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Inclusion of human values in the specification of systems: bridging design and systems engineering
Author(s) -
Pinto José,
Falk Kristin,
Kjørstad Marianne
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2019.00604.x
Subject(s) - bridging (networking) , computer science , system requirements specification , systems engineering , requirements analysis , requirements engineering , human systems engineering , software engineering , inclusion (mineral) , systems design , engineering management , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , artificial intelligence , business , programming language , computer network , software , gender studies , sociology
This paper investigates a method for ensuring that systems engineers generate requirements related to human values. It looks at the work of a project team that designs and develops complex systems in a company recognized for the application of Systems Engineering to deliver innovative systems. The research data was drawn from a real project. We developed a tool that prescribes a structure to analyze human stakeholders and to describe use case scenarios. The tool enabled the systems engineers to generate twenty‐five new requirements all of which were added to the system specification. Thirteen of these requirements contain aspects related to human values. Initially, the specification included only two requirements related to human values. We conclude that the importance of specifying human values has increased among the engineers of the team. Further investigation is ongoing in order to evaluate the potential of generalizing the new tool, its efficiency and effectiveness.