Engineering, Life Cycle Stages, and Processes

Engineering is an approach that involves a set of processes to develop a solution, which can be a system, software, or any deliverable, transformed from stakeholders’ requirements and support the solution throughout its life. (short version)Engineering is an approach that involves a set of processes of applying knowledge and skills to understand and manage stakeholders’ requirements, propose and implement a solution to address those requirements, and utilize and support that solution to create value persistently until its retirement. (long version)Systems and software engineering are engineering approaches to deliver systems or software as a solution.

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