Software Engineering

See 
Fabrication, assembly, integration, and 
testing (FAIT)
FMEA. 
See 
Failure modes and effects analysis 
(FMEA)
Functional analysis and allocation
architectural assessment, 186, 200
architectural complexity, 200
optimization opportunities, 200
requirements fulfillment, 200
software performance, 200
behavioral analysis, 186, 189–198
elements to be addressed, 189–190
identify control behaviors, 192–193
identify data flows, 191–192
identify data persistence and retention 
functions, 197–198
identify data processing procedures, 193–194
identify data retention capacity requirements, 
197
identify data security procedures, 197
identify failure conditions, 194–196
identify functional scenarios, 190
identify functional sequences, 190
identify resource prerequisites, 194
identify systems monitoring procedures, 
196–197
complexity analysis, 185–189
functional architecture, 200–201, 201
t
overview, 185–186, 187
f
performance allocation, 186, 198–200
performance budgets, 199
resource budgets, 199–200
Functional architecture, 43, 50–51, 61–63, 173
conceiving, 179–181
control structures, 178
data items, 177
data store, 179
design challenges, 175–176
documenting, 181–184
behavior model, 182–183
functional hierarchy, 181–182
functional timeline, 183
requirements allocation sheet (RAS), 184
resource utilization profile, 183–184
specifications, 184
external interface, 178
functional analysis and allocation, 200–201,  
201
t
functional component, 176–177
functional interface, 177
functional units, 177
motivation for, 174–176
objective, 176
ontology, 176–179
resource, 178–179
role, 174, 174
f
Functional assimilation (physical architecture), 51

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Index
Functional behavior verification (requirements 
baseline), 50
Functional behaviors, product analysis tasks, 
148–150
Functional component, functional architecture, 
176–177
Functional configuration audit, 40, 335, 340
Functional interface, 177
Functional scenarios, behavioral analysis, 190
Functional sequences, behavioral analysis, 190
Functional specification integrity (requirements 
baseline), 50
Functional units, functional architecture, 177