Principles Of Systems Engineering And Scenarios

Abstract

During the last decade, advances in microprocessor and network technology have led to a proliferation of complex systems with distributed processing and databases, internal communication systems, and heterogeneous components. The processing components can themselves be a system, or they can be embedded in a physical system such as an automobile, aircraft, or medical diagnostic system. The set of system and software engineers have experienced difficulties communicating with each other. These engineers need to communicate with a common viewpoint of both product and process. This working work will continue work to develop a common process viewpoint resulting from SES '96. This workshop is the second in a series of systems engineering workshops sponsored by IEEE, and other organizations that will lead to the discussion of systems engineering standards. Several questions will be considered during the workshop are: 0 What are the guiding principles for systems engineering? What scenarios illustrate needed interactions between systems and software engineers? Is there a common product or process model that can be used for systems engineering? What are the interfaces between systems engineering and other disciplines (e.g., manufacturing, chip developers, configuration management, etc.)?