ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the design process in general. A systems engineer with a broad background can act as referee for the many ideas. System Functional Analysis begins with the top level system function, which is the Input/Output and Functional requirement as described in the System Requirements Document. The decomposition must be done with the aim of resolving the functional requirements into portions small enough to be addressed. The System Physical Synthesis Document describes the decomposition of the system design concept into physical units and assigns the system functions to a system physical element for implementation. A rough draft of the System Requirements Document is next created and then Concept Exploration begins, the concepts being necessary to appropriately define system requirements in detail. The iterative approach is to rough out some concepts, then improve the System Requirements Document and the System Requirements Validation Document.
