Systems Engineering for ITS Handbook

Systems Engineering for Intelligent Transportation Systems, An Introduction for Transportation Professionals. Published by U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration in November 2006

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Table of Contents

1.2 Intended Audience

1.3 Navigating the Document

1.4 About the Icons

2 Why Use Systems Engineering?

2.1 Value of Systems Engineering

2.2 US DOT Policy

3 What is Systems Engineering?

3.1 A Few Definitions

3.2 Key Principles

3.3 The "V" Systems Engineering Model

4 ITS Technical Processes

4.1 Using the Regional ITS Architecture

4.2 Feasibility Study/Concept Exploration

4.3 Concept of Operations

4.4 System Requirements

4.5 System Design

4.6 Software/Hardware Development and Testing

4.7 Integration and Verification

4.8 Initial Deployment

4.9 System Validation

4.10 Operations and Maintenance

4.11 Retirement/Replacement

5 ITS Project Management Processes

5.1 Project Planning

5.2 Project Monitoring and Control

5.3 Risk Management

5.4 Configuration Management

6 Applying Systems Engineering

6.1 The Traditional Project Life Cycle and Systems Engineering

6.2 Applying Systems Engineering in Your Project

6.3 Applying Systems Engineering in Your Organization

7.1 ITS-Specific Publications

7.2 General Systems Engineering References

7.3 Selected Systems Engineering Standards

7.4 Systems Engineering Training

List of Figures

Department of Transportation, Office of Operations
HOTM Room 3404
400 Seventh Street SW
Washington, DC 20590
Toll-Free "Help Line" 866-367-7487
www.ops.FHWA.dot.gov
Publication No. FHWA-HOP-07-069
EDL-14340
January 2007

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