Summary
In this chapter, the concept of the life cycle was explored in more detail.
Life cycles are an essential part of any systems engineering endeavor but one that is often oversimplified as they can exhibit a high level of complexity.
One of the most common incorrect assumptions that is made in the world of systems engineering is that there is only a single life cycle. There are, in fact, different life cycles that can be applied to many different aspects of systems engineering and it is therefore essential that these different life cycles are both identified and defined.
Following directly on from the point that there are multiple life cycles, these life cycles will interact with each other at different points. The concept of the life cycle interaction point was introduced, with each point showing where each life cycle interacts by identifying which stages are the start and end points for the interaction.
As with all views that comprise a model, there are structural...
