ABSTRACT
This chapter describes some of the basic systems concepts essential to effective implementation of the systems engineering process. Validation and verification are tasks associated with activities within the systems engineering process. Verification ensures that the selected solution meets its specified technical requirements, and properly integrates with interfacing products. The purpose of the building block is to serve as a “framework” for application of the systems engineering process. The systems engineering process is applied recursively on each building block at each development layer. The enabling subsystems of a building block provide the means by which the life cycle activities are implemented for the (operations) end product. Systems engineers often only concern themselves with the system requirements and sometimes even the development requirements. The systems engineering process should translate the non-technical requirements into specific language of the relevant engineering domain.
