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Enhance Quality in Complex Systems with a Common Project Model
Author(s) -
Ogren Ingmar
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1999.tb00297.x
Subject(s) - computer science , quality (philosophy) , complex system , systems engineering , risk analysis (engineering) , process management , software engineering , engineering , artificial intelligence , business , philosophy , epistemology
Complex systems concern multiple stakeholders and will often have multiple system representations such as the “real system” and various simulators. If the understanding of the system differs among the stakeholders and if the system representations differ from the “real system”, this is a quality problem. One way to attack this quality problem is to create a “Common Project Model (CPM)”, which is then common in two ways: it is common among the system's stakeholders it is common among the different representations of the system. To build a useful CPM, you need a tool‐supported modeling technique, which is understandable and sufficiently formal to model the structure and behavior of a complete system including the missions of the system with their connection to the different components in the system. The CPM should preferably be evolved together with the system. It can then be used to support various technical and application activities.