[SystemSafety] A Common Programming Language for the Department of Defense

[Gareth Lock]

 From my perspective as an ex-Requirements Manager for the MOD 
delivering Defensive Aids Systems for rotary platforms and large fixed 
wing aircraft, you can have capability level requirements captured in 
the User Requirement Document (URD). These are broad in nature and 
definitely not tied to a technical solutions. Technical, system-level 
requirements are contained within the Systems Requirements Document 
(SRD) which is about passing specific tests, the ways in which these 
will be shown to have passed are contained in the Integrated Test, 
Evaluation and Assessment Plan (ITEAP) which covers all of the 
‘boxes’ as they are integrated into the platform, plus how it will 
be programmed and how well it performs ‘on platform’ and not just in 
the engineering lab.

When dealing with integrated solutions which make up the capability, the 
difficulty is understanding the interactions between the data, the 
equipment, the training, the integration and the platform and then 
ensuring it still meets the URD requirements. The MOD tries to do this 
with lines of development (LODs). Training, Equipment, Personnel, 
Information, Policy and Doctrine, Organisation, Infrastructure and 
Logistics (TEPIDOIL). A capability is only delivered when all of the 
requirements under each of the lines of development are met.

Regards

Gareth Lock
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On 2 May 2017, at 10:58, Michael Jackson wrote:

> Paul:
>
> Are “Requirements” a description of the stakeholders’ needs, 
> purposes and
> desires that the product should fulfil? Or the specification of a 
> product that
> will fulfil them? Or are these two just the same thing?
>
> Regards,
>
> —  Michael Jackson
>
>
>> On 2 May 2017, at 09:52, Paul_E.Bennett at topmail.co.uk wrote:
>>
>> On 02/05/2017 at 1:54 AM, "Les Chambers" <les at chambers.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>> Paul
>>> You tantalize us. What are your six Cs?
>>> I will start the ball rolling with project management's seven Ps :
>>> "Proper planning and preparation prevents piss poor performance."
>>> Les
>>
>> Les, as it seems you are not going to dig back through the archives, 
>> the
>> six C's are simply:-
>>
>> Requirements shall be Clear, Concise, Coherent, Complete, Correct and
>> Confirmable.
>>
>> Requirements that meet all the above six C's will generally be much 
>> better
>> to begin work from. Geting them into that sort of shape often 
>> requires
>> some work be expended in a to and fro activity with the client.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET
>> Systems Engineer
>>
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