Sommerville-Software-Engineering-10ed

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Systems engineering
Objectives
The objectives of this chapter are to explain why software engineers
should understand systems engineering and to introduce the most
important systems engineering processes. When you have read this
chapter, you will:
■ know what is meant by a sociotechnical system and understand why
human, social, and organizational issues affect the requirements and
design of software systems;
■ understand the idea of conceptual design and why it is an essential
first stage in the systems engineering process;
■ know what is meant by system procurement and understand why different
system procurement processes are used for different types of system;
■ know about the key systems engineering development processes and
their relationships.
Contents
19.1 Sociotechnical systems
19.2 Conceptual design
19.3 System procurement
19.4 System development
19.5 System operation and evolution