Project Life Cycle

Question 1

Project phases are used to:

Answer 1

help plan and manage major system developments.

Question 2

List the life cycle phases

Answer 2

Pre-A, A, B, C, D, E, F

Question 3

What is a baseline?

Answer 3

An agreed set of requirements designs and documents. A complete system description including requirements, designs, and documents.

Question 4

Pre-Phase A

Answer 4

Concept Initiation and Studies

Purpose: to produce a broad spectrum of ideas and alternatives for a mission.

Question 5

Phase A

Answer 5

Concept and Technology Development

Purpose: to determine the feasibility of new system in preparation.

Question 6

Phase B

Answer 6

Preliminary Design and Technology Completion

Purpose: to define the project in enough detail to establish an initial baseline.

Question 7

Phase C

Answer 7

Detailed Design + Fabrication

Purpose: to design a system so that it can meet its requirements

Question 8

Phase D

Answer 8

System Assembly, Integration, Test, and Launch

Purpose: to build the subsystems and integrate them into the overall system

Question 9

Phase E

Answer 9

Operations and Sustainment

Purpose: to ensure that the certified system is ready for operations

Question 10

Phase F

Answer 10

Closeout

To dispose the system responsibly

Question 11

System Requirements Baseline

Answer 11

Approved system level functional and performance requirements.

Question 12

Functional Baseline

Answer 12

Documentation describing a system’s functional performance and interfaces and verification methods to test those requirements

Question 13

Allocated Baseline

Answer 13

Extends top-level requirements of the functional baseline to sufficient detail for manufacturing or coding

Question 14

Product Baseline

Answer 14

Detailed form, fit and function. Production acceptance test requirements.

Question 15

‘As-Built’ Baseline

Answer 15

Form fit and function of system as it was built.

Question 16

Operational Baseline

Answer 16

Occurs at the ORR (operational readiness review) to be considered function and ready for operations.

Question 17

Vee Diagram: A-B-C Phases

Answer 17

Decomposition & Definition Sequence

Question 18

Vee Diagram: D-E-F Phases

Answer 18

Integration and Verification Sequence

Question 19

Vee Diagram:

Answer 19

1. Mission Requirements
2. Develop System Req. + Architecture
3. Allocate Performance Specs & Build Verification Plan
4. Design Components
5. Fabricate, Assemble, & Code
6. Verify Component Performance
7. componente integration + verification
8. Integrate system & Verify performance
9. System Demonstration + Validation

Question 20

Where is there more system’s engineering? Start or end of project

Answer 20

Start of project