3. System life cycle and life cycle processes
3.1 Phases, stages and processes
The immoderate, and certainly unconscious, use of ellipsis in systems engineering discourse is undoubtedly a major source of confusion in collective understanding. This is particularly true of terms that may refer to a phase of the project (or program) cycle, a stage in the system's life cycle, or a process: for example, the term "integration" may refer to a program phase, a stage in the system's life cycle, or an engineering process. Many other terms contribute to this dilution of meaning: design, verification, validation, qualification, etc.
First of all, let's take a moment to introduce and distinguish between the different concepts of phase, stage and process.
In systems engineering, there are two...
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Resources to find out more
Bibliography
Websites
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AFIS : Association française d'ingénierie système (AFIS) :
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INCOSE: International Council for Systems Engineering :
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Events
CSDM (Complex Systems Design and Management) conference, held every year in Paris.
ICSSEA (International Conference on Software and Systems Engineering and their Applications), takes place every year in Paris.
The INCOSE conference takes place every year, at different venues.
Standards and norms
- ASD-STAN Management de l'ingénierie système. - prEN 9277:2013 - (2013).
- ASD-STAN Recommandation générale pour l'acquisition et la fourniture de systèmes ouverts. - prEN 9320:2013 - (2013)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers. ASME Standard: Operation And Flow Process Charts, New York (1947).
European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) :
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