SYST 210

System Design

Kathryn Blackmond Laskey
Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research
George Mason University
Homework Assignment 2
Due September 8, 2020, noon

Notes: Units 2 and 3. Readings: Buede, Chapters 2, 6.3, 6.10 and 6.11, SE Handbook Chapters 4.1 and 4.2.

Homework must be neat and readable.  Your name, the assignment number, and the due date must appear at the top of every page.  Clearly indicate the question you are answering. You do not need to copy the entire question, but you must mark the question number and a brief description at the beginning of your answer for each question. Please upload your assignment to Blackboard by the due date and time. 

This assignment describes UChekIt, a self-checkout system being designed for a XMart, a national retail chain.  Currently, all XMart checkout lines are staffed by cashiers.  You work for InnovativeDesigns, Inc, a systems engineering firm hired by XMart to design the UChekIt system.  By converting some of the checkout space to UChekIt stations, XMart hopes to save labor and shorten customer waiting times.

1.  Write a need statement for UChekIt.

2. Write a set of mission requirements for UChekIt.

3. Write a vision statement for UChekIt.

4. Write a verbal operational scenario describing a customer checking out a basket of merchandise with no incidents.  Please write your answer as a list of steps. For example, for the elevator secnario you might write:

5. Write a verbal operational scenario describing a customer who encounters a problem with checkout and receives assistance from a staff person. Please write your answer as a  list of steps.

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