DocumentCode :
2239053
Title :
Balancing abstraction and implementation constraints when specifying problems
Author :
Char, Glenn K M
Author_Institution :
Syst. Eng. & Integration Dept., Integrated Syst. & Solutions, Colorado Springs, CO
fYear :
2006
fDate :
24-26 April 2006
Abstract :
The globalization of enterprise systems is challenging traditional approaches to problem definition. Increasingly, customers are defining their needs with capabilities descriptions and effects based concepts. Their operational systems-of-systems (SoS) perspective often simply aggregates desired information and functionality. This is advantageous, as it does not constrain designers to a pre-conceived solution. However, their conceptual descriptions fail to account for the complexity of combining normally independent systems to achieve the desired emergent behavior. Their capability statements abstractly describe concepts which are interactively complex and often difficult to support. High system interdependencies demands system support structures be properly integrated, often nationally or globally. This situation creates a discontinuity between specifying desired outcomes and functionality with few operational boundaries, but which still have formal organization, ownership and contractual boundaries. Without balancing the two opposing perspectives, abstracted needs are indirectly specifying systems changes that are unrealistic for actual implementation
Keywords :
business data processing; formal specification; formal verification; globalisation; software architecture; capability statement; constraint implementation; enterprise system; formal organization; globalization; operational systems-of-systems perspective; Acceleration; Aggregates; Automation; Computer interfaces; Globalization; Hardware; Humans; Potential well; Springs; Systems engineering and theory;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
System of Systems Engineering, 2006 IEEE/SMC International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0188-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SYSOSE.2006.1652267
Filename :
1652267
Link To Document :
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