Reading assignment: INCOSE SE Handbook, Chapters 1-3

Homework must be neat and readable.  At the top of every page you must write your name, the assignment number, and the due date.  Clearly indicate the question you are answering. You do not need to copy the entire question, but you must mark the question number and a brief description at the beginning of your answer for each question. For example, before answering 2a, you might write: 2a. Functions.

1. Choose a complex system developed after 1980. Describe the need it was developed to fill.  Describe how this need was addressed prior to development of the system, and how the system improved upon the way things were done previously.  Briefly describe the technological advances that were incorporated into the new system.  Describe any problems, if any, that occurred in the earliest versions of the system, and how these problems were addressed in later versions.
2. Most members of the Mason community make use of the Johnson Center food court.
1. State three functions performed by the Johnson Center food court.  What components of the system perform each of these functions?
2. Give a step by step description of the process a person follows in purchasing a meal at the food court.
3. Describe an interface between the Johnson Center food court and some other system.  What matter and/or information flow across the interface? Explain how the requirement for this interface affects the system design.
4. If you could improve the Mason food service system, how would you do it?  Describe the difference between the existing and improved system from the user's perspective.   
   

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