Table of Contents

1 Introduction

• 1.0. Overview
• 1.1 What is/isn't the G2SEBoK Guide?
• 1.2 What is unique about the G2SEBoK?
• 1.3 When is the G2SEBoK useful?
• 1.4 Doesn't this knowledge already exist?

2 Systems Engineering

2.1 Systems Engineering Fundamentals

• 2.1.0. Overview

2.1.1 Systems Engineering

• 2.1.1.0. Overview
• 2.1.1.1. Systems engineering determines what SHOULD BE
• 2.1.1.2. What Systems Engineering Contributes
• 2.1.1.3. Relation to Project Management
• 2.1.1.4. Systems Engineering Discovery

2.1.2 Primer on Systems Engineering Activities

• 2.1.2.0. Overview
• 2.1.2.1. State the Problem
• 2.1.2.2. Investigate Alternatives
• 2.1.2.3. Model the Systems
• 2.1.2.4. Integrate
• 2.1.2.5. Launch the System
• 2.1.2.6. Assess Performance
• 2.1.2.7. Re-evaluate
• 2.1.2.8. Variations
• 2.1.3. Important Concepts of Systems Engineering

2.1.4 Pragmatic Principles

• 2.1.4.0. Overview
• 2.1.4.1. A. Know the Problem, the Customer, and the Consumer
• 2.1.4.2. B. Use Effectiveness Criteria Based on Needs to Make System Decisions
• 2.1.4.3. C. Establish and Manage Requirements
• 2.1.4.4. D. Identify and Assess Alternatives so as to Converge on a Solution
• 2.1.4.5. E. Verify and Validate Requirements and Solution Performance
• 2.1.4.6. F. Maintain the Integrity of the System
• 2.1.4.7. G. Use an Articulated and Documented Process
• 2.1.4.8. H. Manage against a Plan

2.2 Systems Engineering Process

• 2.2.0. Overview
• 2.2.1. INCOSE Handbook SE Process Model
• 2.2.2. Highway Design Life Cycle Process Model

2.2.3 Vee Model of Systems Engineering Design and Integration

• 2.2.3.0. Overview
• 2.2.3.1. Decomposition and Definition
• 2.2.3.2. Integration and Verification
• 2.2.4. Tufts’ Systems Engineering Process Model
• 2.2.5. Plowman’s Model of the Systems Engineering Process

2.2.6 Traditional System Development Life Cycle Model of the U.S. DoD

• 2.2.6.0. Overview
• 2.2.6.1. Traditional Life Cycle Model Detailed - Part 1
• 2.2.6.2. Traditional Life Cycle Model Detailed - Part 2

2.3 Competency Development of SE Practitioners

• 2.3.0. Overview
• 2.3.1. The SE Practitioner
• 2.3.2. Essential Practices
• 2.3.3. SE Competencies
• 2.3.4. SE Competency Levels
• 2.3.5. SE Competency Development

2.4 SE Process Capability Assessment

2.4.1 SE Process Improvement

• 2.4.1.0. Overview
• 2.4.1.1. Models
• 2.4.1.2. Levels of Capability/Maturity

2.4.1.3 Measurement of Capability/Maturity

• 2.4.1.3.0. Overview
• 2.4.1.3.1. Continuous Format
• 2.4.1.3.2. Staged Format

2.4.1.4 Sources of Information on Capability

• 2.4.1.4.0. Overview
• 2.4.1.4.1. The Frameworks Quagmire
• 2.4.1.5. Notions of Process Capability Assessment

3 Additional Resources

• 3.1 INCOSE Products
• 3.2 INCOSE Working Group Materials
• 3.3 Sample SE Templates, Examples, and Cases
• 3.4 Other Links and Materials