5.2 - Ground Segment System Engineering, Integration & Test (SEIT)

5.2-6 Level 2 Tasks

Tasks Applicable Mission Phases Description SFWC Artifacts References
5.2-6-1 Ensure ground segment has established requirements for analyses, modeling and simulation tools Phase A | Phase B | Phase C | Ensure ground segment planning documentation includes a complete list of analyses, modeling and simulation tools to be developed or acquired. Ensure a complete list of tools that includes all analysis and functional analysis, design and development, verification and validation, and sustainment and maintenance of both hardware and software is described in the plans. Ensure other tools to be used in the program, such as: project management, data/document management, requirements & traceability management, schedule management, risk management, cost accounting and reporting, metrics, configuration management, quality assurance, and software development environment are also described in the plans. NA System/Segment Specification (SSS) SMC-S-001, Systems Engineering Requirements and Products, 12 July 2010 or equivalent; IEEE-STD-1220: For Practical Systems Engineering
5.2-6-2 Ensure analysis, modeling and simulation tools are developed and validated, and maintained in a timely manner Phase A | Phase B | Phase C | Phase D1 | Ensure all tools identified in the program plans are developed, validated, under configuration management, and undergo regular maintenance. Ensure all developed tools are validated and deployed for use, and are maintained, such that they are available for use when required by program plans and schedules. NA NA SMC-S-001, Systems Engineering Requirements and Products, 12 July 2010 or equivalent; IEEE-STD-1220: For Practical Systems Engineering
5.2-6-3 Ensure all analysis, modeling and simulation tools are captured and configuration controlled Phase A | Phase B | Phase C | Phase D1 | Ensure that all analysis, modeling and simulation tools are captured and configuration controlled. Ensure that, whenever tools are used, the tool configuration, including the running environment, are captured together with the results. NA NA SMC-S-001, Systems Engineering Requirements and Products, 12 July 2010 or equivalent; IEEE-STD-1220: For Practical Systems Engineering
5.2-6-4 Ensure requirements analysis and validation are performed to define and validate segment performance requirements Phase A | Phase B | Phase C | Ensure segment performance and segment characteristics requirements are validated by program approved validated tools in accordance with program plans NA NA SMC-S-001, Systems Engineering Requirements and Products, 12 July 2010 or equivalent; IEEE-STD-1220: For Practical Systems Engineering
5.2-6-5 Ensure functional analyses and trade studies are performed to generate a functional architecture that implements input level requirements, and is used to generate the current level requirements Phase A | Phase B | Phase C | Ensure functional architecture is selected and validated using program approved tools and trade studies. Ensure requirements at all levels are based, where appropriate, on program approved trade studies performed with program approved analytical tools. NA NA SMC-S-001, Systems Engineering Requirements and Products, 12 July 2010 or equivalent; IEEE-STD-1220: For Practical Systems Engineering
5.2-6-6 Ensure all requirements designated to be verified by analysis, are verified using up-to-date validated program approved analytical tools Phase D1 | Ensure verification documentation includes complete description of the analytical tools used, the configuration and environment, and complete configuration controlled set of input data and required databases. Ensure that segment analytical models used to verify requirements are representative of the as-built segment hardware and software. NA NA SMC-S-001, Systems Engineering Requirements and Products, 12 July 2010 or equivalent; IEEE-STD-1220: For Practical Systems Engineering