Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
2006
Publication Title
27th Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2006 - Managing Change: Managing People and Technology in a Rapidly Changing World
Pages
58-65
Conference Name
27th Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2006 - Managing Change: Managing People and Technology in a Rapidly Changing World, 25-28 October 2006, Huntsville, Alabama
Abstract
Traditional systems engineering focuses efforts on developing requirements that are assumed to be objective, definitive, and unwavering. However, the function, development, and utilization of requirements for System of Systems Engineering (SoSE) do not have the level of maturity or sophistication as traditional systems engineering. To avoid miscalculation of the nature and role of requirements in SoSE, a closer examination is necessary. It would be presumptuous to assume that SoSE requirements are a simple extrapolation of traditional systems engineering requirements. The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of requirements from a SoSE perspective. This examination is concentrated in four primary areas: (1) introduction of the chief differences between SoSE and traditional systems engineering, (2) development of a brief background on the nature and role of requirements from a traditional systems engineering perspective, (3) critical distinctions in the SoSE problem domain with implications for requirements thinking, and (4) development of preliminary guidance for approaching requirements differently in the SoSE problem domain. The paper concludes with development of key issues for the development and use of requirements in the SoSE domain.
Rights
Copyright © 2006. Reprinted with permission of the American Society for Engineering Management. International Annual Conference. All rights reserved.
ORCID
0000-0001-9452-9105 (Keating), 0000-0003-0144-9099 (Sousa-Poza),
Original Publication Citation
Keating, C., Sousa-Poza, A., & Kovacic, S. (2006). Management of system of systems engineering: System of systems engineering requirements. In 27th Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2006 - Managing Change: Managing People and Technology in a Rapidly Changing World (pp. 58-65). American Society for Engineering Management.
Repository Citation
Keating, Charles; Sousa-Poza, Andres; and Kovacic, Samuel, "Management of System of Systems Engineering: System of Systems Engineering Requirements" (2006). Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications. 247.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/emse_fac_pubs/247