“The problem of the design of a system must be stated strictly in terms of its requirements, not in terms of a solution or a class of solutions.”

—  A. Wayne Wymore

A Wayne. Wymore (2004) " The nature of research in systems engineering http://sse.stevens.edu/fileadmin/cser/2004/papers/211-Paper119.pdf"; As cited in: Eric David Smith (2006) Tradeoff Studies and Cognitive Biases. p. 31.

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