Key Points
Systems engineering is concerned with all aspects of specifying, buying, designing, and testing complex sociotechnical systems.
Sociotechnical systems include computer hardware, software, and people, and are situated within an organization. They are designed to support organizational or business goals and objectives.
The emergent properties of a system are characteristics of the system as a whole rather than of its component parts. They include properties such as performance, reliability, usability, safety, and security.
The fundamental systems engineering processes are conceptual systems design, system procurement, system development, and system operation.
Conceptual systems design is a key activity where high-level system requirements ...
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