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3.3.1 Why Don't System Engineers Want To Use System Engineering Tools?
Author(s) -
Hopkins Frank W.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1998.tb00052.x
Subject(s) - computer science , system of systems engineering , requirements engineering , parsing , software engineering , systems design , artificial intelligence , software , programming language
Consulting with several different companies over the past few years, I find many system engineering organizations either don't use system engineering tools or don't use them effectively. Reluctance to use system engineering tools impedes effective and efficient system engineering. Some of the problems are: Tools force one to do the hard work of system engineering and not gloss over such tasks as requirements parsing Tools often require one to go to a separate work area One never seems to finish the job when one uses a system engineering tool One doesn't have time because of the need for viewgraphs for the next design review. System engineering tools are complex; they differ in many ways from familiar word processing and viewgraph preparation tools. This paper will describe some pitfalls in non‐disciplined practice and how tools make the tasks easier. It will stress benefits of using tools rather than stream of consciousness. The paper will give recommendations for making tool use more acceptable.