Requirements for a Design Rationale Capture Tool to Support NASA's Complex Systems

An understanding of the design rationale, or the justification for design decisions made throughout the design process, is necessary in order to understand, recreate, or modify a design. However, this information is rarely captured in a systematic and usable format because there are no tools that adequately facilitate and support the capture of these critical decisions. This paper summarizes the requirements for a design rationale capture tool that supports the capture and retrieval of relevant design knowledge throughout three phases of the design process: Conceptual Design, Design Implementation, and Design Evaluation and Transfer.

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