2-1 Assignment: Needs Analysis and Requirement Short Responses

38701Overview: Throughout this course, you will have opportunities to demonstrate what you are learning by completing a series of worksheets. In this module, the
short-response questions will allow you to check your understanding of needs analysis, requirement elicitation, and requirements management.
Prompt: Utilize the Module Two Worksheet for this assignment.
The following critical elements must be addressed:
1. Describe and define the principal outputs (products) of needs analysis. List and define the primary systems engineering activities that contribute to
these products.
2. Consider the needs of potential customers and write at least six requirements that express these needs, including the qualities of good requirements.
3. Identify the basic steps in the system engineering process, and describe some of the inputs and outputs associated with each step.
4. Explain the purpose of feasibility analysis, including what information is desired from such an analysis.
5. Explain why the definition of system operational requirements is important and what is included.
6. Identify a specific problem to solve through the design and development of a new system. For the system:
a) Describe the current deficiency and identify the need for the new system.
b) Discuss the various alternative technical approaches you may wish to consider in designing the new system.
c) Define the basic operational requirements for the new system.
d) Define the maintenance concept for the new system.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Utilize the Module Two Worksheet to complete this assignment, including any sources cited in APA format.