By Gareth Digby, Vitech Principal Systems Engineer Summary Eliciting the requirements for a system is an important first step in the system’s creation. Use cases provide an effective means of capturing the stakeholder’s understanding of the system’s needs. This post demonstrates how Chapanis & Fitts’ “Human-Machine-Environment” Matrix can provide a …

By Ron Kratzke, Principal Systems Engineer The following conversation is a question and response on the Vitech Community Site Forums– feel free to comment on the forums or join the Vitech LinkedIn page with your questions! For the “Performs/Allocated To” relation between Components and Functions or Performers and Operational Activity …

By Charles Wasson, Principal Consultant, Instructor, and Coach/Mentor at Wasson Strategics, LLC Vitech guest Charles Wasson presented a webinar on States and Modes a few weeks ago, and here is a response to one of the questions he received: Do you have any advice for defining modes and states during …

Designing a system solution is a creative act in the fullest sense of the word. Among the most common definitions of creativity there are two recurring elements. Creativity is most often described as the act of producing something that is both novel and valuable. This certainly describes the systems engineering …