The problem of the design of a system must be stated strictly in terms of its requirements, not in terms of a solution or a class of solutions.


A Wayne. Wymore (2004) "The nature of research in systems engineering"; As cited in: Eric David Smith (2006) Tradeoff Studies and Cognitive Biases. p. 31.

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The problem of the design of a system must be stated strictly in terms of its requirements, not in terms of a solution or a class of solutions.

The problem of the design of a system must be stated strictly in terms of its requirements, not in terms of a solution or a class of solutions.

The problem of the design of a system must be stated strictly in terms of its requirements, not in terms of a solution or a class of solutions.

The problem of the design of a system must be stated strictly in terms of its requirements, not in terms of a solution or a class of solutions.