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1.2 - System Life Cycle
1.2 - System Life Cycle
PART 2
Systems engineering is predominantly related to the
Acquisition Phase of the system life cycle and, to a
lesser extent, the Utilisation Phase.
For these two major phases, we will use the life-cycle
activities that are the most commonly used activities
(particularly in the defence and aerospace sectors).
The names of the activities began with the military
standards and early work by Blanchard and Fabrycky
and most of the modern systems engineering and
project management standards.
In the Acquisition Phase, the activities are
Conceptual Design, Preliminary Design, Detailed
Design and Development, and Construction and/or...