Turning "Desirements" into Requirements

Abstract

Because we are humans, everything we need either starts or finishes with something we want. As students, we could take the bus to school, but we wanted a car. Moreover, we did not want just any car. A Corvette, a Porsche or a Mustang would do much better. (The author wanted the Aston Martin from the movie Goldfinger. You know: The one with the ejection seat, automated license plates and electronic tracking.) On the professional military level, the Services and agencies fall into the same trap. There are things we need, but many more things we want. Why settle for tanks, ships and aircraft if we could have cloaking devices, The Death Star, Mr. Fusion and phasers?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1023244

Entities

People

  • Charles Court

Organizations

  • Defense Systems Management College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Carrier Based Aircraft
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ejection Seats
  • High Temperature
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Acquisition
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management
  • Training
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics