A turn in the way we organize our work could increase the integrative powers of our engineering efforts. In the past, the computing profession evolved from being hardware-centric to become software-centric. In the future, we may see a future evolution to system-centricity, with a concurrent shift from a development orientation to an iterative acquisition-and-assembly orientation.
Index Terms:
software, systems engineering
Citation:
Rob Schaaf, "What's All This about Systems?," Computer, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 104, 102-103, June 2005, doi:10.1109/MC.2005.208