Advanced Systems Engineering Methods
Systems Engineering Practice
Image Matters applies an interdisciplinary Systems Engineering (SE) approach to realize successful systems. Our focus is on defining client needs and required functionality early in the development cycle, documenting and modeling requirements and desired functional behaviors, then proceeding with design synthesis and system validation, all the while considering the complete problem. We differentiate ourselves by placing special emphasis on the role of interoperability standards, the contribution of semantic ontologies, and the pervasive influence of the geospatial aspect within the system and its lifecycle.
We apply our specialized ISO 15288 / EIA / ANSI 632 based methodology to all of our service offerings and have found it to be a systematic and repeatable approach to the architecting and production of solutions ranging from capability studies, software prototypes, operational systems, domain ontologies, interoperability standards, and commercialized products. We also actively tailor our SE approach for various application domains (e.g., JCIDS/DODAF for DOD).
Systems Engineering Research
Image Matters has pioneered a technique that augments the balanced systems engineering design model (requirements architecture, functional architecture, solution architecture) with direct allocation between the solution architecture - usually manifested as a physical component model - and a geographic information system. This innovative modeling approach allows for the functional modeling of the physical realm and the projection of physical effects into the functional/behavioral and requirements domains. The technique has direct applicability to the study of physical effects (e.g., natural disasters, terrorism) on critical infrastructure.
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Standards & Interoperability Solutions
Image Matters has supported the Open Geospatial Consortium's pioneering Interoperability Program and Reference Architecture development efforts, in the roles of Lead Architect/Engineer, since the inception of these efforts in 2000. These efforts have been instrumental in defining the essential geospatial standards for service-oriented architectures like the Federal Enterprise Architecture. For more information about Image Matters experience in interoperability engineering, see our Standards & Interoperability Solutions page.
