Systems Engineering

- may manifest itself as a bridge, a custom-designed home entertainment center, a custom software system, or a unique consulting session.

- May be consumable or repairable.

• System sustainability

• Systems engineering and analysis

• Multiple-Entity Population Systems

• Single-Entity Product Systems

often homogenous in nature, are quite common.

• Identified functional needs

• System sustainability

• Multiple-Entity Population Systems

• Systems engineering and analysis

reveals unexpected ways of using technology

• Systems engineering and analysis

• Single-Entity Product Systems

• Multiple-Entity Population Systems

• System sustainability

- can help insure that the system continues meeting the functional needs

- contributes to overall sustainability of the environment

• Product competitiveness

• Identified functional needs

• System sustainability

• Systems engineering and analysis

– any useful system must respond to

• Multiple-Entity Population Systems

• Identified functional needs

• System sustainability

• Single-Entity Product Systems

desired by both commercial and public-sector producers worldwide.

• Baseline

• Life-cycle phases

• Product competitiveness

• Lifecycle-guided design

– classified as acquisition and utilization to recognize producer and customer activities

• Product competitiveness

• Life-cycle phases

• Lifecycle-guided design

• Multiple-Entity Population Systems

is simultaneously responsive to customer needs and life-cycle outcomes.

• Product competitiveness

• Lifecycle-guided design

• Baseline

• System sustainability

describes the systems engineering process

• Life-cycle phases

• Overarching objective

• Baseline

• Product competitiveness

a process that should be “tailored” to the specific program need.

• Lifecycle-guided design

• Overarching objective

• Waterfall model

• Identified functional needs