Design-analysis centric method for creating sustainable, stable, complex systems

A software engineering methodology for creating and implementing complex software and hardware systems that results in more functionality, greater stability and maintainability, in less time than developing with traditional methodologies is described. This methodology combines aspects of iterative and non-iterative methods to define a new approach to software engineering that minimizes risk to cost and time overruns. This approach departs from its traditional precursors in its greatly extended requirements gathering and design phases and the change in mindset needed by non-developers who are not intimate with the software implementation process. This design approach has been met with great success for many years by the author, and most recently has been used to create the Rhode Island Department of Transportation's (RIDOT) 'Project Management Portal', which is a suite of online software services that track the life cycle of /spl Aring/ in highway, bridge and traffic construction projects.