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FIRST‐ORDER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING: A CASE STUDY
Author(s) -
Jackson Scott,
Renton Meg
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1993.tb01560.x
Subject(s) - documentation , aerospace , order (exchange) , process (computing) , software engineering , computer science , software , systems engineering , base (topology) , engineering management , engineering , business , programming language , mathematics , aerospace engineering , mathematical analysis , finance
This paper stresses the importance of the System Engineering (SE) process in the contractor funded R&D phase of a project. This practice, first, permits major decisions to be made before extensive resources are committed to hardware and software designs. Secondly, it directs R&D efforts for following years. Finally, it saves money by concentrating on technical content rather than formal documentation. Examples are shown for the McDonnell Douglas Aerospace funded Lunar Base Reference Design study. Sample formats are shown for simplified documentation. The process is called First‐Order Systems Engineering (FOSE).