1.1.3 Systems Engineering in the Small

Abstract

This paper illustrates how systems engineering is conducted at the lower end of the business, where the customer usually will not pay for the design of a system unless the costs are integrated into the price of the delivered product. Many low-end customers do not have a clear concept of what they want a practitioner to provide. This paper presents the practitioner's view of engineering in the small, and demonstrates a strategy for finding out what the customer really wants.