the context of the requirements[edit | edit source]
Enterprise goals, strategies, capabilities and alliances[edit | edit source]
Competitors and benchmarking information[edit | edit source]
Ethical, social, environmental, legal and regulatory influences[edit | edit source]
The probability of change in the factors that influence the system, its goals and resources available[edit | edit source]
System goals and requirements[edit | edit source]
The language/format of goals and requirements[edit | edit source]
Initial target goals (based on needs, opportunities and other influences)[edit | edit source]
System performance metrics[edit | edit source]
Requirement completeness and consistency[edit | edit source]
Defining Function, Concept and Architecture[edit | edit source]
Necessary system functions (and behavioral specifications)[edit | edit source]
The appropriate level of technology[edit | edit source]
Trade-offs among and recombination of concepts[edit | edit source]
High level architectural form and structure[edit | edit source]
The decomposition of form into elements, assignment of function to elements, and definition of interfaces[edit | edit source]
Modeling of System and Ensuring Goals Can Be Met[edit | edit source]
Appropriate models of technical performance[edit | edit source]
The concept of implementation and operations[edit | edit source]
Life cycle value and costs (design, implementation, operations, opportunity, etc.)[edit | edit source]
Trade-offs among various goals, function, concept and structure and iteration until convergence[edit | edit source]
Development Project Management[edit | edit source]
Project control for cost, performance, and schedule[edit | edit source]
Appropriate transition points and reviews[edit | edit source]
Configuration management and documentation[edit | edit source]
Performance compared to baseline[edit | edit source]
The estimation and allocation of resources[edit | edit source]
Possible development process improvements[edit | edit source]
