Intelligent Adaptive Needs Characterization for M&S Systems Engineering

The Elicitor tool developed under this SBIR will significantly reduce the time and manpower necessary to effectively elicit, characterize and analyze stakeholder needs. It will enable effective requirements generation and allocation to appropriate baselines, and it will reduce redundant efforts among the intended uses a system. By design, the tool directly addresses the understood requirement that all Systems Engineers align needs to governance and baselines, and to dynamically de-conflict and fuse needs from multiple sources. In its Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) state, the Elicitor will provide utility that extends beyond the domain of MDA/DES to nearly all complex system and system of system (SoS) engineers and architects for both new development and continuing development activities alike.