Systems Engineering Glossary
Term | Definition |
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In Scope | Something that is within the boundaries of a contract or other agreement. |
Incremental Development | A phased life cycle approach that involves planned partial system implementation followed by adding increased capabilities until the system fully meets its specifications. |
Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) | An independent review performed by an organization that is not under purview of the development organization, to ensure a product can or will meet requirements. |
Infrastructure | The system’s supporting environment and facilities. |
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) | The first attainment of an agreed definition of minimum system performance in its operational environment. |
Inspection | A verification technique involving visual examination or measurement of product characteristics or the review of design, production, or test documentation to determine compliance with requirements. |
Integrated Product Team (IPT) | Multi-disciplinary and cross-organizational teams used to enable a systematic approach to the integrated, concurrent design of products and their related processes. |
Integration | |
Interdependencies | The relationships among milestones and/ or activities that affect other milestones. |
Interface | The characteristics that are required to form the boundary between entities. |
Interface Controlled Document (ICD) | A controlled specification that describes the physical, functional, logical, and electrical characteristics that an entity uses to communicate with its environment. |
Interface Requirement | A statement of the functional, physical, logical, and electrical constraints that exist between multiple entities that describe how they fit together. |
Interoperability | The ability of a system or its parts to exchange services or data with other systems. |