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LIFE CYCLE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING: A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPERATIVE
Author(s) -
Fiksel Joseph,
Brill James H. Jim
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1994.tb01790.x
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , software deployment , resource (disambiguation) , biosphere , risk analysis (engineering) , systems engineering , environmental quality , system lifecycle , computer science , environmental resource management , engineering , environmental planning , environmental science , business , product lifecycle , ecology , new product development , computer network , marketing , biology , programming language , operating system
The scope of systems engineering has rapidly expanded to encompass the full life cycle of system development, deployment and support. A number of important issues arise during the latter stages of this cycle related to the impact of a deployed system upon the biosphere. Such issues include health, safety, and environmental protection as well as recycling and resource conservation. This paper describes how the practice of Design for Environment can be incorporated into systems engineering, assuring that downstream environmental quality factors are incorporated into design trade‐off decisions.