Forensic ECBS: the way forward

Author

Dalcher, Darren

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci., Middlesex Univ., London, UK

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

332

Lastpage

336

Abstract

Forensic systems engineering is the discipline investigating the history of IT failures. It therefore focuses on the post-mortem analysis and study of project disasters. This focus group report explains the context and rationale for forensic engineering, highlighting the need for a professional discipline of ECBS (engineering of computer-based systems). It makes a case for the dissemination of failure histories by drawing on the accompanying case report of the Melbourne Ambulance Service despatch system.

Keywords

dispatching; emergency services; project engineering; software management; systems engineering; IT failure history; Melbourne Ambulance Service; ambulance despatch system; case report; computer-based systems; failure history dissemination; forensic engineering; post-mortem analysis; professional discipline; project disasters; systems engineering; Decision making; Engineering drawings; Failure analysis; Feedback; Forensics; History; Information technology; Reliability engineering; Risk management; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering of Computer Based Systems, 2001. ECBS 2001. Proceedings. Eighth Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the

Conference_Location

Washington, DC, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1086-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECBS.2001.922440

Filename

922440