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INFORMATION SYSTEM TRENDS INFLUENCING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Author(s) -
Howe Donald M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1995.tb01972.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , computer science , information system , systems engineering , salient , systems development life cycle , system of systems , information engineering , software engineering , systems design , engineering management , software , software development , engineering , software development process , artificial intelligence , electrical engineering , programming language
Government and industry are focusing on “information” system technology to provide dramatic changes that will be the critical factors in a comprehensive range of activities from achieving‐competitive‐advantage to winning‐wars. System, software, and security engineering for information systems involve principles and practices that continue to evolve. This paper identifies, compares, and questions those principles and practices. It characterizes the information system development/integration paradigms as being in a state of flux. In addition, architectural concepts are discussed that provide a framework for information system services that support a variety of missions and functions. Three salient points of the paper are: (1) system engineers should become familiar with “technical” information system architecture alternatives, (2) advances in technology are leading to the merging of system, software, and hardware engineering disciplines at the architectural level, and (3) requirements‐definition and design‐resolution procedures are being revolutionized through incremental/continuous development paradigms.