Solved: Operational Requirements
- Assume that you have a business in garden care equipment and are planning to develop one or two models of lawn tractors to serve suburban homeowners. Consider the needs of the majority of such potential customers and write at least six operational requirements that express these needs. Remember the qualities of good requirements as you do so.
- Develop a set of operational requirements for a simple lawn tractor. Limit yourself to no more than 15 operational requirements.
- Develop a set of performance requirements for the same lawn tractor.
- How would you go about validating the requirements in (b)?
- Under the subsection Program Risks, five examples are listed of conditions that may result in a significant probability of program failure. For each example, explain riefly what consequences of the condition may lead to a program failure.
- Perform a trade study on choosing a new car. Identify four alternatives, between three and five criteria, and collect the necessary information required.
- Why do so many new complex system developments incur large risks by choosing to apply immature technology? Give an example of where and how such choices paid off and one where they did not.
- A PDR is an important event during engineering design and the systems engineer has a key role during this review. Assume you (the systems engineer) have been given the assignment to be the principal presenter for an important PDR. Discuss what specific actions you would take to prepare for this meeting. How would you prepare for items that could be considered controversial?
- Define the terms “verification” and “validation”. Describe the types of tests that are directed at each, and explain how they meet the definitions of these terms.