ABSTRACT
Systems Engineering (SE) practices such as Transition Management and Asset Lifecycle considerations should be embedded onto project lifecycle methodologies in order to improve the management of the system’s requirements throughout the lifecycle, from concept to operations to its eventual dis posal. The lifecycle for any system‐of‐interest must encompass not only the Development, Production, and Utilisation Stages but also provide early focus on the Retirement Stage when decommissioning and disposal of the system will occur.
Any robust project lifecycle methodology ought to fittingly accommodate a “built-in” Operational Readiness (OR) process. This chapter discusses how OR evolves throughout the project lifecycle (e.g., alignment of OR activities to lifecycle purposes), and the criticality of maintaining such a level of readiness throughout the operational stages. This raises the issue of Continuity of Operations and its implications in terms of maintenance and support. Operations processes should be able to avoid or recover from disasters while keeping the business going (i.e., operation-ready) following Ramp-Up.
