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3.8.4 Zoned Analysis: A Circular Bird's‐Eye View of Project Tasks and Deliverables 1
Author(s) -
Zirker Larry,
Johnesee Jim,
Hamelin Douglas
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2003.tb02710.x
Subject(s) - deliverable , hierarchy , construct (python library) , decomposition , center (category theory) , computer science , triangulation , software engineering , engineering , systems engineering , mathematics , programming language , geometry , political science , ecology , chemistry , law , crystallography , biology
Zoned analysis (ZA) is a graphical decomposition methodology initially practiced in academia to ensure that all aspects of a curriculum were addressed with lesson plans, but this method has been adapted as a systems engineering tool with multiple end uses to facilitate collaboration of team members, enhance management understanding of the project, show team members their responsibilities, link requirements to deliverables, and aid in gap analysis. A ZA appears as a bull's‐eye or target with partitioned pie‐shaped sections emanating from the center circle to outer circles. The title of the project or program is placed in the center circle. Subsequent partitioned circles, or zones, facilitate the decomposition hierarchy of the project with the outer‐most zones or elements evolving as terminal elements or deliverables. This article shows examples of ZAs and provides instruction on how to construct a ZA.