Infusing Spec TRM in the Team X environment
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Infusing Spec. TRM in the Team. X environment Leila Meshkat¹, Kathryn Weiss², Michael Luna¹, Nancy Leveson² 1: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology 2: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Outline • Application (Team. X) • Benefits of Applying Spec. TRM • Other possible applications
What is Team. X? • The concurrent engineering design team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. – Started in April 1995 – Improved the speed and quality of JPL’s new mission concepts. – More than 600 studies completed to date. – Consists of 17 discipline experts and one team leader.
Benefits of applying Spec. TRM • Design Rationale • Hazard & Risk Analysis • Providing traceability between: – Requirements – Action Items – Risks – Decisions • System level traceability.
Conclusions & Future Directions • Case study conducted using Spec. TRM in Team. X indicates that it’s feasible and useful to use this software within the team environment. • Several architectural/process changes need to made in order to adopt this tool. • Systems Engineers need to be trained to use this software. • In order to make the best use of Spec. TRM, we need to build libraries and knowledge-bases – Of various subsystem module designs • Including the rationale and traceability. • Including linkage to the requirements.
