NASA Systems Engineering Handbook · Practical guide

System Design Processes

A systems-engineering chapter connecting stakeholder expectations, requirements and design decisions.

Source text reviewed October 27, 2026. Study notes and exercises are written by botstest.

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Where to start

Start with stakeholder expectations and the relationship to measurable requirements.

Use it in your project

Create a short requirement-to-evidence table for the project you actually intend to evaluate.

Scope and limitations

General aerospace systems-engineering guidance adapted here to project planning; it does not certify a robot or clinical use.

Follow a related roadmap

Evaluate an agricultural robotics pilot · Professional →

Read: Start with stakeholder expectations and the relationship to measurable requirements.

Use stakeholder expectations to decide what requirements and evidence must exist before selecting a solution.

Produce: Document seasonal stakeholder needs, service constraints and fallback responsibilities before expanding the pilot.

Explore assistive robotics with users and specialists · Intermediate →

Read: Start with stakeholder expectations and the relationship to measurable requirements.

Use stakeholder expectations to decide what requirements and evidence must exist before selecting a solution.

Produce: Use interviews and a non-contact mockup to record stakeholder expectations and unresolved requirements.

Choose and maintain a household cleaning robot · Professional →

Read: Start with stakeholder expectations and the relationship to measurable requirements.

Use stakeholder expectations to decide what requirements and evidence must exist before selecting a solution.

Produce: Review the household goal and maintenance/support ownership using the observed routine, not a specification alone.

Explore telepresence for remote communication · Professional →

Read: Start with stakeholder expectations and the relationship to measurable requirements.

Use stakeholder expectations to decide what requirements and evidence must exist before selecting a solution.

Produce: Agree account ownership, support and ordinary-call fallback with everyone affected by shared-space access.

Explore home-like manipulation in simulation · Professional →

Read: Start with stakeholder expectations and the relationship to measurable requirements.

Use stakeholder expectations to decide what requirements and evidence must exist before selecting a solution.

Produce: Map the experimental evidence to any proposed hardware and supervision requirement, preserving simulation-only limits.

Plan accessible home technology around a person · Professional →

Read: Start with stakeholder expectations and the relationship to measurable requirements.

Use stakeholder expectations to decide what requirements and evidence must exist before selecting a solution.

Produce: Agree ownership, fallback and reassessment with the person and qualified supporters; keep this a planning record.