Requirements Management (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Content scheduling

The study period starts on Saturday 28.9. on the intensive day, when the learning tasks done individually and in groups are also published.
A more detailed sequence of the content is described in the weekly program of the course in Moodle. Moodle opens on the start day of the course.
The course ends on 31.12.

Objective

The student understands the importance requirements in different phases of the life cycle of a product, process or service. The student knows the basics of system engineering process and the principles and methods of product data and configuration management. The student has the ability to evaluate and develop requirement management of a system or process related to configuration, quality, safety, reliability, availability, supportability, obsolescence, disposal, environment, sustainability etc. The student can by doing calculations estimate the life cycle cost or profit and compare profitability of investments.

Content

Product design and development process. Design phase in the life cycle. Design for X concept. Collecting and storing of product requirements. Assessment and development of requirements for quality and reliability through history data. Allocation of requirements. Trading off between requirements. Life cycle cost and profit calculations. Investment calculations.

Materials

Main material:
Blanchard, B. & Byler, J. E. (2016) System Engineering Management. 5th ed. Hoboken (NJ): John Wiley & Sons.
Koelsch, G. (2016) Requirements Writing for System Engineering. Berkeley, CA: Apress
Farr, J. V. & Faber, I. (2019) Engineering economics of life cycle cost analysis. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press
Sage, A. P. & Rose, W. B. (2009) Handbook of systems engineering and management. 2nd ed. Hoboken (NJ): John Wiley & Sons
Other literature:
Gibson, J. E., Scherer, W. T. & Gibson, W. F. (2007) How to Do Systems Analysis. Hoboken (NJ): John Wiley & Sons
O’Connor, Patrick D. T. & Kleyner, Andre. 2012. Practical Reliability Engineering. Chichester (UK): John Wiley & Sons
Jardine, Andrew K. S. & Tsang, Albert H. C. 2013. Maintenance, Replacement, and Reliability. Theory and Applications. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press

Teaching methods

Online teaching includes lectures, exercises and group discussion, where the whole group is present. The course contains mandatory preliminary and learning assignments, which involve the teacher's small group and individual guidance during the course.

Employer connections

As a general rule, the exercises performed during the course are intended to be related to the evaluation and development of the students' own work tasks or the employer's activities.

Exam schedules

No exams.

International connections

-

Completion alternatives

The admission procedures are described in the degree rule and the study guide. The teacher of the course will give you more information on possible specific course practices.

Student workload

The scope of five credits corresponds to an average workload of 135 hours.
Contacts online for about 35 hours
Independent and group work about 100 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient (1): The student knows the basic concepts and methods of requirements management.

Satisfactory (2): The student knows the basic concepts and methods of requirements management and shows ability to apply them in specific cases.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3): The student knows the basic concepts and methods of requirements management and shows ability to apply them in one's field of work.

Very good (4): The student knows the basic concepts and methods of requirements management and shows ability to apply them using justifications, comparisons and analyses to solve work-related problems.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): The student knows the basic concepts and methods of requirements management and shows ability to apply them in many ways, critically and innovatively to develop one's field of work.

Qualifications

Technical background

Further information

The assessment is based on teacher's evaluation, self evaluation and peer assessment