Date of Award
2022
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Committee Chair
Dale Thomas
Committee Member
Harry Delugach
Committee Member
Kristin Weger
Committee Member
Sampson Gholston
Committee Member
Bryan Mesmer
Subject(s)
Systems engineering--Communication, Requirements engineering
Abstract
“Requirements” are often presented as a necessary, if not mandated, component or tool of the systems engineering process. Despite their place in engineering, low quality requirements are the first potential mistakes of an engineering project and their effects are potentially felt downstream in the form of increased costs and schedule overruns. Innovations to improve requirements engineering have historically omitted the requirement media. This research provides the rationale and process heuristics to include alternate media requirement expressions within systems engineering which shifts accountability to higher context requirement expressions that may require less cognitive load while decreasing effort and schedule thereby potentially providing for more efficient systems engineering and more effective systems.
Recommended Citation
Kolligs, Jason, "The case for alternate media requirement expressions in systems engineering" (2022). Dissertations. 251.
https://louis.uah.edu/uah-dissertations/251