Agile Development of Tractable Analyses andSimulations of Complex Systems

摘要

Agile development differs from other engineering processes in the manner in whichrneach task is performed, and the ability to respond to changes in scope or requirements. Thernagile model permits continual feedback after a complete pass through each of the disciplines.rnAgile development enables the system to be built in a series of cycles from a set of rudimentaryrncapabilities to the full system capability. When agile development is applied to the analysis ofrncomplex systems and “wicked problems,” the inherent conflicts and inconsistencies of thosernsystems can be resolved. The result of applying “agile” to analysis of a wicked problem is thernDesign for Tractable Analysis (DTA) framework. DTA analyzes the system (or enterprise) ofrninterest as a whole, in conjunction with decomposing the system into constituent elements forrndomain specific analyses that are informed by the whole. The use of DTA is demonstratedrnthrough a case study of a complex security system.