MARINE REQUIREMENTS ELUCIDATION AND THE NATURE OF PRELIMINARY SHIP DESIGN

Abstract

My thanks to the author for a fine paper. It is also an important one, at least in the area of naval whole ship procurement where the idea of ‘Requirements Engineering’ has been taken up by those ignorant of the process of successful ship design. It is notable that such mistakes do not appear to be made in commercial ship procurement, where the pressures of finance, time and more direct accountability seem to concentrate the mind against ill-thought-out fads.