Systems Theory

Order Description

Assessment item 2–Written Assessment

You have already done detailed design and development of a project in assignment 1. This Assignment 2 is based on Assignment 1. This assessment requires you to write a report which critically analyses the system test evaluation and validation of a project , Optimisation in design and operations for reliability and maintainability which you have developed in assignment 1 . You need to address Human factors in designing the Project. The report should analyse the following:

–System test, evaluation and validation

–Optimisation in design and operations for reliability and maintainability

–Human factors in designing concepts.

To demonstrate your research skills and understanding, the report should:

Include relevant theories and models

Draw upon relevant sources like journals, books or reputable trade publications in analysing the project (at least 10 publications, including a minimum of 3 peer reviewed research articles)

Students are encouraged to include a humanistic perspective or critique in the paper (does not need to be the major focus of the paper, though). The paper should be written in accordance with APA Style (6th ed.). The papers should cite and reference a minimum of 5 scholarly resources. Papers should be written in a scholarly style and tone (i.e., consider a journal article as a good model for the expected style of writing). Pleiase make sure you include: (a) an abstract, (b) an introduction that states your theme and main topics covered, and (c) a conclusion section that summarizes your key points and any conclusions. See below for more explanation. Although this paper is a position paper, students should be sure to support their position with references from the scholarly literature. Minimum of 8 references. Rubrics for course papers can be found in Appendix B in the Syllabus.

GUIDELINES FOR PAPERS

Here are some guidelines I ask you to use. Below are also two references you can use for further information.

General
Structure: have title for each section (bold and capitalized).
Use topic sentences (see reference at end)
Sections
Introduction:
Give topic (e.g., what is your question, thesis, goal)
How you will approach the topic (include a brief description of the subject and purpose of each section)
Why you chose this topic
Main body
Divided into sections
At beginning of each section give the focus and purpose of section
Conclusion
Summarize what you did
Give conclusions (what do you take away from your paper, e.g. how applicable to your interests, what questions are you left with, what further research might be done)