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“Working Together”: The Boeing 777 Cabin Management System
Author(s) -
Morrison Arthur F.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1993.tb01585.x
Subject(s) - viewpoints , systems engineering , avionics , deliverable , process (computing) , engineering , system of systems engineering , task (project management) , engineering management , systems design , computer science , aerospace engineering , art , visual arts , operating system
The new Boeing 777 Cabin Management System (CMS) is being developed by the Boeing Defense & Space Group Commercial Avionics Systems (CAS) for the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG). CAS is performing the detailed system engineering based on BCAG provided system requirements. With both of these groups involved in the development effort, the system engineering process being employed utilizes system engineering elements from both organizations. As might be expected, combining system engineering methods from both groups necessitates the use of an integrated approach. Challenges arise from administrative as well as technical viewpoints. Many considerations have to be addressed, including the level of functional development and system architecture definition specified by each group, the use of requirement development teams and their responsibilities, the form and content of the deliverable system engineering products, and the establishment of and requirements for key system engineering milestones. This paper defines the various aspects of the system engineering approach being applied to the Boeing 777 CMS system engineering task. The steps that have been taken to integrate the two groups are explained and analyzed to provide insight into how to apply an integrated system engineering approach to a product development effort.