摘要: |
As ITS projects increasingly move into the deployment stage, the issue of software and system development practices becomes ever more critical. Virtually every transportation management system is now dependent on mission critical software for its proper functioning. Problems with large (and even medium scale) software development projects are legendary, running the gamut from cost overruns and major schedule delays, to the more critical issues of system safety, reliability and security. As a project advances further into its life cycle, solutions for design and coding errors become more complex and therefore more costly. The sad fact is that although these errors are largely preventable through the art of requirements management, this art is too often misunderstood and misapplied. Worse, in some cases there is no recognizable effort that is applied towards this key step of systems engineering. |