SEBoK Table of Contents

The following is the complete outline SEBok 0.5. It shows the complete organization of the SEBoK into Parts, Knowledge Areas, Topics, and Subtopics. Click on any item below to link directly to that page. Glossary terms and primary references are not included in the list below.

As changes to the structure are approved using the configuration management process, this outline will be updated.

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• Part 1: SEBoK 0.5 Introduction
  • SEBoK Motivation, Context, Purpose, and Scope
    • SEBoK Motivation and Context
    • SEBoK Purpose
    • SEBoK Scope: Systems Engineering Boundary and Environment
  • Nature of Systems, Engineered Systems, and Systems Engineering
    • Natural and Engineered Systems
    • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Engineering and Other Disciplines
    • Systems Engineering and Other Engineering Disciplines
  • Short History of Systems Engineering
    • Systems Engineering Stakeholders and Use Cases
  • Key Systems Engineering Principles and Practices
  • SEBoK 0.5 Origins, Users, and Use Cases
  • SEBoK 0.5 Content and Organization
  • SEBoK 0.5 Operational Concept and Evolution

• Part 2: Systems
  • Systems Overview
    • What is a System?
    • System Context
    • Overview of System Science
    • System Perspectives
  • System Principles
    • Principle of Holism
    • Principle of Grouping
    • Principle of Functions
    • Principle of Interactions
    • Principle of Boundaries
    • Principle of Cohesion
    • Principle of Emergence
    • Additional Principles
  • Types of Systems
    • Classifications of Systems
    • Engineered Systems
    • Groupings of Systems
    • System Domains
  • Representing Systems with Models
    • What is a Model?
    • Why model?
    • Types of Models
    • Representing Systems with a System Model
    • Modeling Standards
  • Systems Approach
    • Establishing Stakeholder Value
    • Identification of the Elements of a System
    • Grouping of Elements
    • Identification of the Boundary of a System
    • Identification of the Function of Each Element
    • Identification of the Interactions among Elements
    • Synthesis of the System
    • Proving the System
    • Incremental Problem Resolution
  • Systems Engineering Challenges
    • Complex System Architecting Challenges
    • Attributes of Complex System Architectures
    • Dynamically Changing Meta-Architectures
    • Interoperability and Network Centric Architectures
    • Evolutionary System Architecting
    • Executable Architectures

• Part 3: Systems Engineering and Management
  • Enterprise Systems Engineering
  • Life Cycle Models
  • System Definition
  • System Realization
  • System Deployment and Use
  • Systems Engineering Management
  • Product and Service Life Management
  • Specialty Engineering
  • Systems of Systems (SoS)
  • Systems Engineering Standards

• Part 4: Organizing to Perform Systems Engineering
  • Strategy to Organize to Perform Systems Engineering
  • Organizing Individuals to Perform Systems Engineering
  • Organizing Teams, Projects, and Programs to Perform Systems Engineering
  • Organizing Businesses and Enterprises to Perform Systems Engineering

• Part 5: Systems Engineering Implementation Examples
  • Matrix of Implementation Examples
  • Case Studies
  • Vignettes