18.2 Tool Roles in a Systems Development Environment

This section will define a set of roles for tools to support system development. Section 18.3 will describe the flow of information between these tool roles, Section 18.4 will describe the mechanisms for exchanging this information, and Section 18.5 will provide specific examples of how this information exchange may be accomplished.

The term systems development environment refers to the tools and repositories used for system development. Typical tools may include system modeling tools; simulation and analytical tools, hardware, software, and test tools; requirements management, configuration management, and project management tools. Tools and repositories are computer-based, multiuser, networked ...

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