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3 WORKPRODUCT SYNCRONIZATION USING THE SYNCHRO‐X™ LIFECYCLE MODEL AND OBJECT TECHNOLOGY
Author(s) -
Beshore David G.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1999.tb00283.x
Subject(s) - product lifecycle , system lifecycle , product management , application lifecycle management , computer science , product design specification , software engineering , systems engineering , new product development , process management , workflow , engineering , product (mathematics) , product design , database , business , programming language , geometry , mathematics , software , marketing
Systems Engineering (SE) requires computer‐based information capture, synthesis, and rework to complete on‐time, quality SE documents – also known as SE workproducts. Product development lifecycle application is often challenged early, in the formative stages, when customer commitment and client resourcefulness are undefined. Goal‐directed effort can only be performed if the SE work products and product development lifecycle model are coordinated ‐ an example is shown in this paper by the new Synchro‐X™ lifecycle model along with implemention of object oriented techniques and workflow practices. This new lifecycle model requires an understanding of Object Technology (OT) (Ambler 1998, Cantor 1998, Goldberg 1995, IBM 1997, Jacobson 1992, Meyer 1995, Taylor 1998) for the development, co‐ordination and completion of work products during a program's process execution and product development. Current systems engineering standards and capability maturity models (SE‐CMM 1995) are used as the foundation for these lifecycle models and practices. This paper examines: the application of object technology to systems engineering, the use of Synchro‐X™ lifecycle model which integrates process and product development, how work can be synchronized at the practice, process and product class levels, the need to focus on Process to minimize rework, and how workflow technology can reduce the risk of product development.