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6.5.4 CloudSat System Engineering: Techniques That Point to a Future Success
Author(s) -
Basilio Ralph R.,
Boain Ronald J.,
Lam Try
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2002.tb02566.x
Subject(s) - computer science , systems engineering , process (computing) , set (abstract data type) , software deployment , risk analysis (engineering) , cloud computing , key (lock) , process management , engineering management , engineering , software engineering , operating system , medicine , computer security , programming language
Numerous books, articles, and technical papers have been written on system engineering's role in successful project management. Components of the project development life cycle such as the definition and analysis of requirements, the design process, configuration control, and risk management are frequently identified as key ingredients to the successful outcome of any endeavor. This is true for deployment of a product or system and also for rollout of an important service. Most of the literature focuses on what the major system engineering steps are without necessarily addressing how to complete each step or how to successfully transition between them. Over the past three years the CloudSat Project, a NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder mission to provide from space the first global survey of cloud profiles and cloud physical properties, has implemented a successful project system engineering approach. Techniques learned through heuristic reasoning of past project events and professional experience were applied along with select methods recently touted to increase effectiveness without compromising efficiency. The use of an online database as the single repository for officially identified requirements and completing a streamlined system‐level fault tree analysis and accompanying probabilistic risk assessment are some specific examples. The collective set has allowed the CloudSat Project to be successful through formulation, approval, and at least early implementation phase.