Ramo (1993) highlighted that systems engineering concentrates on the
design and application of the whole, decomposed in their distinct parts and taking into account the social and the
technical aspects of the problem. INCOSE (1996) points out that systems engineering is an interdisciplinary
approach that enables the creation of successful systems. Kossiakoff et al. (2011) says that the function of systems
engineering is to guide the engineering of complex systems, looking the system interactions with other systems and
its environment and looking the system as a whole. System engineering looks also at factors such as people, process
and technology and incorporates user’s needs. System engineering and innovation models enable the development
of technology.