Title :
Forensic ECBS: the way forward
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Middlesex Univ., London, UK
Abstract :
Forensic systems engineering is the discipline investigating the history of IT failures. It therefore focuses on the post-mortem analysis and study of project disasters. This focus group report explains the context and rationale for forensic engineering, highlighting the need for a professional discipline of ECBS (engineering of computer-based systems). It makes a case for the dissemination of failure histories by drawing on the accompanying case report of the Melbourne Ambulance Service despatch system.
Keywords :
dispatching; emergency services; project engineering; software management; systems engineering; IT failure history; Melbourne Ambulance Service; ambulance despatch system; case report; computer-based systems; failure history dissemination; forensic engineering; post-mortem analysis; professional discipline; project disasters; systems engineering; Decision making; Engineering drawings; Failure analysis; Feedback; Forensics; History; Information technology; Reliability engineering; Risk management; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering of Computer Based Systems, 2001. ECBS 2001. Proceedings. Eighth Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1086-8
DOI :
10.1109/ECBS.2001.922440
