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5.1.5 A Systems Engineering Methodology for Combat Systems Development
Author(s) -
Merritt Roger,
Cropley David
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2002.tb02455.x
Subject(s) - system of systems , systems development life cycle , litany , engineering , engineering management , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , systems engineering , software development , operations research , process management , business , systems design , software , software development process , geography , archaeology , programming language
Combat system development is difficult to do well; many issues surround the development of such systems. The history of the creation of large, complex, socio‐technical systems has been marred by a litany of project failures. Poor project outcomes result in business failure and significantly reduce the capability that can be achieved for the modest defense budgets of countries like Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. This situation is being exacerbated by the increasing dependence of modern military systems on software and the increasing complexity of such systems. This paper highlights major issues faced by the defense industries of ‘intermediate’ nations such as those listed. It proposes a solution in the form of a systems engineering methodology appropriate to combat system development.