CSA has a proven track
record of successful RE supporting procurement work across all sectors (see
Contents list). In particular some
of the largest UK Defence projects ever undertaken have used G-MARC. Project LARONE and the Type 45 Destroyer both chose Option A (see previous
page) whilst the Future Infantry Soldier
Technology (FIST) & the Future Wheeled Recovery Vehicle (FWRV)
both chose Option B. The Defence Logistics Organization (DLO) applied
Option B successfully to Naval Engineering Standard (NES 45) and to the extraction of a body of
requirements from an ILS manual use study. The DLO also sponsored the application of Option B
to Naval Manning Rules in
conjunction with the Naval Manning
Agency. This comprehensive
contract employed every one of the GMARC phases of Requirements engineering,
starting with data capture and audit and ending with full behavioural modeling
of the functional aspects of the manning process. The Future Offensive Air System (FOAS) and the UK
Military Flying Training System projects also chose to use G-MARC to audit
their URD documents and to further develop their User Requirements. The ASTOR (Advanced Stand Off
Radar) project chose G-MARC to re-engineer a URD from an existence system
specification.
In an independent survey and trial of tools claiming RE functionality, conducted by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in 1997, the CSA/G-MARC combination was judged to be the only option which added value to the requirements process. This view can be found expressed in the MOD’s written guidance to projects under the Smart Requirements initiative[1].
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[1]
MOD “Guide to the Production of User Requirements Documents” Version 2
dated 19/06/2000