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Stakeholder Expectations Drive System Trends Across a wide variety of domains, stakeholders
System performance expectations and many sys- are demanding increased functionality, higher
tem characteristics will reflect the global societal reliability, shorter product life cycles, and lower
and technological trends that shape stakeholder prices. Stakeholders are also demanding environ-
values. Examples of system stakeholders are: mentally and socially acceptable solutions that
assure safety and personal security while deliver-
System Users ing more value to the users. In maximizing value
• The general public to stakeholders, systems engineers have to cope
• Public and private corporations with greater levels of complexity and interdepen-
• Trained System Operators dence of system elements as well as cost, sched-

System Sponsors ules and quality demands.
• Funding organizations
• Investors
• Industrial leaders and politicians

Policy Makers
• Politicians
• Public/private administrators

ENVIRONMENTAL
SYSTEMS OF THE Viable natural environment
FUTURE NEED
TO MEET MANY,
SOMETIMES CON-
FLICTING NEEDS

Sustainable
development

SOCIAL ECONOMIC
Nurturing Sufficient
community economy

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