Development of SEBoK v. 1.5

This version of the SEBoK was released 7 December 2015, with an additional micro release on 18 December 2015. This is a minor release of the SEBoK which includes a restructure and extension of the Software Engineering Knowledge Area, two new case studies, as well as a number of corrections of typographical errors and updates of outdated references throughout the SEBoK. The micro release adds specific updates to the Risk Management article.

Content and Feature Updates for v. 1.5.1

Version 1.5.1 contains a number updates to the Risk Management article with additions and clarifications of the text in Risk Identification and Opportunity and Opportunity Management sections, as well as updates to a number of additional references and to the primary reference Risk, Issue, and Opportunity Management Guide for Defense Acquisition Program.

Content and Feature Updates for v. 1.5

This section provides a summary of changes for SEBoK v1.5. See letter from the editor for a wider discussion of the changes and future plans.

The most significant change to the SEBoK v.1.5 is the restructure and extension of the Software Engineering Knowledge Area in Part 6. This update has been implemented to improve the alignment between the SEBoK and the SWEBoK. The changes includes the addition of two new articles: Software Engineering in the Systems Engineering Life Cycle and Software Engineering Features - Models, Methods, Tools, Standards, and Metrics‎. The article "Key Points a Systems Engineer Needs to Know about Managing a Software Team" has been merged with the Key Points a Systems Engineer Needs to Know about Software Engineering topic. The articles Systems Engineering and Project Management‎, The Nature of Software‎ and An Overview of the SWEBOK Guide‎ has also been updated to reflect the changes in the Software Engineering Knowledge Area.

Part 7 has seen the addition of two new case studies. One case study focused on an Adaptive Project Management System, while the other is about a Real-Time Complex Adaptive Scheduler for a London Taxi Service.

A number of detailed changes have been made to fix typographical errors, replace outdated references and expand the content in a number of articles. The editorial board would like to thank the Systems Engineering community for their helpful comments received through sebokwiki.org.

The citation mechanism "Cite this page" on the SEBoK has now been corrected such that the variables "Date of last revision: " and "Date retrieved" display the correct date.

SEBoK v. 1.5 Authors

Editors (in bold) and Authors who contributed materials specifically to the v. 1.5 products are listed in Table 1, below.

Table 1. SEBoK v. 1.5 Authors. (SEBoK Original)

SEBoK Part	Editors and Authors
Part 6	Alice Squires, Washington State University (USA), Tom Hilburn, Embry-Riddle (USA), Paul Phister (USA), Rick Adcock, Cranfield University (UK)
Part 7	Brian Sauser,University of North Texas(USA), Brian White,CAU>SE(USA)

SEBoK v. 1.5 Editors

The Editorial Board for v. 1.5 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. 1.5 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. 1.5 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 IndividualsandEnabling Teams knowledge area	Rick Hefner California Institute of Technology
Tim Ferris Cranfield University

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. 1.5 Assistant Editors. (SEBoK Original)

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