Development of SEBoK v. 1.6

This version of the SEBoK was released 25 March 2016. This is a minor release of the SEBoK which includes a reorganization of Part 1 SEBoK Introduction, a new article on the transition towards Model Based Systems Engineering and two articles giving an overview of Healthcare Systems Engineering, a restructure of the Systems Engineering and Specialty Engineering KA (further renamed in version 2.4 as Systems Engineering and Quality Attributes), as well as a number of corrections of typos across the SEBoK.

Content and Feature Updates for v. 1.6

This section provides a summary of changes for SEBoK v1.6. See letter from the editor for a wider discussion of the changes and future plans.

SEBoK v1.6 includes a reorganization of Part 1, SEBoK Introduction. Part 1 has been divided into three knowledge areas (KA):Introduction to the SEBoK,Introduction to Systems Engineering,Introduction to SE Transformation. The first two KA contain modified versions of existing articles, while the third is a new KA that reflects the changing nature of SE and is to capture the ongoing transformations of the field. The transformation KA defines the scope of the transformation and contains articles which give details about specific aspects of transformational knowledge. The new KA contains three new articles; one that focuses on the Transition of SE to a Model Based Discipline, while the remaining two give an overview of Healthcare SE and the healthcare sector.

Part 6 has seen a restructure of the Systems Engineering and Specialty Engineering KA that incorporate the contents of the Integration of Specialty Engineering article ‎into the Systems Engineering and Specialty Engineering article.  (Note: This is now Systems Engineering and Quality Attributes.)

A number of small changes have been made to fix typographical, formatting errors and outdated references, in response to comments made on the SEBoK by people in the SE community. The editorial board would like to thank the Systems Engineering community for their helpful comments received through sebokwiki.org. 

SEBoK v. 1.6 Authors

Editors (in bold) and Authors who contributed materials specifically to the v. 1.6 products are listed in Table 1, below.

Table 1. SEBoK v. 1.6 Authors. (SEBoK Original)

SEBoK Part	Editors and Authors
Part 1	Sanford Friedenthal (USA), Rick Adcock, Cranfield University (UK), Nicole Hutchison (USA), Chris Unger (USA), Brigitte Daniel Allegro (France), Robert J. Malins (USA)
Part 6	Alice Squires,Washington State University(USA), Paul Phister (USA)

SEBoK v. 1.6 Editors

The Editorial Board for v. 1.6 is listed in Tables 2, 3, and 4 below.

Editorial Board

The SEBoK Editorial Board is chaired by an Editor in Chief, supported by a group of Associate Editors.

Table 2. SEBoK v. 1.6 Leadership. (SEBoK Original)

BKCASE Editor in Chief
	Richard D. Adcock Cranfield University (UK) richard.adcock@incose.org Responsible for the appointment of SEBoK Editors and for the overall content and coherence of the SEBoK.

Each Editor has his/her area(s) of responsibility, or shared responsibility, highlighted in the table below.

Table 3. SEBoK v. 1.6 Associate Editors. (SEBoK Original)

SEBoK Part 1 SEBoK Introduction
Ariela Sofer George Mason University (USA) asofer@gmu.edu Responsible for Part 1

SEBoK Part 2: Foundations of Systems Engineering
Cihan Dagli Missouri University of Science & Technology (USA) dagli@mst.edu Responsible for the Systems Approach Applied to Engineered Systems knowledge areas	Dov Dori Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) and Technion Israel Institute of Technology (Israel) dori@mit.edu Responsible for the Representing Systems with Models knowledge area
Duane Hybertson MITRE (USA) Jointly responsible for the Systems Fundamentals, Systems Science and Systems Thinking knowledge areas	Janet Singer (USA) Jointly responsible for the Systems Fundamentals, Systems Science and Systems Thinking knowledge areas
Mike Yearworth University of Bristol (UK) Jointly responsible for the Systems Fundamentals, Systems Science and Systems Thinking knowledge areas

SEBoK Part 3: Systems Engineering and Management
Barry Boehm University of Southern California (USA) boehm@usc.edu Jointly responsible for the Systems Engineering Management and Life Cycle Models knowledge areas	Kevin Forsberg OGR Systems Jointly responsible for the Systems Engineering Management and Life Cycle Models knowledge areas
Gregory Parnell University of Arkansas (USA) gparnell@uark.edu Responsible for Systems Engineering Management knowledge area.	Garry Roedler Lockheed Martin (USA) garry.j.roedler@lmco.com Responsible for the System Concept Definition and System Definition knowledge areas.
Ricardo Valerdi University of Arizona (USA) rvalerdi@email.arizona.edu Responsible for the System Realization knowledge area.	Ken Zemrowski TASC kenneth.zemrowski@incose.org Responsible for the Systems Engineering Standards knowledge area.

SEBoK Part 4: Applications of Systems Engineering
Judith Dahmann MITRE Corporation (USA) jdahmann@mitre.org Jointly responsible for Product Systems Engineering and Systems of Systems (SoS) knowledge areas	Michael Henshaw Loughborough University (UK) M.J.d.Henshaw@lboro.ac.uk Jointly responsible for Product Systems Engineering and Systems of Systems (SoS) knowledge areas
James Martin The Aerospace Corporation james.martin@incose.org Responsible for the Enterprise Systems Engineering knowledge area.

SEBoK Part 5: Enabling Systems Engineering
Emma Sparks Cranfield University Jointly responsible for the Enabling Individuals and Enabling Teams knowledge area	Rick Hefner California Institute of Technology
Tim Ferris Cranfield University	Bernardo Delicado MBDA / INCOSE

SEBoK Part 6 Related Disciplines
Alice Squires Washington State University (USA) alice.squires@wsu.edu	Paul Phister MANIAC Consulting phisterp@juno.com

SEBoK Part 7 Systems Engineering Implementation Examples
Brian Sauser University of North Texas (USA) brian.sauser@unt.edu Responsible for Part 7: Systems Engineering Implementation Examples, which includes Case Studies and Vignettes	Brian White CAU>SE (USA) bewhite71@gmail.com Responsible for Part 7: Systems Engineering Implementation Examples, which includes Case Studies and Vignettes

Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE)
David H. Olwell Naval Postgraduate School (USA) Senior Editor for GRCSE.

The Assistant Editors provide general editorial support across all topics. They assist both with content improvement and production issues.

Table 4. SEBoK v. 1.6 Assistant Editors. (SEBoK Original)

BKCASE Assistant Editors
Claus Ballegaard Nielsen, Cranfield University (UK)