FAQ

 
 

1. What is Digital requirements engineering?

Digital Requirements Engineering is a process where key aspects of a capability to be acquired are maintained in digital models in a central repository, thus allowing for:

  • easy incorporation of changes as users refine their requirements

  • better understanding of complex interactions between components within a complex system

  • more refined and accurate cost and effort estimation

  • de-risking acquisitions by improving the quality of the final requirements documentation

2. what is concurrent design?

Concurrent Design (CD) is a multi-disciplinary design approach where all key stakeholders in the development of a system work together to iterate through both the requirements and the design until an optimal solution is reached. CD is supported by:

  • a set of well-defined processes

  • underlying technology used to maintain digital models (CDP4)

  • a trained facilitator (team leader) and system engineer

  • a custom facility built especially for hosting CD sessions

3. why is concurrent design so important for public sector clients?

When used in a public-sector setting, the main output of a Concurrent Design activity is an improved set of requirements that can then provide the basis for an industry tender. Concurrent Design can replace the typical waterfall processes used by most public-sector acquisition organizations, yet it is still 100% compatible with public sector tender policies and regulations. Using CD, the European Space Agency has been able to reduce the time required to conduct project feasibility studies and the development of business cases by a factor of four, doing in thee to six weeks what used to take six to nine months. They have reduced the cost of the early stage of projects by 50% and, perhaps most importantly reduced the number of engineering changes after contract award by more than 30%. Public sector clients using document-centric, waterfall processes should very strongly consider implementing Concurrent Design for complex projects.

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