Question: System Design and Development

1. Answer all 4 questions.

2. Expected to use scholarly journal articles and generally accepted scholarly materials as support for your answers.

3. Answers to each question will be limited to one page, not more than 2 pages and be single spaced in Times New Roman 12 point font with 1 inch margins on all sides. This includes all charts and tables.

4. References and citations will be made using APA style and references will be listed at the end of each answer (references will not count as part of the 2 page answer limit).

5. Answers will be graded based on grammar, quality, originality, and style.

6. Due Saturday, August 12th, 2017.

Q1: Focusing on the first three elements of the preliminary design stage in the systems design process. Describe, compare, and contrast the defining characteristics of sub-system requirements analysis, requirements allocation, and interface identification and design. Please specifically address the flow-down relationship through each of these elements.

Q2: The Preliminary Design Review (PDR). Discuss the role that the PDR plays in the preliminary design stage include a description, and examples, of the main components.

Q3: Focusing on the "Lower-level Design." Discuss and explain the importance of assembly design and its relationship to sub-assembly design within the scope of informing the Final Design Review. Specifically include discussion and examples of technical performance measures (TPM) and verification for lower-level component specification requirements.

Q4: Focusing on "the role of evaluations, reviews, and audits in systems design."

(1) Define, compare, and contrast verification and validation in the systems design process. Provide real-world examples.

(2) Describe the benefits and drawbacks of evaluations, reviews, and audits in systems design. Provide examples from your professional experience and/or case-studies.