Identify the problem, the opportunity, the stakeholders, their needs and constraints
Engineering the needs and requirements of a complex system

Unfold and iterate the following activities:

Analyze the context of the current situation in the field that concerns you or that you are studying:

• Examine sensitive factors, gaps in the existing situation, potential improvements, market opportunities and so on. This is a statement of fact.

• Express the problem, question or opportunity and its context in a short text (2 to 5 sentences). Deduce and formulate, in a very synthetic way (one sentence only), an idea or concept for a product, service or organization that would respond, without thinking about a solution. This potential, non-existent element is called the "system under study".

Based on the above elements, and by answering the questions indicated, express the finality or goal of the future system (why create a system, its usefulness, its use in the context?), the mission...