Fundamental principles of good system design

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 9-17

  Bahill, A Terry ^a   Botta, Rick ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Requirements; Reuse; System design; Systems of complex systems

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOFTWARE TESTING;

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; HARDWARE SYSTEM DESIGN; HARDWARE TEST; HARDWARE/SOFTWARE DESIGN; HARDWARESOFTWARE SYSTEM (HSA); REQUIREMENT; REQUIREMENTS CHANGE; REUSE; SIMPLE SYSTEM; SYSTEM OF COMPLEX SYSTEM;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 58649103342     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2008.11431783     Document Type: Article

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