Systems tend to become more and more complex. This has a direct impact on system engineering processes. Two of the most important phases in these processes are requirements engineering and quality assurance. Two significant complexity drivers located in these phases are the growing number of product variants that have to be integrated into the requirements engineering and the ever growing effor...

F EED manufacturers are often forced by circumstances to focus on short-term concerns such as: How many tons were produced this week? How many customers do I have, or how much down time did I have this week? While important, shortterm problems can cause manufacturers to focus on solving problems rather than pursuing the company’s mission. Manufacturers who regularly examine their company’s miss...

This Engineer Technical Letter (ETL) discusses the special problem areas and concerns related to RCC construction in order to assure that the concrete properties required are ultimately realized in the completed structure. A quality RCC product requires a coordinated effort between the structural designer, the materials engineer, the materials laboratory, and those responsible for field quality...

Understanding the contributions that the laboratory can make in product/process development, process improvement, market surveillance and general business is key to the pharmaceutical business today. Poor laboratory practice yields compliance issues, increased cost, increased cycle time and delayed product introductions. This paper covers key areas of customer satisfaction, the role of quality ...

Software engineering focuses on one single goal, namely to produce high-quality software [Pressman92]. In the literature numerous quality factors for software are identified. Examples are correctness, reliability, efficiency, integrity, usability, maintainability, flexibility, portability, reusability, interoperability [Pressman92]. While it is easy for us to develop an intuitive understanding ...

In light of the increasing consumer demand for safe, high-quality food and recent public health concerns about food-borne illness, governments and agricultural industries are under pressure to provide comprehensive food safety policies and programmes consistent with international best practice. Countries that export food commodities derived from livestock must meet both the requirements of the ...

Agile techniques may produce software faster as well as enhance software quality so that they fulfill quality requirements of the product. In this paper we have considered some quality factors and we have shown how agile techniques enhance software quality. We have presented an agile development life cycle that showing its software quality support processes. Finally we have shown summarization ...

Adequate actions have to be taken to assure sustainably that all employees are sufficiently qualified for their respective working fields. To implement the principle of Life Long Learning in a company and thus enhance a process of continuous improvement, it is necessary to provide a solid base to start from. Therefore, an assistance system has been developed which supports the adequate selectio...